One of the most important issues in an assembly line balancing problem is to control a flow of production and manufacturing to provide continuous flow to balance the production line. For this purpose, a line balancing ...

One of the shortcomings of the conventional single-minute exchange of die (SMED) method is that the improvements are made only upon the machine to reduce setup times. Although most of the setup activities involve operators, ...

Control charts that are used for monitoring the process and detecting the out-of-control signals are important tools for statistical process control. It is simple to estimate source(s) for out-of-control signals in the ...

An experimental study was conducted on a compressed ignition engine using safflower biodiesel for performance and exhaust emission optimization based on a response surface methodology and desirability function approach. ...

In this study, tobacco seed oil (TSO) for biodiesel production was examined. TSO is a non edible vegetable oil and a by-product of tobacco leaves production. After obtaining TSO parametric studies have been done and the ...

Biodiesel is alternative renewable diesel engine fuels and their blend with diesel fuel No. 2 at different proportions can be used in diesel engines. The most important issues are to investigate input variables (factors) ...

There is a growing recognition that using of biodiesel in large commercial systems based on sustainability, existing resources and residues can help to natural resources. Tobacco seed oil (TSO) is also used for biodiesel ...

Scheduling policy which depends on selection of dispatching rules is one of the reasons which affect FMS' productivity. Selection of a dispatching rule can only be based on one or two criteria such as processing time, due ...