<p>A current conveyor is an active building block that can be used to implement most active and passive components. It differs from the operation amplifier in that it uses current instead of voltage. The current conveyor also has significantly higher voltage gain over a broader frequency range. </p><p>To simplify the construction of analogue circuits and increase the construction efficiency it is desirable to use a top-down methodology. This means that the whole system is partitioned into a hierarchy of subsystems. The behavioural description of the whole systems is then partitioned into behavioural descriptions for each subsystem. Such a methodology has been examined through propagation of application level specifications down to a current conveyor. </p><p>This work has been realised through modelling the current conveyor with a linear macro model. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the functionality of the current conveyor and the possibility to use a top-down methodology in construction. Since the linear macro model played a central role, it was necessary to validate that it was sufficiently accurate in comparison to transistor level simulations. This was realized through calculation of behavioural specifications and then transferred to the linear macro model. A method for calculation of component values in the linear macro model on the basis on specifications for an amplifier has been proposed as well as implemented. </p><p>The work shows that the linear macro model is sufficiently accurate in modelling circuit topologies of current conveyors to be useable in top-down methodology. The proposed method for calculation of component values in the linear macro model works well. The drawback is that it is only applicable on the current conveyor as an amplifier. An attempt was made to implement a method for the current conveyor as an integrator. But the lack of defined behavioural descriptions for the integrator led to an unsolvable equation system.</p>

Syftet med arbetet var att undersöka möjligheten för optimering av produktflödet. Företagets produkter transporteras på ett transportband till en gemensam process. Det nuvarande flödet till processen är inte optimerat vilket resulterar i att processen körs ineffektivt. Ackumulering av produkter innan processen ska därför undersökas som en lösning till problemet. Fyra olika ackumuleringsförslag har analyserats och jämförts: hängande bansystem, palleteringssystem, depalleteringssystem och kombination av bansystem och palleteringssystem. Förslagen har blivit bedömda och jämförda utifrån följande parametrar: yta, investeringskostnad, flexibilitet, arbetsbelastning, arbetsmiljö och tid. Hängande bansystem fick det högsta snittvärdet och valdes därför för fortsatt analys med stöd av simulering. Simuleringen gjordes i ExtendSim 7. Två simuleringsmodeller jämfördes, en med ackumulering av produkter i bansystem och en utan. Resultatet var att ackumulering av produkter kan ge en besparing på 16 procent i driftkostnader per år. Simulering av övriga förslag kan göras för att få en tydligare jämförelse mellan förslagen. Rekommendationen till företaget är att ackumulera produkter i ett bansystem. Det baseras på analys av jämförelsen. Analysen och diskussionen visar också att robothantering inte är en passande lösning på problemet, eftersom rörelserna skulle skaka om produkterna för mycket. En vidare undersökning av utformningen av bansystemet bör göras för att få fram den optimala utformningen. / The purpose of the work was to investigate possibilities for optimization of the material flow. The different products of the company are being transported by a conveyor belt to a common process. The current flow to the process is not optimized with the result that the process runs inefficiently. Accumulation of products before the process should therefore be investigated as a solution. Four different accumulating systems have been analyzed and compared: hanging conveyor belts, palletizing, depalletizing and a combination of conveyor belts and palletizing. The systems have been assessed and compared according to six parameters: area, investment cost, flexibility, work load, work environment and time. The hanging conveyor belt yielded the highest average score and was therefore chosen for further analysis with the support of simulation. The simulation was made in ExtendSim 7. Two simulation models were compared, one with accumulation of product in conveyor belts and one without. The result of the simulation part was that accumulation of product results in savings of running costs with 16 percent per year. To get a better comparison between the accumulation systems simulations of all systems can be done. The recommendation to the company is to accumulate products in a conveyor system. This is based on the analysis of the comparison. The analysis and discussion also shows that robot handling is not an appropriate solution to the problem, because the movements would shake the products too much. A further investigation of the layout should be done in order to find the optimal layout.

Normally the operational amplifier is used as a component in active filter design. The goal for future components in filter design is large bandwith and the use of low supply voltages. The use of current-mode instead of voltage-mode circuits gets a step closer to the required performance. A component that use current as the signal conveying part is the current conveyor. In this report a comparative study between two current conveyor structures of second generation (CCII) is performed. The most suited is later implemented and simulated using the CMOS process AMS.C035. The component is also tested in a continuous-time elliptic low-pass filter of leapfrog type. The filter does not behave as it should. However, better performance can be obtained by redesigning the current conveyor.

A current conveyor is an active building block that can be used to implement most active and passive components. It differs from the operation amplifier in that it uses current instead of voltage. The current conveyor also has significantly higher voltage gain over a broader frequency range. To simplify the construction of analogue circuits and increase the construction efficiency it is desirable to use a top-down methodology. This means that the whole system is partitioned into a hierarchy of subsystems. The behavioural description of the whole systems is then partitioned into behavioural descriptions for each subsystem. Such a methodology has been examined through propagation of application level specifications down to a current conveyor. This work has been realised through modelling the current conveyor with a linear macro model. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the functionality of the current conveyor and the possibility to use a top-down methodology in construction. Since the linear macro model played a central role, it was necessary to validate that it was sufficiently accurate in comparison to transistor level simulations. This was realized through calculation of behavioural specifications and then transferred to the linear macro model. A method for calculation of component values in the linear macro model on the basis on specifications for an amplifier has been proposed as well as implemented. The work shows that the linear macro model is sufficiently accurate in modelling circuit topologies of current conveyors to be useable in top-down methodology. The proposed method for calculation of component values in the linear macro model works well. The drawback is that it is only applicable on the current conveyor as an amplifier. An attempt was made to implement a method for the current conveyor as an integrator. But the lack of defined behavioural descriptions for the integrator led to an unsolvable equation system.

Ermüdungsanalyse mit Pro/Mechanica am Beispiel einer Förderschnecke

Zur richtigen Auslegung von fördertechnischen Anlagen in verschiedenen Industriezweigen, insbesondere in Häfen, ist es notwendig, die Arbeitsparameter der Schüttgutfördermaschinen zu kennen. Da die komplexe Bewegung des Materials im Senkrechtschneckenförderer (SSF) eine analytische Auslegung des Fördersystems verhindert, werden hier (semi-)empirische Modelle verwendet. Für eine umfassende Analyse der Transportvorgänge in SSF wurde am Institut für Aufbereitungsmaschinen der TU Freiberg im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit ein Versuchsstand mit einem industriellen SSF konzipiert und gebaut, an dem der Transport von sieben Arten von Schüttgütern mit einer Schneckendrehzahl von 50 bis 320 1/min untersucht wurden. Anhand einer Literaturrecherche wurde ebenso der Einfluss des Aufgabeorts auf die Arbeitsparameter überprüft. Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse wurden statistisch ausgewertet und mit Hilfe derer eine semi-empirische Formel zur Auslegung anderer SSF entwickelt. Darüber hinaus wurden diverse Phänomene beim Transport unterschiedlicher Schüttgüter beobachtetet und in der vorliegenden Arbeit analysiert.

A otimização de processos e a redução de custos são os dois principais fatores que sustentam a competitividade das indústrias atualmente. Diante deste cenário, buscou-se otimizar o processo de fabricação de barras trefiladas de aço mola SAE 9254, através da eliminação do recozimento anterior ao processo de trefilação, por intermédio de um resfriamento controlado no cooling conveyor, na laminação.. Para isso, a taxa de resfriamento do fio-máquina após a laminação foi variada a fim de garantir a homogeneização da dureza ao longo das espiras, característica essa essencial para o processamento na trefila. Além da redução de custos com o recozimento, se o objetivo fosse alcançado, poder-se-ia otimizar o processo de reaquecimento deste aço na laminação. Como resultado, seria possível melhorar a qualidade superficial do fio-máquina e, por conseqüência, aumentar o rendimento metálico do produto, sem que a descarbonetação máxima e média fossem prejudicadas. Os experimentos foram desenvolvidos com base no resfriamento do fio-máquina no cooling conveyor. Durante o processamento na laminação, foi realizada uma amostragem especial a fim de mapear a variação das propriedades ao longo das espiras. Os resultados apontaram que é possível a otimização do processo de fabricação do aço mola SAE 9254, principalmente para a condição de resfriamento na laminação quando utilizado um escalonamento na velocidade de transporte do fio-máquina no cooling conveyor. Este incremento nas velocidades de deslocamento do material, feita através do escalonamento da velocidade, propicia uma alteração nos “pontos quentes” das espiras, gerando uma uniformidade maior em seu resfriamento, garantindo assim, uma homogeneidade nas propriedades mecânicas. / The process optimization and cost reduction are the two main factors that gives sustainability for today industries competitiveness. For this reason, it was attempted to optimize the manufacturing process of cold draw bars of SAE 9254 spring steel by eliminating pre-annealing of wire drawing, through a controlled cooling on the cooling conveyor, in the rolling mill process. For this, the cooling rate of wire rod after rolling process was varied to ensure the homogeneity of hardness along the coil, the essential feature for wire drawing process. In addition to reducing costs annealing, if the purpose was reached, the reheating process would be optimized in the rolling mill. As a result, it would be possible to improve the surface quality of wire rod and, consequently, increase the metallic yield of the product, without the decarburization maximum and average were damaged. The experiments were developed based on wire rod cooling thermograph in the cooling conveyor. During rolling mill processing, special sampling was performed to map the variation of properties along the coils. The results showed that it is possible to optimize the manufacturing process of the SAE 9254 spring steel, mainly for the cooling condition in the rolling process when scaling speeds in wire rod transportation was used on the cooling conveyor. This speed increase of the material transportation, through the scaling speed, provides a change in "hot spots" of the coils, generating a greater uniformity in their cooling, thus ensuring uniformity in mechanical properties.

Os custos de produção de minério de ferro possuem variações de acordo com a especificidade de cada mina. Na fase mina, dois dos maiores custos de produção estão associados aos índices: distância média de transporte e a relação estéril minério. A implantação do projeto de múltiplas minas e correias transportadoras em Itabira visa diminuir os custos associados a estes dois indicadores. O método de alimentação da planta de beneficiamento oriundo de múltiplas minas foca em reduzir a relação estéril minério global do complexo e a implantação de correias transportadoras mitiga o aumento da distância média de transporte. O presente trabalho tem seu enfoque em uma proposta de lavra de múltiplas minas e de uma pilha de minério para alimentação de três diferentes usinas. Propõem-se um modelo de programação linear por metas que determinará a melhor alimentação das usinas, menor distância média de transporte e menor relação estéril minério. Este modelo de otimização foi elaborado utilizando o software LINGO com interface com EXCEL, e avalia cenários diversificados entre o transporte por caminhões fora de estrada e o transporte misto entre caminhões fora de estrada e transportadores de correia de longa distância. Os resultados apresentados mostram que o método de múltiplas minas é uma saída técnica e economicamente viável para melhor aproveitamento das jazidas do Complexo Minerador de Itabira, apresentando uma economia que varia de US$82M até US$118M dependendo do local de instalação das unidades de Britagem Semimóvel (BSMs). / Production costs of iron ore varies according to the specificity of each mine. In the mining phase, some of the largest operational costs are associated to the haulage distance and the stripping ratio. In this context, the implementation of the multiple mines project and the conveyor belts at the Itabira Complex Mines aims to optimize these two indicators. The multiple mines methodology focuses on reducing the overall stripping ratio of the complex, and the implementation of conveyor belts mitigates the increase of the haulage distance. Two mines and a stock pile are available to feed three different concentration plants. The goal is to achieve the best way to feed the plants considering the economic aspects. A linear goal programming model is proposed to determine the best iron ore mass feeding the plants from different mines, taking into account the least haulage distance and the smallest stripping ratio. This optimization model was developed using LINGO Software to interface with EXCEL and evaluate diversified scenarios. The results showed that the method of multiple mines is a technical and economically viable method for mine planning at the Itabira Complex.

A otimização de processos e a redução de custos são os dois principais fatores que sustentam a competitividade das indústrias atualmente. Diante deste cenário, buscou-se otimizar o processo de fabricação de barras trefiladas de aço mola SAE 9254, através da eliminação do recozimento anterior ao processo de trefilação, por intermédio de um resfriamento controlado no cooling conveyor, na laminação.. Para isso, a taxa de resfriamento do fio-máquina após a laminação foi variada a fim de garantir a homogeneização da dureza ao longo das espiras, característica essa essencial para o processamento na trefila. Além da redução de custos com o recozimento, se o objetivo fosse alcançado, poder-se-ia otimizar o processo de reaquecimento deste aço na laminação. Como resultado, seria possível melhorar a qualidade superficial do fio-máquina e, por conseqüência, aumentar o rendimento metálico do produto, sem que a descarbonetação máxima e média fossem prejudicadas. Os experimentos foram desenvolvidos com base no resfriamento do fio-máquina no cooling conveyor. Durante o processamento na laminação, foi realizada uma amostragem especial a fim de mapear a variação das propriedades ao longo das espiras. Os resultados apontaram que é possível a otimização do processo de fabricação do aço mola SAE 9254, principalmente para a condição de resfriamento na laminação quando utilizado um escalonamento na velocidade de transporte do fio-máquina no cooling conveyor. Este incremento nas velocidades de deslocamento do material, feita através do escalonamento da velocidade, propicia uma alteração nos “pontos quentes” das espiras, gerando uma uniformidade maior em seu resfriamento, garantindo assim, uma homogeneidade nas propriedades mecânicas. / The process optimization and cost reduction are the two main factors that gives sustainability for today industries competitiveness. For this reason, it was attempted to optimize the manufacturing process of cold draw bars of SAE 9254 spring steel by eliminating pre-annealing of wire drawing, through a controlled cooling on the cooling conveyor, in the rolling mill process. For this, the cooling rate of wire rod after rolling process was varied to ensure the homogeneity of hardness along the coil, the essential feature for wire drawing process. In addition to reducing costs annealing, if the purpose was reached, the reheating process would be optimized in the rolling mill. As a result, it would be possible to improve the surface quality of wire rod and, consequently, increase the metallic yield of the product, without the decarburization maximum and average were damaged. The experiments were developed based on wire rod cooling thermograph in the cooling conveyor. During rolling mill processing, special sampling was performed to map the variation of properties along the coils. The results showed that it is possible to optimize the manufacturing process of the SAE 9254 spring steel, mainly for the cooling condition in the rolling process when scaling speeds in wire rod transportation was used on the cooling conveyor. This speed increase of the material transportation, through the scaling speed, provides a change in "hot spots" of the coils, generating a greater uniformity in their cooling, thus ensuring uniformity in mechanical properties.

Os custos de produção de minério de ferro possuem variações de acordo com a especificidade de cada mina. Na fase mina, dois dos maiores custos de produção estão associados aos índices: distância média de transporte e a relação estéril minério. A implantação do projeto de múltiplas minas e correias transportadoras em Itabira visa diminuir os custos associados a estes dois indicadores. O método de alimentação da planta de beneficiamento oriundo de múltiplas minas foca em reduzir a relação estéril minério global do complexo e a implantação de correias transportadoras mitiga o aumento da distância média de transporte. O presente trabalho tem seu enfoque em uma proposta de lavra de múltiplas minas e de uma pilha de minério para alimentação de três diferentes usinas. Propõem-se um modelo de programação linear por metas que determinará a melhor alimentação das usinas, menor distância média de transporte e menor relação estéril minério. Este modelo de otimização foi elaborado utilizando o software LINGO com interface com EXCEL, e avalia cenários diversificados entre o transporte por caminhões fora de estrada e o transporte misto entre caminhões fora de estrada e transportadores de correia de longa distância. Os resultados apresentados mostram que o método de múltiplas minas é uma saída técnica e economicamente viável para melhor aproveitamento das jazidas do Complexo Minerador de Itabira, apresentando uma economia que varia de US$82M até US$118M dependendo do local de instalação das unidades de Britagem Semimóvel (BSMs). / Production costs of iron ore varies according to the specificity of each mine. In the mining phase, some of the largest operational costs are associated to the haulage distance and the stripping ratio. In this context, the implementation of the multiple mines project and the conveyor belts at the Itabira Complex Mines aims to optimize these two indicators. The multiple mines methodology focuses on reducing the overall stripping ratio of the complex, and the implementation of conveyor belts mitigates the increase of the haulage distance. Two mines and a stock pile are available to feed three different concentration plants. The goal is to achieve the best way to feed the plants considering the economic aspects. A linear goal programming model is proposed to determine the best iron ore mass feeding the plants from different mines, taking into account the least haulage distance and the smallest stripping ratio. This optimization model was developed using LINGO Software to interface with EXCEL and evaluate diversified scenarios. The results showed that the method of multiple mines is a technical and economically viable method for mine planning at the Itabira Complex.