Software development is of great significance in manufacturing and process industry. Software can, for example, make production more efficient and monitoring easier. In paperboard industry testing the product, that is, paperboard, is important. Testing is done to make sure that the product meets the requirements of the customers who transform the paperboard to packaging products. In the Skoghall paperboard Mill operators make use of a range of different test methods. Since the work pace is high and the product is being continuously tested improvements of the workflow at the laboratory are always of interest.   The aim of this project is to develop a program that connects test instruments at Skoghall Mill’s test laboratory to the Mill’s network. The motivation is to automate part of the work process by removing the step of manually reading measurement values from the test instruments. The scope of this project includes developing software that connects one of the instruments (the Short Span Compression tester [1] or SCT) at the laboratory to the Mill’s network. This program, named TestLink, will work as a proof of concept for connecting instruments using a common interface. The software is constructed using a modular approach forming a platform where an additional instrument can be connected by creating a new module. The software is developed in Visual Studio using C# as the programming language. The software architecture follows the MVVM [2] (Model View ViewModel) design pattern paradigm and WPF [3] (Windows Presentation Foundation) is used to construct the graphical user interface. The result shows that time savings can be made when automating part of the work with the introduction of new software.

The work deals with design, simulation and preparation of laboratory preparation. The main aim of the thesis is to design and implement a simple noise generator, signal sources, mixer and phase lock loop for teaching purposes.

In previous studies on suction box dewatering, three mechanisms were identified that determine the dry content of a web, viz. web compression, displacement of water by air and rewetting. In the present work, the relative importance of the three mechanisms was investigated through direct measurement of the web deformation, the dry content changes during and after the suction pulse, the air flow through the fibre network and the saturation of the web after the suction pulse. Suction pressure, suction time and rewetting time were varied. The experiments were done with chemical and mechanical pulp webs of various grammages. It was found that a large web deformation took place during the suction pulse, particularly at its beginning. Compression dewatering was found to be the most dominant dewatering mechanism. Displacement dewatering started after most of the web compression had occurred. Its contribution to the increase in dry content was most pronounced for higher suction pressures, longer suction times and for chemical pulp webs. A surprisingly large expansion of the web was observed immediately after the suction pulse. This expansion was the effect of rewetting. This rewetting strongly reduced the dry content of the web if the web had not been immediately separated from the forming fabric at the end of the suction pulse. Under the conditions studied, the decrease in dry content amounted to the order of 3 to 6 %. Rewetting was smaller for longer suction times and higher suction pressures. A considerable air flow through the web occurred under these conditions. This air flow apparently moved water from the forming fabric into the suction box, thus making less water available for rewetting. Rewetting for mechanical pulp webs was more pronounced and took place faster than for chemical pulps. The use of a membrane on top of the web during suction box dewatering proved to be advantageous for reducing the air flow through the web. However, under the conditions investigated, the dry content could not be improved. Although the web compression was increased when using a membrane, especially at a higher suction pressure, rewetting after the suction pulse had an even larger negative impact on the dry content, which, as a result, was lower. / QC 20100924

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:26:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:04:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O Laboratório de Calibração de Instrumentos do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares oferece serviços de calibração de detectores de radiação utilizados em radioproteção, radiodiagnóstico e radioterapia, para o IPEN e também para instalações externas, públicas e particulares. Uma parte de suas instalações estão localizadas no prédio principal, junto com outros laboratórios e salas de estudo, e uma outra parte num prédio isolado, semienterrado (Bunker). Para a otimização, a modernização e principalmente a segurança, os laboratórios situados no prédio principal precisam ser transferidos para um local isolado. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido um projeto de um laboratório integrado, que será uma expansão do atual Laboratório de Calibração de Instrumentos do IPEN. Para isto, foram feitos levantamentos radiométricos no local escolhido e levantadas todas as necesidades da equipe quanto a espaço e disposição das salas. No projeto, os laboratórios com equipamentos de radiação X, e fontes radioativas alfa e beta ficaram isolados numa parte do prédio, e as blindagens das paredes foram determinadas, dependendo do uso de cada laboratório. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:26:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:06:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Os aplicadores clínicos de 90Sr+90Y são instrumentos utilizados em procedimentos de braquiterapia e devem ser calibrados periodicamente, de acordo com normas e recomendações internacionais. Neste trabalho, foram estudados quatro métodos de calibração de aplicadores dermatológicos e oftálmicos, comparando-se os resultados com os fornecidos pelos certificados de calibração dos fabricantes dos aplicadores. Os métodos envolveram o aplicador clínico padrão do Laboratório de Calibração de Instrumentos (LCI), calibrado pelo laboratório padrão primário americano do National Institute of Standards and Technology, como referência; um aplicador da Amersham, também pertencente ao LCI, como referência; uma mini-câmara de extrapolação desenvolvida no IPEN como padrão absoluto; e dosimetria termoluminescente. A mini-câmara de extrapolação e uma câmara de extrapolação comercial PTW foram estudadas com relação ao seu desempenho por meio de testes de controle de qualidade, como corrente de fuga, repetitividade e reprodutibilidade. A distribuição de dose em profundidade na água, estudo de grande importância na dosimetria de aplicadores clínicos, foi determinada utilizando-se a mini-câmara de extrapolação e dosímetros termoluminescentes. Os resultados obtidos foram considerados satisfatórios para os dois casos, quando comparados com os dados fornecidos pela norma IAEA (2002). Além disso, foi desenvolvido um sistema postal dosimétrico para a calibração de aplicadores clínicos por meio da técnica da termoluminescência, para ser enviado para clínicas e hospitais, sem a necessidade do transporte das fontes ao LCI do IPEN para calibração. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

This thesis deals with speed measuring and speed measurement sensors. It’s designed equipment for the demonstration of the sensors principle. In the next part it’s designed the assignment for BMFV lesson and it’s made the measuring on this equipment.