Digitalization is finding it’s way into production and machine-building. Autonomous, sefoptimizing and highly interconnected units will determine the functionality of machines and production facilities. Communication and automation layout will fundamentally change, data will be more and more the base for new business modells. Innovation is determining pneumatics and handling technology. The innovation topics performance improvement, modular and mechatronic design of systems, sustainability and efficiency are keeping pneumatics and vacuum technology on the pathway of success. But is the technology field also prepared for the tremendous challenges caused by the digitalization? This paper is focusing on the significance of digitalization for fluid technology, especially for pneumatics and vacuum technology. The new concepts of digitalization and autonomization are based on the Internet of Things with open Communication of cyber-physical systems. These cyber-physical systems are able to react autonoumously. Cyber-physical systems can collect, interpret and analys data and transfer it into valuable information. Based on these data, cyberphysical systems will provide services to all participants of the smart factory. There will be a digital image inside the factory cloud, which is the base of new business models. Systems of pneumatics, vacuum technology and hydraulics will play a core role in this world. They are placed directly at the interface to the real technical process, they have direct contact with the workpieces, they are collecting multitude of sensor data and are evaulating it, they have functionality like Condition Monitoring and Energy Efficiency optimization on board and are able to communicate with the world of automation. This paper will show, that the innovation trends of the last years are supporting the way towards digitalization and Industrial Internet of Things. There are already a lot of different approaches to establish vacuum and pneumatic systems as adequate elements of the digitalized world. It will also be shown, that fluid technology still is facing tremendous challenges It will be not sufficient to equip the systems with more functionality and better communication. It will be essential, that from the interpretation and correlation of data will be derived valuable services with real customer benefit. This should happen under control of the vendors of smart field devices in fluid technology. Then it will be possible to turn this new kind of value generation also into new business models.

This study describes the construction of a high vacuum station and the instrumentation and testing of two methods for obtaining the first derivative of the current-voltage characteristic of a Langmuir Probe, which is needed to determine the electron speed distribution in rare gases. The theory behind using a lock-in amplifier differentiator to obtain the derivative of the I-V characteristic of a Langmuir Probe is derived and discussed. A test was devised to check the instrumentation for correct operation. / M.S.

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, TESTING AND MANUFACTURING OF AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC VACUUM SWEEPER SAHIN, Emre M.Sc., Department of Mechanical Engineering Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Kahraman ALBAYRAK Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bilgin KAFTANOGLU September 2011, 156 pages In this thesis, conceptual design, testing, development and manufacturing processes of the cleaning (elevator and fan system) and electro-hydraulic systems of an industrial type vacuum sweeper are presented. Thesis is financially supported by Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology (Turkey) and M&uuml / san A.S. (Makina &Uuml / retim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.) under the SAN-TEZ projects with numbers 00028.STZ.2007-1 and 00623.STZ.2010-1. The main purpose is to make critical design changes on existing fan system, designing a new elevator system and eventually obtaining efficient and powerful cleaning system. For design, Catia and SolidWorks softwares are used. Within the SAN-TEZ project, all CFD solutions were provided by Punto Engineering. Unlike many industrial type vacuum sweepers, new design will be electrically and electro-hydraulic controlled. All cleaning system of new &lsquo / M&Uuml / SAN Vacuum Sweeper&rsquo / will be activated by using hydraulic motors (traction system including hydraulic system is driven by the brushless DC electric motor as well) and the power of all these systems is supplied by batteries which are placed in the middle of the vehicle. Elevator and fan system can be considered as a group for a street sweeper for cleaning operations. Fan and elevator systems both gain an important place especially in cleaning operations due to lifting heavy and small particles from the ground. Fan system is used for sucking the small materials and dust by vacuum and elevator system is used to elevate heavier materials such stones, bottles, cans. Therefore, it is essential to design an efficient and powerful fan and elevator system for a street sweeper. The thesis work includes the design, development, supervision of manufacturing, simulation and testing of the cleaning (elevator and fan systems) and electro-hydraulic system of the street cleaners.

Tez (Doktora) - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Makina Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı, 2007. / Kaynakça var.

Background: One part of manufacturing a Plate Heat Exchanger (PHE) is to leak test them before delivery. Today, helium is used extensively in leak testing. How-ever, it is unsustainable to use helium in leak testing, because of its non-renewability and therefore becoming more and more expensive. Also, this technology is relatively complex. At the same, PHEs are rising in demand due to lack of energy resources in Europe. Therefore, possibilities emerged for using air based leak testing technologies in upcoming test lines and that is why an evaluation needs to be done to find the most suitable technology. Objectives: The objective of this master’s thesis is to evaluate and identify the most suitable leak testing technology for validating the watertightness requirement of 10−3 mbar·l/s at 1 bar pressure difference. There is a scientific gap in comparing how different air based leak testing technologies perform with different volumes of the test vessels. This thesis will identify the most suitable air based leak testing technology by evaluating three technologies: Pressure Decay, Differential Pressure Decay and Vacuum Decay. With the main focus on how different volumes impacts the performance of each technology. Lastly, this study aims to determine an optimal test pressure that achieves the shortest cycle time for the selected test technology. Choosing the most suitable test technologies will result in fewer production break-downs and interruptions. Additional, being able to phase out helium in leak testing. Methods: The workflow for evaluating the different leak testing technologies began with the implementation and installation of each test setup and ensuring the reliability of the gathered data. After verifying the absence of leakage in the system, a simulated leak was calibrated to match the requirement’s leak rate. Four test vessels with original volumes of 0.10, 0.45, 1.66 and 2.50 l were utilized. Various tests were then performed to answer the research questions, including measurements of leak rate at different pressures, analysis of outgassing characteristics, and determination of cycle time. Finally, by utilizing concept scoring, the most suitable leak testing technology was identified with respect to the volume. Results: The exhibited results in this thesis manifest how the different leak testing technologies perform depending on the volume. The relationship between leak rates and overpressures was obtained, which was then utilized to derive the theoretical detection time. The cycle time and accuracy were determined across various volumes. According to concept scoring, Pressure Decay was deemed the most suitable leak testing technology in terms of six different criteria.   Conclusions: All three technologies were able to determine a leak rate corresponding to the watertightness requirement. From the evaluation, Pressure Decay was the most suitable technology to use across the majority of the volumes, with an accuracy below 15%. The test cycle times were optimizable by selecting an optimum testing pressure.  Therefore, being able to replace the helium leak testing in future test lines. / Bakgrund: En del i processen av att producera värmeväxlare är att de ska genomgå en täthetskontroll innan de levereras till kunden. I dagsläget används helium till största del för att göra täthetskontroller. Däremot är det inte hållbart att bruka helium för täthetskontroller, då det inte är förnyelsebart. Därför blir allt dyrare samtidigt som teknologin som används är komplex. Samtidigt har efterfrågan på värmeväxlare ökat markant till följd av brist på energiresurser i Europa. Som ett resultat av detta uppkom möjligheten att använda luftbaserade tätkontrolls teknologier i framtida testbanor och därför behövs en utvärdering göras av vilken metod som är lämpligast att använda. Syfte: Syftet med arbetet var att utvärdera och identifiera den mest lämpliga test-teknologin för att validera att vattentätskravet uppfylls. Det finns idag ett vetenskapligt gap på hur olika luftbaserade testteknologier presterar beroende på vilken volym som testas. Denna studie identifierade den mest lämpliga luftbaserade tätkontorllstekniken genom att utvärdera följande tre tekniker: Pressure Decay, Differential Pressure Decay och Vacuum Decay. Huvudfocus var på hur olika volymer påverkar tätkontrollens prestanda. Slutligen bestämms det optimala testtrycket som ger den lägsta cykeltiden för den valda testteknologin. Att välja den mest lämpliga test-tekniken kommer resultera i färre haverier och avbrott i produktionslinjen, samt ge möjligheten att byta ut helium som spårgas för täthetskontollerna. Metod: Arbetsflödet för att utvärdera de olika teknologierna för täthetskontroller började med att implementera och installera varje testuppställning och säkerställa att datan var trovärdig. Efter att ha verifierat att inga läckor fanns i systemen,kalibrerades en simulerad läcka för att matcha vattentätskravet läckhastighet. Fyra testobjekt användes med volymerna, 0.10, 0.45, 1.66 och 2.50 l. Olika tester ut-fördes sedan för att svara på forskningsfrågorna, samt gjordes en mätning av läck-hastigheten vid olika övertryck, analys av utgasningskarakteristiken och cykeltiden bestämdes. Slutligen, genom att använda concept scoring identifierades den mest lämpliga teknologin för täthetskontroller beroende på vilken volym som testas. Resultat: Resultatet i detta examensarbete visar hur olika testteknologier presterar beroende på volym. Relationen mellan läckhastighet och övertryck bestämdes och an-vändes för att härleda den teoretiska detektionstiden. Cykeltiden och noggrannheten bestämdes för olika volymer. Utifrån concept scoring var Pressure Decay den mest lämpliga testteknologin utifrån sex olika kriterier.   Slutsatser: Alla tre testteknologierna kunde hitta en läcka motsvarande vattentätskravet. Utifrån utvärderingen var Pressure Decay den mest lämpliga testteknologin för majoriteten av volymerna med en noggrannhet under 15%. Cykeltiden var optimerbar genom att välja det optimala testtrycket. Därför kan Pressure Decay användas som en ersättare för helium vid tätkontroller i framtida testbanor.

This master's thesis deals with design, strength calculation and technological solution of wing-fuselage joint for composite four-seater aeroplane certificated by CS-23. Design is focused on optimal space utilization, low weight and simple manufacturing and assembly. Main output is technical documentation consisting of drawings and technological lay-ups. Conceptual design was chosen after analysis and weight estimation. With strenght calculation for composite materials it was possible to design composition of primary parts and also specify manufacture processes. Assigment was solved by unusuall conceptual design, which claims higher precision manufacturing, but it saves weight.

Orientadores: Antonio J. Ramirez, Maria Clara F. Ierardi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T21:56:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Seraphim_RafaelMolena_M.pdf: 6485115 bytes, checksum: 380cfffee5fa982ec74a9cdc78c88e3a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O avanço cientifico no estudo de átomos, moléculas e proteínas tem recebido uma contribuição significativa dos aceleradores de partículas, que em sua grande maioria são utilizados para a geração de radiação síncrotron. Por isso, o aprimoramento destas máquinas mostra-se de extrema importância para manter a ciência em seu contínuo avanço. O sistema de vácuo destas máquinas apresenta-se como um importante parâmetro para o seu bom funcionamento e melhorias neste promovem diretamente melhorias na qualidade da radiação síncrotron gerada. Logo, o desenvolvimento deste trabalho teve como principal objetivo o estudo das juntas soldadas das câmaras de vácuo que compõem o acelerador do Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS). As juntas foram preparadas com o processo de soldagem GTAW (Gás Tungsten Arc Welding) mediante a utilização de diferentes gases de proteção, como Argônio, Hélio e Nitrogênio, e misturas entre estes. Os estudos concentraram-se na análise da influência dos gases de proteção na dessorção de gases das juntas soldadas. Para a caracterização destas utilizaram-se as técnicas de análise de superfícies Dessorção Estimulada por Elétrons (DEE) e Dessorção Estimulada por Fótons (DEF). Adicionalmente, realizou-se um estudo comparativo entre as duas técnicas buscando-se estabelecer relações entre os resultados fornecidos pelas mesmas. Os resultados mostraram que a dessorção de gases independe do gás de proteção de soldagem, mas depende sim do nível de oxidação das juntas soldadas, as quais podem apresentar altas taxas de dessorção caso estejam muito oxidadas e os óxidos não sejam camadas contínuas. Em conclusão pode-se dizer que as juntas soldadas para câmaras de vácuo de aceleradores de partículas devem apresentar baixos níveis de oxidação, e apesar das semelhanças encontradas entre a DEE e a DEF é aconselhável utilizar a DEF para a caracterização de superfícies para trabalharem com radiação síncrotron / Abstract: The scientific advance of atoms, molecules and proteins studies has received an important contribution from particle accelerators, which are mainly used to generate synchrotron radiation. Hence, the improvement of these machines is necessary to maintain the continuous advance of science. One of the key components for the adequate operation of these accelerators is the vacuum system. Thus, its improvement directly impacts on the quality of the generated synchrotron radiation. Therefore, the principal purpose of this work is to study the gas desorption from the welding joints on the particle accelerators vacuum chambers. The welds were prepared using the GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) process with different shielding gases, as argon, helium and nitrogen, and some mixtures of them. The study concentrated on the analysis of the shielding gas influence on the gas desorption from the welded joints. The gas desorption of the joints was evaluated using Electron Stimulated Desorption (ESD) and Photon Stimulated Desorption (PSD). In addition, it was carried out a comparative study between both desorption techniques to establish relationships between the results provided by them. The results showed that the gas desorption from the welding joints does not depend on the welding shielding gas, but on the oxidation level of the joint, which can present high desorption yield if it is highly oxidized and these oxides are not a continuous film. Therefore, it is advisable to minimize the oxidation during welding of vacuum chambers for particle accelerators. Regarding the comparison between ESD and PSD they were found some similarities. However, PSD will have better performance characterizing surfaces that will be exposed to synchrotron radiation / Mestrado / Materiais e Processos de Fabricação / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica