... impact on the cost effectiveness of implementing demand response. Plant engineering Sustainable manufacturing Maintenance In more recent years, the importance of integrating energy considerations into manufacturing decision-making has gained more attention and precedence. The industrial...

..., an innovative maintenance methodology should increase energy efficiency at the machine/system layer by real-time maintenance scheduling. This framework should comprehensively consider diverse machine deteriorations, batch production characteristics, and energy consumption interactivities. Plant...

... LPO programing in the system level. 1 Corresponding author. Manuscript received September 5, 2016; final manuscript received January 21, 2017; published online March 8, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Dragan Djurdjanovic. 05 09 2016 21 01 2017 Plant engineering Production systems...

... Corresponding author. Manuscript received October 24, 2016; final manuscript received January 10, 2017; published online January 30, 2017. Editor: Y. Lawrence Yao. 24 10 2016 10 01 2017 Control Plant engineering Sensing Monitoring Maintenance Automation Diagnostics...

... May 19, 2016; published online August 5, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Jianjun Shi. 17 08 2015 19 05 2016 Modeling and simulation Plant engineering Process planning Production systems optimization Sustainable manufacturing Maintenance Energy consumption, used to receive...

..., 2015; final manuscript received August 25, 2015; published online October 27, 2015. Editor: Y. Lawrence Yao. 12 06 2015 25 08 2015 Materials handling Plant engineering Maintenance The rotating resistance of idler rolls in belt conveyor systems occurs due to the friction...

... framework can achieve the goal of lean MRO of complex equipment. Design for manufacturing Plant engineering Sensing Monitoring Maintenance Diagnostics Most complex equipment, such as continuous casting equipment, heavy-duty vehicles, aircrafts, ships, trains, and steam and gas turbines...

... considerations give cues for its application under an indirect wear estimate. Modeling and simulation Plant engineering Maintenance Tool life strongly affects the efficiency of machining operations. This question is largely studied by the so-called machining economics, where costs of machining...

... making maintenance and production sequencing decisions consistently and often significantly outperforms the current practice of making these decisions separately. Modeling and simulation Plant engineering Production systems optimization Maintenance Maintenance is an essential part...