Issue 5-8/2010
Special Issue (pp 413 – 525) "Global aspects of WEEE recovery"; Guest Editors: Harold Krikke and Erwin van der Laan
Content (30 Articles)
International journal of advanced manufacturing technology introduction to the special issue
Harold Krikke, Erwin van der Laan
Handling WEEE waste flows: on the effectiveness of producer responsibility in a globalizing world
Bastiaan C. J. Zoeteman, Harold R. Krikke, Jan Venselaar
Recent developments in waste electrical and electronics equipment legislation in China
Yacan Wang, Yihong Ru, Albert Veenstra, Ruijiang Wang, Ye Wang
An analysis of E-waste flows in China
Albert Veenstra, Cathy Wang, Wenji Fan, Yihong Ru
Implementation of the WEEE-directive — economic effects and improvement potentials for reuse and recycling in Germany
Grit Walther, Jenny Steinborn, Thomas Stefan Spengler, Tobias Luger, Christoph Herrmann
Environmental and economical sustainability of WEEE closed-loop supply chains with recycling: a system dynamics analysis
Patroklos Georgiadis, Maria Besiou
A reverse logistics diagnostic tool: the case of the consumer electronics industry
Bastiaan Janse, Peter Schuur, Marisa P. de Brito
The economics of cell phone reuse and recycling
Roland Geyer, Vered Doctori Blass
A new artificial neural network approach to modeling ball-end milling
Hazim El-Mounayri, Jorge F. Briceno, Mohamed Gadallah
Analysis of directional factors in milling: importance of multi-frequency calculation and of the inclusion of the effect of the helix angle
Mikel Zatarain, Iñigo Bediaga, Jokin Muñoa, Tamás Insperger
3D finite element modeling of face milling of continuous chip material
Gaetano Massimo Pittalà, Michele Monno
Towards a rapid, non-contact shaping method for fibre metal laminates using a laser source
Christian Carey, Wesley J. Cantwell, Geoff Dearden, Kenneth R. Edwards, Stuart P. Edwardson, Ken G. Watkins
On suboptimal supervisory control of Petri nets in the presence of uncontrollable transitions via monitor places
Murat Uzam
Tolerance-based localization algorithm: form tolerance verification application
Ahmed M. N. Mohib, Hoda A. ElMaraghy
Chatter problems in micro- and macrocutting operations, existing models, and influential parameters—a review
Tamara Novakov, Mark James Jackson
Development of a real-time look-ahead interpolation methodology with spline-fitting technique for high-speed machining
Meng-Shiun Tsai, Hao-Wei Nien, Hong-Tzong Yau
Kinematic modelling of a 3-axis NC machine tool in linear and circular interpolation
Xavier Pessoles, Yann Landon, Walter Rubio
Two-agent group scheduling with deteriorating jobs on a single machine
Peng Liu, Lixin Tang, Xiaoye Zhou
A mixed integer programming formulation for scheduling of virtual manufacturing cells (VMCs)
Saadettin Erhan Kesen, Sanchoy K. Das, Zulal Gungor
Temperature field computation for a rotating cylindrical workpiece under laser quenching
Hongwei Xu, W. Wayne Chen, Kun Zhou, Yumei Huang, Q. Jane Wang
Evaluation of gas nitriding process with in-process variation of nitriding potential for AISI H13 tool steel
S. S. Akhtar, A. F. M. Arif, Bekir Sami Yilbas
Research on co-reservation in the manufacturing grid system
Haijun Zhang, Yefa Hu, Zude Zhou
Analytical envelope surface representation of a conical cutter undergoing rational motion
QingZhen Bi, LiMin Zhu, YuHan Wang, Han Ding
A novel internal thread defect auto-inspection system
Der-Baau Perng, Ssu-Han Chen, Yuan-Shuo Chang
Machine–part cell formation using a hybrid particle swarm optimization
Mona Anvari, Mohammad Saidi Mehrabad, Farnaz Barzinpour
A single-period inventory model with inventory update decision: the newsboy problem extension
Maryam Haji, Houshang Darabi
Scheduling jobs on dynamic parallel machines with sequence-dependent setup times
Zne-Jung Lee, Shih-Wei Lin, Kuo-Ching Ying
A mixed-integer linear programming model along with an electromagnetism-like algorithm for scheduling job shop production system with sequence-dependent set-up times
Vahid Roshanaei, Akram Khaleghei Ghosheh Balagh, Mir Mahdi Seyyed Esfahani, Behnam Vahdani
Controlling the navigation of automatic guided vehicle (AGV) using integrated fuzzy logic controller with programmable logic controller (IFLPLC)—stage 1
Mehdi Yahyaei, J. E. Jam, R. Hosnavi
Measuring organisational agility before and after implementation of TADS
S. Vinodh, G. Sundararaj, S. R. Devadasan