School of Manufacturing Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions

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    • Tool wear prediction models during end milling of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites 

      Azwan Iskandar, Azmi; Lin, Richard J.T.; Bhattacharyya, Debes (Springer-Verlag London., 2013-07)
      Composite products are often subjected to secondary machining processes as integral part of component manufacture. However, rapid tool wear becomes the limiting factor in maintaining consistent machining quality of the ...

    • Machinability study of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites during end milling 

      Azwan Iskandar, Azmi; Lin, Richard J.T.; Bhattacharyya, Debes (Springer-Verlag London., 2013-01)
      Machining of composite materials is usually performed to achieve required geometrical shapes and dimensional tolerances. However, machinability evaluation of glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites in end milling ...

    • Investigation of oil burner combustion performance when utilizing palm biodiesel blends 

      Muhammad Azreen Azeem, Hasagaya; Mohammad Nazri, Mohd Jaafar; Mohamad Shaiful Ashrul, Ishak (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l, 2011)
      Due to renewability, high production rate, technical feasibility and role in reducing greenhouse gases (GHG) emission, palm oil is in the right position to supply the energy needs by the incorporation into the diesel supply. ...

    • Preliminary study on cutting solid object using water at pressure exceeding 1000 MPa 

      Ahmad Humaizi, Hilmi; Mohd Nor Azman; Ariffin, Ismail, Lt Col Assoc. Prof .; Mohammed Alias, Yusof, Prof. Madya Ir.; Ahmad Mujahid, Ahmad Zaidi, Dr.; Shohaimi, Abdullah, Brig. Jen. Prof. Madya Dr. (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      To date, the highest pump pressure available in market is 648 MPa from FLOW International Corp. Cutting with ultra high pressure reduces abrasive usage, faster cutting speed, increased depth of cuts and increase efficiency. ...

    • Development of improved bottleneck-based heuristic for re-entrant flow shop with dominant machine at M1 and M4 

      Mohd Fidzwan, Md Amin Hamzas; Ahmad Bareduan, Salleh; Liyana, Tajul; Mohd Sabri, Hussin; Zailani, Zainal Abidin; Hasnul, Hadi (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012-03)
      This project investigates the possibility of developing scheduling heuristic using bottleneck approach for a four machine permutation re-entrant flow shop with the process routing of M1,M2,M3,M4,M3,M4 where M1 and M4 have ...

    • Performance evaluation of m3 bottleneck based heuristic for M1M2M3 flow shop 

      Mohd Fidzwan, Md Amin Hamzas; Ahmad Bareduan, Salleh; Mohd Sabri, Hussin; M. J., Hasnul; Asmawi, Sanuddin; Zailani, Zainal Abidin (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012-09)
      This project investigates the possibility of developing scheduling heuristic using bottleneck approach for a three machine flow shop scheduling with the tendency of dominant machine at the first process. Due to the re-entrant ...

    • Study on ability of palm oil as viscosity index improvement (VII) additive in thermal stability (base mineral oil - Cooking palm oil) 

      Hasnul, Hadi; Liyana, Tajul; M. S., Hussin; Zailani, Zainal Abidin; Mohd Fidzwan, Md Amin Hamzas; Muhammad Syahril, Bahari (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012)
      This research was conducted to study the thermal stability of cooking palm oil when subjected to heat in an attempt to study its ability as viscosity index improver. Four samples of mixture of Shell Rimula X SAE 40 engine ...

    • A review on major business excellence frameworks. 

      Dodangeh, J.; Rosnah, M.Y.; Ismail, N.; Md.Ismail, Y.; Biekzadeh, M.R.; Jassbi, J. (Social Science Research Network, 2012)
      In increasingly competitive business environments, business excellence models play crucial roles in organizational successes. Numerous organizations implement business excellence models to obtain business excellence. To ...

    • Improvement of Corrosion Resistance of Rare Earth Element (REE)-Based Anodic Oxidation Coating on AZ91D Magnesium Alloy 

      Mohd Zamzuri, Mohammad Zain; Suhaimi, Illias; Mokhtar, Mat Salleh; Khairul Azwan, Ismail; Nooraizedfiza, Zainon (Scientific.net, 2012-06-26)
      Anodization is a useful technique for forming protective films on magnesium alloys and improves its corrosion resistance. Based on the rare earth metal (REE) salt solution, the optimum parameter was selected by comparing ...

    • Classroom comfort ability assessment: A case study 

      Zailani, Zainal Abidin; R., Hamidon; Mohd Sabri, Hussin; Mohd Fidzwan, Md Amin Hamzas; Hasnul, Hadi (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012-03)
      his study was conducted to evaluate the comfort level of an air-conditioned classroom at the School of Manufacturing Engineering campus using objective measurement, subjective assessment and Computational Fluid Dynamics ...

    • Characteristics of Fe-yttria composites fabricated by powder metallurgy method 

      Marina, Marzuki; Kartini, Alir; Wan Abdul Rahman Assyahid, Wan Ibrahim; Nooraizedfiza, Zainon; Mohd Asri, Selamat; Mohd Zamzuri, Mohammad Zain (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      This study is focused on fabricating and characterizing iron (Fe) composites prepared by powder metallurgy route reinforced with varying weight of Yttria (Y2O3). Composites were prepared based on 5 wt. % to 15 wt. % of ...

    • The study of lean layout in an automotive parts manufacturer 

      Mokhtar, Mat Salleh; Mohd Zamzuri, Mohammad Zain (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      The term "Lean" was the Japanese model and had been associated with the practice of interpreting the value added activities from those that are wasted ("muda" in Japanese) in an organization and its supply chain [1]. Apart ...

    • Design and anaysis of thermoacoustic air conditioning system as environmental friendly device 

      Mokhtar, Mat Salleh; Roshaliza, Hamidon; Mohd Zamzuri, Mohammad Zain; Ho, Seng Khee (Trans Tech Publications, 2012-02)
      Thermoacoustic air conditioning system is a new technology design of cooling system which offers the possibility for simple and efficient energy conversion devices. This research is looking an alternative for CFC-contained ...

    • A study on fiber glass composite hovercraft hull with different wall thickness using generative structural analysis 

      Muhammad Aiman, Ahmad Fozi; Mohamed Tarmizi, Ahmad; Bakri, Bakar; Mohd Sabri, Hussin; Mohd Hafiezal, Mohd Radzi; Ahmad Fairuz, Mansor (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2012)
      The usage of fiber glass composite has tremendously given the benefitof a weight reduction and enhancing the performance of a product. Some developers and innovative changes have been made to the hull design by inserting ...

    • The study of surface roughness and MRR of mild steel using manual plasma arc cutting machining 

      Rajamony, Bhuvenesh, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohd Hafidz, Norizaman; Muhamad Saifuldin, Abdul Manan (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Manufacturing companies define the qualities of thermal removing process based on the dimension and physical appearance of the cutting material surface. Therefore, the roughness of the surface area of the cutting material ...

    • Fuzzy logic predictive model of tool wear in end milling glass fibre reinforced polymer composites 

      Azwan Iskandar, Azmi; Lin, Richard J.T.; Bhattacharyya, Debes (Trans Tech Publications., 2011-03)
      This paper presents development of tool wear prediction models in end milling of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites. Adaptive network based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was employed to accurately predict ...

    • Experimental study of machinability of GFRP composites by end milling 

      Azwan Iskandar, Azmi; Lin, Richard J.T.; Bhattacharyya, Debes (Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., 2012-10-01)
      This article describes an experimental investigation on end milling of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites using uncoated tungsten carbide tool. A series of experiments were carried out to evaluate the ...

    • Optimization of multi-tool machining process 

      Ahmed Alwaise, A. M.; Usubamatov, Ryspek, Prof. Dr.; M Zulkeffeli, Zain (International Network for Scientific Information Publication (INSI), 2011-09)
      Optimization of the machining modes for machine tools by criterion of the maximum productivity rate is complex and in many cases an unresolved problem. Increasing of machining modes leads to change the productivity rate. ...

    • Development of palm oil based bio-product industrial wax and its application performance study 

      Bhuvenesh, Rajamony, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohd Nabil, Khalid; Mohd Faizal, Hamid (David Publishing, 2010-06)
      Machining is a mechanical process where excess material from a work is removed to produce a product. At the moment different ferrous, non-ferrous materials and industrial blue wax have been used for prototype models. ...

    • Optimization of machine tools by using the maximum productivity rate 

      A. M., Ahmed Alwaise; Usubamatov, Ryspek, Prof. Dr.; Saifulddin, Abdul Manan, Dr.; Bhuvenesh, Rajamony, Assoc. Prof. Dr. (INSInet Publication, 2011)
      Calculation of the productivity rate and optimization of the operating modes for automatic machine tools today is complex, and in many cases, an unresolved problem. Most equations for calculating the optimal machining ...