The Meaning Making from Childhood Drawing into 3D Ceramic Art Form

This paper will discuss the meaning-making from a childhood drawing into 3D ceramic art. As well as that, it endures with the theme of childhood memories where it will expose the sentimental values of childhood drawings created back then. Affirmation, this research will also reveal the aesthetic developed in the childhood drawing from the past and celebrate it into a new body of art by recreating it into ceramic art. In addition, this paper will also reveal the relation between childhood drawing with faux naive art as the term of the nativity in the childhood characters. Keywords: meaning-making, childhood drawing, ceramic art, faux naive art. eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.379

The effect of assembly design parameters on assembly time

Reducing cycle time has an impact in many aspects such as productivity and capacity of industry. This study investigates the effect of assembly design parameters such as workstation design, working posture: standing and sitting and jig design on plug assembly time. The parameters or factors involved were three jig designs; number of holders, working postures: standing and sitting to assembly time and gender. An experiment with a full factorial design with four factors of 2 and 3 levels was applied. Ten participants consisting of five males and fives females were asked to assemble the plugs. The study concluded that all main factors, and some interaction factors significantly contributed to assembly time. The lowest assembly time per plug for assembly setting was sitting posture by male operators , using rectangular jig with 3 holders per jig. Meanwhile the highest assembly time per plug was performed by the female operator using horizontal jig with 5 plugs holder per jig. The study also generates the regression model that describes the relationship of all factors involved. Validation of the model also was performed by taking some runs of experiments. The average deviation of actual data and predicted is less than five per cent

New Norm Documentation: Solidarity of solitary in art making

Positive Covid-19 instances are becoming more common every day. To reduce everyday cases, the government has taken a variety of actions. It logically follows from the absence of cohesiveness among the community. This work of art aims to provide social commentary by using assemblage paintings as a record to promote communal cohesion. Overall, the results demonstrate that a few social groups' steadfast contempt for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) has led to the failure of countless programmes. In order to reduce the incidence of infection, the populace must be united and accept government orders. Keywords: Painting, Mixed Media, Assemblage, Covid-19 eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC  BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.393

SIMULATION STUDY TOWARDS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT FOR ASSEMBLY LINE

To compete in an ever growing manufacturing environment, companies have to improve their productivity. This study describes the improvement activities of the ABC Company in Malaysia, using a line balancing technique. With these improvement activities, the company managed to reduce the total time required to complete 600 product units per week, from 256.49 hours down to 208.06 hours, and the lead time from 5 days 7.9 hours down to 4 days 6.8 hours. This study also proposes assembly line improvements, using simulation methods, by focusing on a Material Handling Operator (MHO) solution. A MHO is assigned to a transport box container, from one station in the assembly line to another, so that operators at each workstation can concentrate on their own tasks. Using a process simulation approach, this paper compares the performance of the production model using MHO with that of a production model without MHO. The feasibility of this solution is then discussed.KEYWORDS: line balancing, productivity, simulation, modelling, material handlin

Hygrothermal Effect on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Filament Wound Hybrid Composite

This study focused on the hygrothermal effect on filament wound glass-carbon/epoxy hybrid composite. Non-geodesic pattern of filament winding with a winding speed of 15.24–30.48 lm/min was used. Fiber tensioning weight of one kg and a winding angle of 30° were created to produce wound samples of the hybrid composite. The hybrid composite was wound by using a ±30° orientation with a total of six layers. Hygrothermal effect was conducted in a humidity chamber for three days (72 h). Control temperatures of 60 and 80°C were established, and humidity percentages of 50%, 70%, and 90% were used. Moisture absorption test showed that heat and humidity in most of the hybrid samples gradually increased. As a result, glass-carbon 80°C/90% showed the highest absorbed moisture at 0.77%. The involvement of highest heat and humidity showed the decline in the values of tensile and flexure strengths at 75.80 and 157.15 MPa, respectively. Fractography analysis using Stereo Microscope Stemi 2000-C indicated that glasscarbon/ epoxy 80°C/90% showed catastrophic damage, large crack, and longest delamination of fiber pullout at 10.39 mm. The fracture criterion revealed that the involvement of heat and humidity significantly affected the mechanical and physical properties of hybrid composite material

Helical Micro-Hole Drilling Of Chemically Strengthened Glass Using Capsule-Shaped Electroplated Diamond Tool

This study investigates the micro-hole drilling performance of chemically strengthened glass plate by using a capsule-shaped electroplated diamond tool and the helical drilling method. Three different helical pitch conditions were tested to drill holes with a diameter of 1 mm. The number of drilled holes, grinding force, and maximum crack size were measured along with the observation of the drilled holes to evaluate the performance of the micro-hole drilling. From the experimental results, it was found that as the size of helical pitch decreased, the number of drilled holes increases where the average grinding force generated becomes smaller. By using small helical pitch condition, 43 holes could be drilled but the maximum crack size generated at the outlet side of the drilled hole is not able to achieve the high-grade quality compared to the inlet side. The resultant grinding force generated when the tool tip nearing the outlet side of the glass plate has caused the large crack at a certain position on the outlet side

Generation Of A Decision Support System To Enhance The Efficiency Of Lean Manufacturing

Lean manufacturing (LM) is an established process that employs an array of instruments to eradicate waste. A variety of methods have been applied (some more successfully than others) to enhance the effectiveness of this process. This study delves into the introduction of the Intelligent Lean Tools Simulation (iLeTS) to overcome the deficiencies in the LM process and reduce the failure ratio. Fabricated with the use of modelling software, the performance of iLeTS was enhanced by way of an amalgamation involving the visual basic application (VBA) and the multi agent system (MAS). This merging served to enhance the user friendliness of iLeTS, which in turn reduced the required period of usage. Face validity and a usability study were harnessed to evaluate the performance of iLeTS. While face validity was used to authenticate the multi-agent system flow in iLeTS; the usability study was engaged to determine the proficiency of iLeTS when it comes to managing a number of arbitrarily occurring incidents. Subsequent to a thorough examination of a wide range of simulation results (deriving from authentic data), we arrived at the conclusion that (a) the iLeTS is suitable for the automation of the manufacturing process, and (b) the iLeTS can be relied upon for making prompt and appropriate choices

HYGROTHERMAL EFFECT ON MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF FILAMENT WOUND HYBRID COMPOSITE

This study focused on the hygrothermal effect on filament wound glass-carbon/epoxy hybrid composite. Nongeodesic pattern of filament winding with a winding speed of 15.24–30.48 lm/min was used. Fiber tensioning weight of one kg and a winding angle of 30° were created to produce wound samples of the hybrid composite. The hybrid composite was wound by using a ±30° orientation with a total of six layers. Hygrothermal effect was conducted in a humidity chamber for three days (72 h). Control temperatures of 60 and 80°C were established, and humidity percentages of 50%, 70%, and 90% were used. Moisture absorption test showed that heat and humidity in most of the hybrid samples gradually increased. As a result, glass-carbon 80°C/90% showed the highest absorbed moisture at 0.77%. The involvement of highest heat and humidity showed the decline in the values of tensile and flexure strengths at 75.80 and 157.15 MPa, respectively. Fractography analysis using Stereo Microscope Stemi 2000-C indicated that glasscarbon/ epoxy 80°C/90% showed catastrophic damage, large crack, and longest delamination of fiber pullout at 10.39 mm. The fracture criterion revealed that the involvement of heat and humidity significantly affected the mechanical and physical properties of hybrid composite material

Design Of Compact Pre-Pregger Machine For In House Production Of Pre-Preg Material

The main idea of this project is to conceptually design and simulate a lab-scale pre-pregger machine for in house production of pre-preg material. The aim is to decrease the size of the existing machine and reduce the cost to fabricate it. The concept design of the machine focuses on four major components: drum, resin bath, guider and fiber spindle. The pre-pregger machine is designed with an adaptable drum parameter which can be installed and removed easily from the drum holder. In this project, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) was used to control the pre-pregger machine. The CXONE OMRON PLC was chosen to design the ladder diagram of the controller. In order to simulate and test the correctness of the controller, a simple electrical setup has been made. The setup consists of three motors, few sensors and push button. The simulated setup proved that the proposed conceptual design of the pre-pregger machine is workable

Physiognomic Characteristics Towards MPV Car Design In Kansei Engineering

This study discussed about the customer preferences towards the product design features based on Kansei Engineering. The purpose of this study is to find out what the customer characteristics based on physiognomy characteristics towards the emotional preferences (Kansei) on the car design features. By using developed questionnaires based on 5 Kansei words (Stylish, Comfortable, Safe, Sporty, Luxury) towards each of 6 car product design from MPVcar design type launched in Malaysia for years 2014 - 2015, the statistical method were then em-ployed to analyze the results data of 171 respondents against their needs and also to their individual face that were reconstructed to a facial model in order to find out the individual’s customer characteristic related to physiognomic identity. The study found that Front Views of for MPV car types (Toyota Alphard Vellfire) has strong the correlation with customers' mouth, while Side View (Fiat Freemont) and Rear View (Fiat Freemont) have significant correlation towards nose and mouth respectively. Based on these finding, the study concluded that the CAR Product launched in Malaysia have strong correlation with Malaysian customers' physiognomy