Brandtekniskt Riskvärdering Bråhögshallen

This report is a fire safety assessment of Bråhögshallen, a multi-sport facility located in Staffanstorp in the south of Sweden. The building consists of one larger and one smaller sports hall, a bowling alley and other smaller facilities used for a variety of different sports. Bråhögshallen was built in 1969, and the regulations regarding fire safety has since changed. The assessments in this report are based on current legislations and recommendations. In the evaluation of the fire safety it is only the occupant safety that is being considered. A risk analysis has been performed to determine the fire scenarios which represents the worst credible cases. This evaluation resulted in three scenarios; one in a storage on the stand in the large hall, one in a storage in the small hall and one in the kitchen in the bowling alley. Computer simulation, calculations and qualitative reasoning lies behind the quantification of available time and time to evacuation. Some of the considered factors regarding safe evacuation during fire exceeds the requirements presented in this report. Therefore a series of suggested measures is proposed to improve the evacuation conditions

Reading comprehension in autism spectrum disorders: The role of oral language and social functioning

Reading comprehension is an area of difficulty for many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). According to the Simple View of Reading, word recognition and oral language are both important determinants of reading comprehension ability. We provide a novel test of this model in 100 adolescents with ASD of varying intellectual ability. Further, we explore whether reading comprehension is additionally influenced by individual differences in social behaviour and social cognition in ASD. Adolescents with ASD aged 14-16 years completed assessments indexing word recognition, oral language, reading comprehension, social behaviour and social cognition. Regression analyses show that both word recognition and oral language explain unique variance in reading comprehension. Further, measures of social behaviour and social cognition predict reading comprehension after controlling for the variance explained by word recognition and oral language. This indicates that word recognition, oral language and social impairments may constrain reading comprehension in ASD

PI-control of an Electrically Actuated Throttle

Fast and precise controlled actuators are becoming more and more important in today’s industry. One way of improving the performance of actuators is to go from a pneumatic controlled actuator to an electrically controlled actuator. Electrically controlled actuators are faster, more accurate and have a lower maintenance cost but are more complex and harder to control. In this thesis two methods for controlling an electric actuator is proposed. The actuator is a BLDC driven throttle valve used for controlling the air intake for a diesel engine where a precise amount of air is wanted to maintain optimal combustion in the engine. The proposed control methods are a PI position controller and a cascade controller consisting of three different controllers. In this thesis the model construction and simulation results are presented while hardware implementation and results are presented in another thesis [1]. The results show that the electric controlled throttle meets specific requirements set by Scania for this thesis

Automation inom lager -Sociala aspekter och drivkrafter

De två senaste århundradena har kantats av återkommande oroligheter kring huruvida automation och ny teknologi kommer att eliminera arbetstillfällen för samhällets medelklass. Ämnet automation tillhör idag en av de stora diskussionerna inom logistikbranschen, och inte minst inom lager, där detta beror delvis på en stark tillväxt inom e-handel och tredjepartslogistik. Denna studie undersöker automation inom lager och vilken inverkan det har på arbetstillfällen, arbetsmiljö samt vad som är den främsta drivfaktorn till automation inom lager. Detta har gjorts genom kvalitativa intervjuer med olika aktörer som helt eller delvis arbetar med automation, eller har implementerat automation i sin verksamhet i någon omfattning. Studiens resultat visar att automation har potential att eliminera i princip samtliga arbetstillfällen inom lager som involverar godsförflyttning och de två begränsande faktorerna är teknologi och kostnad. Nya arbetstillfällen som skapas i anslutning till automation är teknikcentrerade och kräver högre kompetens än för de arbetstillfällen som minskas. Arbetsmiljö i automatiserade lager är en fråga som tas på allvar redan i planeringsfasen då det ska automatiseras, och stort fokus läggs på ergonomi för att maximera produktiviteten hos arbetstagare. Studien har visat att automation och olika automationslösningar förbättrar både arbetsmiljö och ergonomi utifrån en rad olika faktorer. Den främsta drivfaktorn bakom automationsinvesteringar är kostnadsbesparingar i olika former, t.ex. ökad produktivitet och minskad personalkostnad. Andra faktorer som driver automation är trygghet i form av lägre personalfrånvaro, kortare ledtider och högre servicegrad, samt optimering av hela försörjningskedjor. De tjänster som erbjuds av logistikpartner och logistikkonsulter kan också ses som en indirekt drivfaktor, då detta kan underlätta finansiering av automationslösningar och samtidigt leda till välgrundade beslut om huruvida en automationslösning är lönsam eller inte. Många företag saknar kunskap för att fatta sådana beslut på egen hand.The past two centuries have been characterized by recurring worries whether or not automation and new technology will eliminate job opportunities for society's middle class. Automation as a topic is today a major part of the discussions within the logistics industry, not least the warehousing and storage industry, which can be partly explained by the powerful growth within e-commerce and third party logistics. This thesis examines automation within warehousing and storage, and its impact on job opportunities, working environment and the primary driving force behind automation. This has been done through qualitative interviews with various persons who are working fully or partially with automation or have implemented automation in their operations to some extent. The results of this thesis show that automation has the potential to eliminate basically every job related to the movement of goods and the two limiting factors are technology and cost. New jobs created in conjunction with automation are technology-centric and require higher skills than for the jobs that are being reduced. Working environment is an issue that is taken seriously already in the planning phase of the automation process, and a major focus is placed on ergonomics to maximize the productivity of the employees. The thesis has shown that automation and various automation solutions improved both working environment and ergonomics based on a variety of factors. The main driving force behind automation investment is cost savings in various forms, e.g. increased productivity and reduced labor costs. Other forces that drives automation are lower employee absenteeism, shorter lead time and higher service levels as well as optimization of entire supply chains. The services provided by logistics partners and logistics consultants can also be seen as an indirect driving force, as this can facilitate financing of automation solutions and at the same time lead to informed decisions about whether an automation solution is profitable or not. Many companies and organizations lack the knowledge to make such decisions on their own

Automation inom lager -Sociala aspekter och drivkrafter

De två senaste århundradena har kantats av återkommande oroligheter kring huruvida automation och ny teknologi kommer att eliminera arbetstillfällen för samhällets medelklass. Ämnet automation tillhör idag en av de stora diskussionerna inom logistikbranschen, och inte minst inom lager, där detta beror delvis på en stark tillväxt inom e-handel och tredjepartslogistik. Denna studie undersöker automation inom lager och vilken inverkan det har på arbetstillfällen, arbetsmiljö samt vad som är den främsta drivfaktorn till automation inom lager. Detta har gjorts genom kvalitativa intervjuer med olika aktörer som helt eller delvis arbetar med automation, eller har implementerat automation i sin verksamhet i någon omfattning. Studiens resultat visar att automation har potential att eliminera i princip samtliga arbetstillfällen inom lager som involverar godsförflyttning och de två begränsande faktorerna är teknologi och kostnad. Nya arbetstillfällen som skapas i anslutning till automation är teknikcentrerade och kräver högre kompetens än för de arbetstillfällen som minskas. Arbetsmiljö i automatiserade lager är en fråga som tas på allvar redan i planeringsfasen då det ska automatiseras, och stort fokus läggs på ergonomi för att maximera produktiviteten hos arbetstagare. Studien har visat att automation och olika automationslösningar förbättrar både arbetsmiljö och ergonomi utifrån en rad olika faktorer. Den främsta drivfaktorn bakom automationsinvesteringar är kostnadsbesparingar i olika former, t.ex. ökad produktivitet och minskad personalkostnad. Andra faktorer som driver automation är trygghet i form av lägre personalfrånvaro, kortare ledtider och högre servicegrad, samt optimering av hela försörjningskedjor. De tjänster som erbjuds av logistikpartner och logistikkonsulter kan också ses som en indirekt drivfaktor, då detta kan underlätta finansiering av automationslösningar och samtidigt leda till välgrundade beslut om huruvida en automationslösning är lönsam eller inte. Många företag saknar kunskap för att fatta sådana beslut på egen hand.The past two centuries have been characterized by recurring worries whether or not automation and new technology will eliminate job opportunities for society's middle class. Automation as a topic is today a major part of the discussions within the logistics industry, not least the warehousing and storage industry, which can be partly explained by the powerful growth within e-commerce and third party logistics. This thesis examines automation within warehousing and storage, and its impact on job opportunities, working environment and the primary driving force behind automation. This has been done through qualitative interviews with various persons who are working fully or partially with automation or have implemented automation in their operations to some extent. The results of this thesis show that automation has the potential to eliminate basically every job related to the movement of goods and the two limiting factors are technology and cost. New jobs created in conjunction with automation are technology-centric and require higher skills than for the jobs that are being reduced. Working environment is an issue that is taken seriously already in the planning phase of the automation process, and a major focus is placed on ergonomics to maximize the productivity of the employees. The thesis has shown that automation and various automation solutions improved both working environment and ergonomics based on a variety of factors. The main driving force behind automation investment is cost savings in various forms, e.g. increased productivity and reduced labor costs. Other forces that drives automation are lower employee absenteeism, shorter lead time and higher service levels as well as optimization of entire supply chains. The services provided by logistics partners and logistics consultants can also be seen as an indirect driving force, as this can facilitate financing of automation solutions and at the same time lead to informed decisions about whether an automation solution is profitable or not. Many companies and organizations lack the knowledge to make such decisions on their own