Laser Beam Welding of AA5052, AA5083, and AA6061 Aluminum Alloys by A. El-Batahgy, M. Kutsuna

“…It can also have a positive economic aspect concerning the manufacturing cost since welding is done without the addition of filler metal. …”
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AI enabled, mobile soil pH classification with colorimetric paper sensors for sustainable agriculture. by Ademir Ferreira da Silva, Ricardo Luis Ohta, Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Matheus Esteves Ferreira, Daniel Vitor Marçal, André Botelho, Tulio Coppola, Allysson Flavio Melo de Oliveira, Murilo Bettarello, Lauren Schneider, Rodrigo Vilaça, Noorunisha Abdool, Vanderlei Junior, Wellington Furlaneti, Pedro Augusto Malanga, Mathias Steiner

“…The system can be extended to perform multi-parameter chemical tests of soil nutrients for applications in environmental monitoring at marginal manufacturing cost.…”
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Experimental Study on Improving the Compressive Strength of UHPC Turntable by Jiawei Wang, Quansheng Sun

“…The compressive strength and mechanical characteristics of the UHPC structure meet the requirements of the turntable, and more importantly, the manufacturing process (on-site pouring) of the aforementioned UHPC turntable structures is relatively simple. Finally, the manufacturing cost of the turntables is expected to be reduced by more than 50% compared to those of traditional turntables.…”
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Optimization of Medium Composition and Fluidized Bed Drying Conditions for Efficient Production of Dry Yeast by Hyun-Jin Kang, Hwan Hee Yu, Chang-Won Cho, Young Kyung Rhee, Tae-Wan Kim, Young-Wook Chin

“…In the dry yeast manufacturing process, the medium and drying conditions are key factors that determine its quality and manufacturing cost. In this study, we aimed to optimize the medium composition and fluidized bed drying conditions for the efficient production of dry yeast. …”
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Experimental Operation of a Prototype 750C Advanced Chloride Molten Salt Bellows Valve by Kenneth Armijo, Aaron Overacker, Ansel Blumenthal, Jeffrey Parish, Michael Nelson, Ivica Radman, Javier Martell

“…The valve body and trim will be designed using SS316H, consistent with Flowserve Corporation’s existing product base and is code qualified but will utilize clad material for materials corrosion, manufacturing cost reduction and compatibility to ensure design flexibility. …”
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Vertical Cost-Information Sharing in a Food Supply Chain with Multiple Unreliable Suppliers and Two Manufacturers by Junjian Wu, Haiyan Wang, Henry Xu

“…We found that the manufacturers are willing to share cost information with suppliers only when the two manufacturers’ cost correlation is less than a threshold. …”
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Laser Radar System Based on Lightweight Diffractive Lens Receiver System by Jiajia Yin, Mengxia Hou, Bin Fan, Jiang Bian, Junfeng Du

“…Diffractive lens has advantages over traditional reflective lens, such as light weight, high folding compression ratio, high tolerance for surface figure error and low manufacturing costs. It provides a new technical approach for a lightweight LiDAR ranging system. …”
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Pricing and Warranty Decisions of Substitutable Products for a Fuzzy Two-Echelon Supply Chain by Yongzhao Wang

“…This paper considers the optimal decisions of pricing and warranty level for substitutable products in a fuzzy supply chain environment, where the consumer demands, manufacturing costs, and warranty costs are characterized as fuzzy variables. …”
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Recent Advances in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Umer Mehmood, Saleem-ur Rahman, Khalil Harrabi, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, B. V. S. Reddy

“…Although silicon based solar cells (inorganic cells) are widely used because of their high efficiency, they are rigid and manufacturing costs are high. Researchers have focused on organic solar cells to overcome these disadvantages. …”
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Design and Development of Educational Modular Mobile Robot Platform by Denis Kotarski, Petar Piljek, Tomislav Šančić

“…The design process resulted in a 3D printed novel brick-based robot chassis, offering advantages such as low manufacturing costs, easy repair and maintenance, and seamless expandability with additional modules. …”
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Optimal Decisions for a Fuzzy Two-Echelon Supply Chain by Qingfeng Song, Kai Shi, Sheng Lin, Guangping Xu

“…This paper discusses the optimal decisions of pricing and selling effort for a two-echelon supply chain with uncertain consumer demands, manufacturing costs, and selling costs. In order to maximize the α-optimistic value of the profits, based on different market structures, one centralized decision model and three decentralized decision models are developed, and the corresponding analytical equilibrium solutions are obtained using the game-theoretical approach. …”
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INNOVATION ACTIVITIES OF FOOD INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES by Marzena Lemanowicz, Joanna Szwacka-Mokrzycka

“…Innovative activities ought to allow rationalisation of manufacturing costs, better quality and health characteristics of products.…”
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Pricing and Remanufacturing Decisions of a Decentralized Fuzzy Supply Chain by Jing Zhao, Weiyu Liu, Jie Wei

“…The fuzziness is associated with the customer’s demands, the remanufacturing and manufacturing costs, and the collecting scaling parameters of the two retailers. …”
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A review on perovskite materials for photovoltaic applications by Lalruat Sanga, Celestine Lalengmawia, Zosiamliana Renthlei, Sougaijam Thasana Chanu, Lalhum Hima, Ningthoujam Surajkumar Singh, Andre Yvaz, Sagar Bhattarai, D.P. Rai

“…Researchers have been exploring numerous types of materials which seek the results of augmenting the optical properties and performances of the perovskite materials to pave the way to obtain and successfully fabricate and manufacture cost-effective and environmentally friendly perovskite photovoltaic cells. …”
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Autonóm repülő robotok alkalmazása vízelvezető csatornák felügyeletére (Using Autonomous Flying Robots to Monitor Canals) by Anita Szabó

“…This is happening because the technology they are based on is getting less expensive, quadcopters have broken into the consumer market, so the manufacturing costs are constantly decreasing. This enables them to be used both in research and in the industry without having to pay huge amounts of money. …”
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Manufacturer’s Collaborative Business Strategy with Two Different Reverse Channels in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain by Sungwook Yoon, Sukjae Jeong

“…Reuse of products has become increasingly critical to reduce manufacturing costs and revitalize the new product market. …”
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iPSC Technology Revolutionizes CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer Treatment by Jiepu Zong, Yan-Ruide Li

“…Importantly, this technology enables the production of clinical-grade CAR-T cells, significantly reducing manufacturing costs and time, and facilitating their use as allogeneic cell therapies to treat multiple cancer patients simultaneously. …”
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Adsorption Studies of Textile Dye (Chrysoidine) from Aqueous Solutions Using Activated Sawdust by Muhammad Waqar Ashraf, Nidal Abulibdeh, Abdus Salam

“…Although raw sawdust proved to be slightly less efficient in comparison to chemically treated sawdust but in economic terms, raw sawdust is more cost-effective as the difference in the percent dye removal is less than the difference in the manufacturing costs. The influence of several parameters such as effect of temperature, adsorbent dose, adsorption time, etc., on the adsorption process was studied along with thermodynamic parameters such as enthalpy (ΔH°) and entropy (ΔS°).…”
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A Novel Model to Detect and Classify Fresh and Damaged Fruits to Reduce Food Waste Using a Deep Learning Technique by T. Bharath Kumar, Deepak Prashar, Gayatri Vaidya, Vipin Kumar, S. Deva Kumar, F. Sammy

“…Because of this, finding faults in fruits is a declared objective of the agricultural business in order to save labour, waste, manufacturing costs, and time spent on the process. An infected apple may infect a healthy one if the defects are not discovered. …”
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Differential phase angle spectrum for liquid detection in functionalized surface roughness polymeric electrode by Gomez-Sanchez John Alexander, Bueno Luciano de Souza Ribero

“…A conclusion is that the carbon-based polymer electrode not only reduces manufacturing costs but also enables faster functionalization to detect specific chemical compounds in liquids quickly and portable without the need for higher-level equipment. …”
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