Industrial robot arms are an essential part of automated manufacturing, and perform tasks such as component assembly, welding, light machining, spray painting, etc. They are highly repeatable, can be calibrated to be ...

Modern trends in customer demand have resulted in the development of a class of manufacturing system known as Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS). Reconfigurable systems are designed around the idea that they must ...

Piracy is still a significant threat to ships in a maritime environment. Areas such as the coast of Somalia and the Strait of Malacca are still plagued by pirates, and the total international cost of piracy numbers in ...

The emergence of a vast range of communication devices running on different types of technology has made convergence of technology become the order of the day. This revolution observed in communications technology has ...

Increased standards of living and indoor comfort demands have led to an increase in the demand for air-conditioning in buildings in South Africa. Conventional vapor compression systems use refrigerants that damage the ...

This dissertation investigates the role that is played by high temperatures of air gaps on the breakdown voltage levels under DC positive and negative polarity applied voltages. Due to past experience of AC transmission ...

This dissertation is concerned with the application of tomography within the sugar industry; in particular non-accessible locations found in a sugar mill. In this study, the focus of research is that of a vacuum pan, and ...

Controlling a system with chaotic nature provides the ability to control and maintain orbits of different periods which extends the functionality of the system to be flexible. A system with diverse dynamical behaviours ...

This dissertation focuses on the application of tomography in the sugar milling process, specifically within the vacuum pan. The research aims to improve the efficiency and throughput of a sugar mill by producing real-time ...

South African medium voltage underground electrical networks consist mainly of cables of paper insulated lead covered construction. This construction is still the standard used for most utilities in South Africa. While ...