This first portion of this paper examines the techniques and advantages of embedding passives. Embedding passives also affects manufacturing system performance, due to a change in the processing sequence and changes to the processing times at resources. The latter portion of this paper describes a design for production tool for...
This paper describes designing, manufacturing, and laboratory and field testing of a non-contact boiler temperature probe utilizing the method of phosphor thermo-graphy to acquire boiler tube surface temperatures. Phosphor thermo-graphy is a well-developed non-contact method of temperature measurement, capable of accurately measuring surface temperatures in difficult environments. For this application,...
This paper reveals about Kori unit 3, one of the large water-cooled generators that has suffered repeated and expensive forced outages due to stator winding leaks. An inspection reveals the cause to be "wormholes" or small holes in the windings that resemble worm-eaten holes. These holes have been determined to...