Success of early equipment management, autonomous maintenance and training & education in the start-up of a new production line: A case study at Heineken

Manufacturing organizations have to become more competitive. There are two important things a company can do: become more efficient in all operations and introduce new products. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a production philosophy that contributes to more efficiency. The introduction of new products sometimes require new production...

Meta-biomaterials with minimal surface morphology

Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) have earned great popularity in porous meta- biomaterials by cause of unique mass transfer properties, tunable mechanical properties, large pore space and high surface to volume ratio. Numerical and experimental studies suggest a great potential for TPMS-based architectures in the treatment of segmental...

Shape-shifting of hyperbolic surfaces: Design and analysis of a shape-shifting method for complex hyperbolic surfaces, based on a passive frame in combination with an active shape-memory polymer

Almost every tissue in the human body is curved in a certain way. Examples are the extracellular matrix of different tissues such as trabecular bone, different acini and blood vessels. As such, the ability to create complex curved structures is crucial in the development of biomimetic biomaterials that could be used, for example, for tissue...

Creating a TPM based smart contract for the Medical Supply Chain in Hyperledger Fabric

Smart contracts play an important role within the blockchain by ensuring that valid transactions are being recorded. However, there are critical concerns regarding the security and privacy of data within these blockchain applications. This research provides information on how the integration of the Trusted Platform Module can achieve more...