DECEMBER

2018

LEAN

Alumni StoriesInsights to the careers

of former FKP students

FKP New BuildingComplete, comfortable, and

conducive facility for FKP’s staffs and students

F A K U L T I K E J U R U T E R A A N P E M B U A T A N

CORETAN DEKAN

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Pertamanya saya ingin mengucapkan rasa syukur atas kejayaan penerbitan Lean edisi 2018 ini. Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan ucapan penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada semua yang telah menjayakan penerbitan edisi kali ini.

‘Lean’ seperti yang kita semua ketahui adalah satu buletin tahunan terbitan Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan yang memberi fokus kepada info dan hebahan penglibatan staf-staf fakulti dalam aktiviti-aktiviti akademik, ilmiah, penyel id ikan, perundingan dan komuniti setempat. Penerbitan ‘Lean’ yang konsisten pada setiap tahun dapat menyemarakkan semangat w a r g a F a k u l t i u n t u k t e r u s

m e n y u m b a n g k e p a d a p r o s e s percambahan dan manfaat ilmu kepada semua termasuklah industri setempat, universiti tempatan dan luar negara serta masyarakat sekeliling kampus.

B e s a r l a h h a r a p a n s a y a a g a r penerbitan ‘Lean’ ini dapat diteruskan dan dipertingkatkan lagi dari masa ke semasa dalam misi memperkenalkan Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan yang pertama di Malaysia ini ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi. Syabas dan tahniah saya ucapkan sekali lagi kepada semua yang telah menyumbang kepada kejayaan penerbitan ini.

Sekian, terima kasih.

Chairman ✤ Prof. Madya Dr. Zamberi Jamaludin

Chief editor ✤ Dr. Nur Aidawaty Rafan

Editors✤ Prof. Dr. Azizah Shaaban✤ Dr. Toibah Abdul Rahim✤ Dr. Mohamad Ridzuan Jamli✤ Dr, Mohd Kamil Sued✤ Dr. Syamimi Shamsuddin✤ Dr. Nadiah Ahmad✤ Dr. Isa Halim✤ Dr. Saifudin Hafiz Yahaya✤ Masni-Azian Akiah✤ Mahasan Mat Ali✤ Prof. Madya Dr. Raja Izamshah

Raja Abdullah

Technical✤ Muhammad Azwan Abdul Kadir

Administrative Support System✤ Norazah Mohamed Yazid✤ Siti Rohani Manan✤ Abdul Rahman Rosli Mahmood

EDITORIAL CONTENTSFKP FACTS 3

HIGHLIGHTS✦ Alumni stories 4✦ FKP new building 7

STAFF ACTIVITIES 11

STUDENT ACTIVITIES 24

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 29

WORDS FROM SCHOLAR 37

INFO MAKMAL 49

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ALUMNISTORIES

Nithya SelvakumaranDMF 2003 / BMFB 2006

Quality Assurance, Oil tools- Wellbore and Completions

Baker Hughes a GE Company, Singapore

Study in FKP providing us a hands on approach where, everyone has an opportunity to work on all lab equipment and machinery (Welding, Machining, SEM etc.), lab technicians who are very helpful and always ready to give a hand even outside of lab hours, lecturers who are very involved, friendly and extremely enthusiastic, opportunity to develop soft skills through frequent presentations, comprehensive report writing etc and conducive/challenging learning environment which encourages to foster independent learning outside of classrooms.

I am glad that with high skills in all engineering material subjects, specifically in metallurgy; I am able to have better judgement skills for usage of various heat treatments/temper conditions/surface

properties for components used in oil and gas. Introduction to basic Quality tools received during study itself made it easier for me to fit into the industrial role (SPC, 7 QC tools, FMEA etc.). Well prepared to face the manufacturing industry as I was already exposed to all “advanced and current” manufacturing practices in the industry (inclusive of automations, computer aided manufacturing etc.) especially for Oil and gas as varied machining, coatings are used. Inspection and testing skills developed through lab sessions (ability to handle some crucial inspection machines: UTS, profile projector, surface roughness tester, hardness testing etc.) helped me, especially in Oil and gas where high precision is key.

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FKP has an updated syllabus related to current industry s i tuat ion, updated manufacturing machines in the market, hands-on trainings, lecturers are very helpful.

The program is mostly relevant during my time when I started to work back in 2009. It makes my life easier when the top management & senior colleges talked about all the engineering language & I even understand better than them. Work as an engineer in manufacturing world is adapted so well without any issue. As time goes by, when we are moving to upper level, the most important thing is to keep on learning & make sure that we keep up-to-date with new technologies & other new methodologies/philosophies. In the end, the basic concept is important to understand, which I had studied during my time studying in FKP.

Mohamad Azril Mohamad NoorBMFA 2009, DMF 2006 Business Excellence – Expert (Asia)Fosroc Asia Sdn BhdShah Alam, Selangor

During my study in FKP, I like FYP session and manufacturing workshop. I have learned a lot from raw material production to finished goods.

Ching Yung EnBMFG 2018Production Management Trainee Jemco Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Balakong

Tan Yu QiAssistant Director

Wins Dynasty Sdn BhdBatu Pahat, Johor

What I like most when studying in FKP is the friendly and helpful staffs and lecturers of FKP that made me feels happy and relax during the entire study period. Lecturers and FKP staffs always guide me when I seek for help. The environments of FKP are also very conducive for students to learn and gained knowledge.

The program offered at FKP really helps me a lot with my current job.

The leadership skills and knowledge gained from the program had makes me more ready for the job scope. With the knowledge gained from the program, I am able to improve the working environment from the existing one to a better and more efficient working space for me and my colleagues.

Yap Peei YongManufacturing EngineerJabil Circuit Sdn.BndPenang

What I like the most is about the interactive teaching way of the lecturers with students when studying in FKP. The lean six sigma and the Minitab software knowledge is the most useful in the company. Because of I'm working in the electronic company, the process knowledge that I learned at UTeM do not really help me too much but the lean six sigma and ergonomics knowledge do help me with the job interview.

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Mohd Ikhwan Hafiz Md Noor2003-2006 (DMF) 2006- 2009 (BMFR)Manufacturing DesignRolling Stock Maintenance EngineerKeretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)

During my study at FKP, I get valuable knowledge and hands on practice of engineering. The program is relevant and help me a lot when I’m working with various company for the past 9 years.

Zulfadhli bin Datuk Hj. Idrus BMFB 2009, DMFD 2006 Head of Mechanical and OperationCTRM Testing Laboratory Sdn Bhd

During study at University, we need to f ocus i n ou r s tudy s i nce knowledge is important. Besides, we also need to have extra skills that can help us in getting a good job.

MUHAMMAD SANY BIN MUHAMMAD SYAMS BASKARANBMFAAutomation Engineer ASM

During my study at FKP, I got opportunities to learn others valuable knowledge and not just focusing on subject itself (Project based subject). Up to 70-80% knowledge from the subject that I have learned can be implemented in current working environment. Many learning experience especially practical experience as FKP student are helping me in working environment.

MOHAMED ZAID BIN ZULMIBMFGSL1M program Setiawangsa,KL

I like the broad scope approach from FKP. Many factories/manufactures need a manufacturing student. Construction company demands people that have knowledge in Microsoft Project. Learn to complete many reports really help me when I need to do a lot of report while working.

MUHAMMAD EZZAQ ELFI BIN RAFIEBMFASeagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte Ltd.

I like Mechatronics Lab at FKP. Learn on trouble shooting machine related to pneumatic system is really helpful. My advice is all UTeM’ians must have initiative to have soft skills in order to compete with others.

A significant infrastructural development to Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) is realized by the federal government through the development of Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering (FKP) building. The building development will benefit the staffs and students of UTeM especially for FKP’s students. The project launching ceremony was officiated by Datuk Ts. Dr. Shahrin Bin Sahib@Sahibuddin, Vice Chancellor of UTeM at the project site (Lot PT6560, Mukim Durian Tunggal, Hang Tuah Jaya, Melaka).

The construction proposal consists of the development of administration block, laboratories blocks, and academic block. In the admin is t ra t ive b lock, the administration office, lecturers’ room, students’ activity area, and lecture room are located in three floor levels. The laboratories blocks consist of Advanced P re c i s i o n L a b , N a n o M a t e r i a l s

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FKP NEW BUILDING

By Dr Ridzuan Jamli

HIGHLIGHT

Technology Lab, Sustainable Advanced Materials Technology Lab, Metrology Lab, Modeling Simulation & Quality Engineering Lab, Ergonomic & Industrial Engineering Lab, Advanced Mechatronic & Automation Lab, Robotic & Control Lab, Manufacturing Design & Innovation Lab, Computer Aided Manufacturing & Process Planning Lab, Machine Shop Lab, and Sheet Metal Forming Lab. In order to enhance the student’s academic activity, the academic block is designed to provide a lecture hall with 300 seating capacity and an auditorium with 150 seating capacity.  

Upon completion, the new FKP building will provide a complete, comfortable, and conducive facility for FKP’s staffs and students, as well as other staffs and students in UTeM. The cost of the project is RM55,586,930.00 and it is scheduled to be completed in August 2019.  The Vice Chancellor of UTeM is the director of the project, whereas the main contractor is Muar Usaha Bakti Sdn. Bhd. As of October 2018, the progress of the project is 35%

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Alhamdulillah, UTeM's robotic team from FKP and FTMK was invited to grace Karnival STEM Daerah Muar at SK Parit Keroma Darat, Muar on 2nd October 2018.

Huge thanks to Cikgu Mastura who invited us to display our humanoid robot NAO, Robobuilder and LEGO Mindstorm NXT.

We truly hope that the students will be interested with science, especially the field of robotics after the event.

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STAFF ACTIVITIES

PROMOTING ROBOTS TO

COMMUNITYKARNIVAL STEM DAERAH MUAR

By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

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The National Robotics Competition (NRC) is one of the high impact co-curricular activities hosted by the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) in collaboration with Sasbadi Holdings Berhad which emphasizes the innovation and creativity aspect among students through learning based on exciting and fun experiences.

Sekolah Kebangsaan Sacred Heart Melaka is one of the primary schools in Melaka that actively partakes in this national level event. For year 2018, this school took the initiative to collaborate with the Department of Robotics and Automation, FKP to get helpful inputs on assembling the LEGO Mindstorms and programming the controller according to the competition

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STAFF ACTIVITIES

FKP-SK Sacred Heart Collaboration for The

National Robotics Competition (NRC)

By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

guidelines. FKP staffs involved in this collaboration were En. Mahasan bin Mat Ali, En. Mohd. Nazrin bin Muhammad and Dr. Syamimi binti Shamsuddin.

The school team had took part in the NRC Robot Soccer Gen II competition at MITC Melaka on 31 March 2018, NRC Regular Category on 24th July 2018 and the NRC Open Category on 14 August 2018. The most memorable moment was when the school team had accomplished the third place at the state level NRC Open Category.

Hopefully more collaboration will flourish in the future.

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The retirement ceremony for Professor Dr. Radzali Othman was held on March 23, which jointly organized by Department of Engineering Materials, FKP and Advanced Manufactur ing Center (AMC). Th is ceremony was held to show appreciation to Professor Radzali for his contributions to FKP and UTeM. The ceremony was started with Yassin recitation by FKP staf. Then, at the retirement ceremony, Prof. Madya Dr Jariah, whom have done her undergraduate

and graduate study under Professor Radzali’s supervision spoke about her experienced working together for many years. At the end of the ceremony, Professor Radzali was presented gifts from Prof Madya Zamberi on behalf of FKP and Prof Azizah on behalf of AMC. Finally, on behalf of FKP and AMC, we all wish that Prof Radzali wil l have a wonderful retirement life with good health.

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Prof. Radzali Othman

RETIREMENT CEREMONY

By Dr Toibah Abdul Rahim

Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan (FKP) together with KKTM Masjid Tanah and Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Melaka w a s s u c c e s s f u l l y o r g a n i z e d Engineering Day which held on August 30, 2018 at the Kompleks Makmal FKP, UTeM.  This event involved a total of 126 Form 1 students from four secondary schools

around UTeM campus, i.e. MOZAC, SMKA Sultan Muhammad, SMK Durian Tunggal & SBPIS Selandar. The main objective of this event is to expose these student to the essence of Manufacturing Engineering and to create young generations with interest i n s c i e n c e a n d e n g i n e e r i n g knowledge. The Engineering Day is part of the five projects under the Corporate Social Responsibil ity Program: Engineering With Nature For Sustainability. This 2-year program is a result of strategic partnership with KKTM Masjid Tanah Melaka and Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Melaka.

The participants arrived at FKP, at a p p r o x i m a t e l y 8 . 0 0 a . m . f o r

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ENGINEERING DAY By Dr Toibah Abdul Rahim

registration and were welcomed by the representative of FKP. The opening remarks on the event was delivered by Prof. Madya Dr. Noraiham, who emphasized on the objective of the program, brief introduction to the students about UTeM and safety briefing at FKP’s laboratory. The highlight of the event was the activities that have been designed related to engineering. A parallel of fun engineering activities include several stations which are Fun with 3D Design & Printing, Roving on the Moon, CNC Machine & Measurement Demonstration, The Old Lady Hair, Composites Chocolate, Lean Tennis Ball Simulation and Engineering Product Exhibition. These students were divided into 6 groups to experience all these fun activities.

The event ended with the closing remark given by the FKP’s dean, Prof. Madya. Dr Zamberi. He hoped that the activities that conducted during the Engineering Day would create interest in participants with engineering. The students expressed that they had learned many engineering activities in the fun way.

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As huge amount of wastes are produced daily in our country, recycling has become a vital part of our lives to protect the environment. Compost can be one of the solution to this problem. FKP together with KKTM Masjid Tanah and Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Melaka has organized a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities as one of init iative to create awareness on compost ing p rogram among the young generations using the solid waste which have been produced every day in Malaysia. Approximately 60 students which divided into 12 groups from four secondary schools around UTeM campus, i.e. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Shah (MOZAC), SMKA Sultan Muhammad, SMK Durian Tunggal & SBPIS Selandar participated in the program.

Through this CSR program, students were involved in the project planning and design the

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CSR PROGRAM Compost Bin Design

Competition DayBy Dr Toibah Abdul Rahim

compost bin using natural fibers from plants such as banana trunk, pineapple leaves etc., to fabricate a natural-fiber-composite-based compost bin. Later, the compost bin will be put into use at school gardens to make compost using the food waste collected from school canteen. Compost as a finished product enhances the soil and plant quality in school vegetable/flower gardens.

As a continuation effort from previous event on Engineering Day, Compost Bin Design Competition Day was held on 26 September 2018 at the Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, UTeM. The competition encourages the development of innovative ideas from the secondary school students about their science and engineering knowledge to design the internal features of the compost bin. Prior to the competition day, there were weekly meeting between the students and the FKP lecturers who will help the students on the design phase based on the customer’s requirement which provided as the guidelines. The winning conceptual design will later be actualized in the third project of the CSR Program, whereby the students will be fabricating their personalized compost bin via hand lay-up technique at KKTM Masjid Tanah in the upcoming November.

For this competition, the students need to do oral presentation for about 10 minutes using Microsoft PowerPoint. Their conceptual designs were very interesting and full of creativity, whereby the judges have had difficulty in deciding the winning designs. This competition have witnessed Eco-GreeNova team from MOZAC as the winner and Dutass A team from SMK Durian Tunggal as the First Runner-up. Second Runner-up goes to Thoi Fatul Jabil from SBPIS Selandar. Al-Islah team from SMKA Sultan Muhammad was chosen as The Most Innovative Design and The Best Presentation goes to Nature Nova from SM Sains Muzaffar Shah Sultan Muhammad

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Melihat kepada kepentingan pensijilan professional dikalangan tenaga pengajar dalam mendokong pendidikan TVET dan penerimaan industri, pihak fakulti telah mengambil langkah yang proaktif. Tiga (3) orang staf telah dihantar untuk mengambil sijil CSWIP 3.0 bertempat di Advanced Technology Training Center (ADTEC), Batu Pahat, Johor. Pensijilan ini dikeluarkan oleh The Welding Institute (TWI) berpengkalan di United Kingdom (UK). Kursus dan ujian pensijilan telah berlansung antara 20 -25 Oktober 2018 dan staf berkenaan adalah PM Dr Nur Izan Syariah BT Hussein, Dr Mohammad Kamil B Sued dan En Nizam B Ayof. Kejayaan yang dicapai dalam pensijilan ini memberi ni lai tambah kepada pengajaran dan pembelajaran di fakulti khususnya dan kepada UTeM amnya.

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STAFF ACTIVITIES

CSWIP 3.0 CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR WELDING INSPECTION PERSONNELOleh Dr K

Keperluan mempunyai mesin kejituan tinggi yang terkini dan berfungsi adalah nadi kepada pengajaran teknikal di fakulti. Oleh yang demikian, pihak pengurusan tertinggi fakulti telah mendapatkan kelulusan pembelian mesin coordinate measuring m a c h i n e ( C M M ) y a n g b a r u b a g i menggantikan mesin cmm yang telah lusuh. Mesin ini adalah dibawah pembelian makmal metrologi yang dikawal selia oleh P n S i t i A i s a h K h a d i s a h . L a t i h a n penggunaan mesin telah dijalankan yang

terbahagi kepada dua peringkat iaitu asas pada 9 -13 Julai 2018 dan termaju pada 23-27 Julai 2018. Mesin adalah berjenama Wenzel yang dibangunkan oleh German. Dengan menggunakan sensor buatan Renishaw PH20 sistem pengukuran mampu mencapai ketepatan pengukuran sehingga 2.6 µm. Resolusi pengukuran adalah 0.1 µm dan kelajuan pengukuran adalah mencecah 250 mm/sec. Untuk maklumat lanjut bolehlah berurusan hadir ke makmal metrologi.

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COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE TRAINING Oleh Dr K

STAFF ACTIVITIES

Pihak fakulti terus berbakti bersama masyarakat sekitar melalui program Community Service Response (CSR). Pada 16 Oktober 2018, beberapa staf FKP iaitu pensyarah dan penolong jurutera diketuai oleh En Mohd Fairuz Dimin telah berbakti kepada Makmal Sains Tulen SM Teknik, Bukit Piatu, Melaka. Dua alatan makmal fizik iaitu Osiloskop Sinar Katod (OSK) dan tangki riak telah diajar penggunaa dan penyelenggaraan alatan berkenaan. Kemahiran yang dibekalkan telah membantu pihak sekolah untuk lebih kompetent untuk menggunakan makmal bagi sesi pengajaran dan pembelajaran mereka.

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BENGKEL STEM

PEMBANTU MAKMAL

Pengendalian Alatan Makmal Fizik Tahun 2018

Oleh Dr K

STAFF ACTIVITIES

Pada 12 November 2018, pihak fakulti telah berjaya menandatangani satu memorandum of understanding (MOU) bersama syarikat Metrology Coorperation Malaysia (MCM) sdn. Bhd. Syarikat MCM adalah berfokus untuk memberi perkhidmatan tentusahan dan tentusahan semula semua alat timbang dan sukat yang digunakan untuk perdagangan seperti yang termaktub di bawah Akta Timbang Dan Sukat, 1972. Isi kandungan persefahaman ini adalah tertumpu kepada perkongsian maklumat, pertukaran keparkaran dan penggunaan fasiliti untuk pembangunan penyelidikan. MOU ini diketuai oleh Ir. Dr. Mohamad B Minhat yang juga merupakan ahl i penyel id ik daripada kumpulan Sustainable and responsive Manufacturing (SUSREM). Penandatangani MOU ini dihadiri CEO/Pengerusi s y a r i k a t M C M , P e n a s i h a t Teknikal MCM, TNCAA UTeM, TNCPI UTeM, Dekan FTKMP, T i m b a l a n D e k a n F T K E E , pegawai-pegawai kanan syarikat dan universiti. MOU ini telah berlansung di Bilik Mesyuarat Utama, Canselori, UTeM.

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MOU BERSAMA METROLOGY

CORPORATION MALAYSIA

Oleh Dr K

STAFF ACTIVITIES

First developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT®) challenges research students to communicate the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.

This year, Kelab Pascasiswazah (KePs) UTeM and Pusat Pengajian Siswazah hosted the 3MT@UTeM competition on 5th April 2018 at the Auditorium PPS. A total of four PhD and twelve Master students took part in the challenge. Congratulations to Nur Syafiqah Rayme from FKP who bagged second prize with her presentation titled ‘The Fault in Hand Layup Process; How Correct Posture Helps!’

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES

THREEMINUTES

THESIS COMPETITION @

UTeMMaster Student from FKP Won 2nd Place

By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

On 21st February 2018, a grand talk has been organized by FKP at Cancelor Hall UTeM. This grand talk is delivered by Dr Lee Cheong Chee which is a president and Managing Director in Infineon Melaka. He is a FKP CEO faculty program that continuously sharing his knowledge and experience to educate students to be successful in future career. This program has been successfully attended by UTeM students and also from schools nearby. The talk entitle ‘ Embracing Industry 4.0/IOT From Infineon Perspectives’. The program was officiated by UTeM Vice Chancelor , Prof Datuk Ts Dr Shahrin bin Sahib. This program has been also attended by Deputy Vice Cancelor, Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Razali bin Muhammad. The objectives of the program were to share industrial experience with students according to industry needs, as an industry mentor to guide students and enhance the industrial network between faculty and university. Students gained a lot of knowledge including an interactive involvement at the end of talk by using IoT approach. The program was officially closed by giving ceremony of mock check from Infineon to University and Souvenir to Dr Lee Cheong Chee as appreciation. We hope that this kind of program will be continue in future to sustain the industrial network and students’ future undertaking.

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FKP CEO FACULTYA Grand TalkBy Dr Nur Aidawaty Rafan

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

With theme “Unleash your inner superhero”, FKP days has been organized with colourful and meaningful with lots of activities on 9 and 10th May 2018. These two days event was held biannually to especially be a platform for 4th year and 3rd year FKP students

presented their Projek Sarjana Muda and Integrated Design Project respectively. The program was also attended by students from primary school nearby, vocational and matriculation students. Activities involved are FKP walk, Career talk, Booth Exhibition, Food truck, Deans List ceremony, lantern and Fairy light, free market, Sports Carnival and Gift ceremony. All students and staff have fun

and cheerful moments throughout the events.

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FKP DAYSBy Dr Nur Aidawaty Rafan

CAMPBONDING 3.0By Dr Nur Aidawaty Rafan

Camp bonding program have been successfully organized at Kem Perasa Autocamp, Changkat Jering, Taiping Perak on 24 to 26 November 2018. The camp was a 3 days ’ even t w i t h many motivational and leadership activities. It is being attended by 70 students including SME excos, ex-excos and Rakan SME excos. The objectives are to enhance self-

confidence among high committee, shaping self-potential and leadership qualities and interpersonal skills. The activities involved were such as Jungle trekking, flying fox, obstacle course and night walk. All students have gained a lot of experience to have self-confidence and leadership.

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STUDENTMOBILITYPROGRAM

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

On 28 February 2018, this ceremony have been held at Cancelory Auditorium to give certificate to 305 successful participants including Year 3 and 4 FKP students. This course has 6 session started from May 2017 until December 2017. This course can increase marketablity of graduate students in finding a good job afterwards.

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CERTIFICATE GIVING CEREMONY LEAN SIX SIGMA (YELLOW BELT)By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

A M C -Industry

H i - T e a event was

organized by A d v a n c e d

Manufacturing Centre (AMC) on 19 October 2018 at the AMC building. The objectives of the event are to closing the gap between Industries and AMC, as well as to strengthen the collaboration between the two parties. On behalf of the research group leaders, AMC invites several industries that already have or plan to have a collaboration under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). In total

twelve industrial representatives were turned up in the event that came from industries listed below:

✤ MFS Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Prym Consumer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd,✤ Crusk Assembler Sdn Bhd, ✤ Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) Sdn Bhd, ✤ Aerospace Malaysian Innovation Center (AMIC),✤ Saanen Utama Sdn Bhd, ✤ Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad (SAMB), ✤ Evertools Industrial Supply Sdn Bhd, ✤ Gandtrack Asia Sdn Bhd, ✤ Hong Leong Manufacturing Group,

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

AMC-INDUSTRYHI-TEABy Prof. Dr. Azizah Shaaban

There were 23 academicians/researchers of AMC participated in the Hi-Tea including Professor Datuk Ts. Dr. Mohd Raza l i Muhammad (Deputy V ice Chancellor Academic & International), Professor Dato’ Abu bin Abdullah (Head of Centre of Excellence) and Associate Professor Dr. Kok Swee Leong (Director of Assistant Vice Chancellor Office - Industry & Community).

Event started at 3pm with welcoming speech from AMC manager, Professor Dr. Azizah binti Shaaban. In her speech, she acknowledged industry participations in the event and hope this commitment will lead to future collaboration works. The event continued with AMC - Industry Collaboration Sharing Session from AMC researcher, Dr. Muhammad Zaimi Zainal Abidin and CTRM representative, Mr. Jamari A Ghafar. Event ended with closing speech from Professor Dato’ Abu bin Abdullah. He encouraged industries to continuously involve and participate UTeM research and innovations.

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ErgoCUP2018 is a national level design competition for researchers and general public who apply human factors and ergonomics principle in their products design services. The objectives of the E rgoCUP2018 a re to ga ther new development of product design that i n c o r p o r a t e h u m a n f a c t o r s a n d ergonomics principle besides creating awareness of the importance of human factors and ergonomics principles in product development process.

This year, the event was hosted by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara

Shah Alam on 22-23 September 2018. Thirteen products competed in the

educational institution category and five in the school category.

Two teams from FKP took part in ErgoCUP2018 and one made it to be the top 5 finalists. The project titled ‘3D Camera Anthropometry System (3D-CAS)’ won a bronze medal. The researchers involved are Mohd Fa’iz Wahid, Associate Profesor Dr. Seri Rahayu Kamat, Dr. Syamimi Shamsuddin and Dr. Mohamad Hanif Md Saad (UKM). The project had developed an improved method using Kinect camera system for whole body anthropometric measurements. This product was developed in an industrial collaboration project between researchers from UTeM, UKM and PROTON.

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ErgoCUP201

Researchers from FKP Shortlisted

as Top 5 Finalists

By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

18th July 2018 marked an important day for the postgraduates and young researchers in UTeM as they get to present their poster and publish their extended abstracts in IRID'18. IRID'18 is the second instalment of the research event which is

p r o u d l y o r g a n i z e d b y  t h e A d v a n c e d Manufacturing Centre (AMC) and FKP UTeM.

All accepted 2-page extended abstracts were compiled into IRID'18 Proceedings e-book with ISBN number.  The e-book is now available online via Advanced

Manufacturing Centre (AMC) website at http://amc.utem.edu.my and later will be indexed by Thomson Reuters (ISI). In total, IRID’18 received 157 papers and 130 were accepted for publication.

IRID aims to offer a unique platform for researchers, engineers and post-graduate students, especially in the field of engineering and technology to present their research findings, establish a mutual knowledge transfer and networking. Though majority of the papers are from UTeM, we are truly delighted to receive papers from Infineon, UTM, UMP, UMS, UTHM, KKTM, Politeknik Ungku Omar, UniSEL and MMU.

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IRID’18Innovative Research and Industrial Dialogue 2018By Dr Syamimi Shamsuddin

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

This year’s theme for IRID’18 is “Bridging Univers i ty and Industr ies through Research”. Consequently, we are proud to receive support and sponsorships from Control Therm Sdn Bhd, EduTech Supply and Services, MAWEA Industries Sdn Bhd, Simwork Solut ions Sdn Bhd. and UTeMASA. I have always been a strong believer in close partnerships between UTeM and the industry and IRID’18 is a splendid platform for networking and collaborations to bloom.

Other than the poster presentation which began in the morning, IRID  programme also encompassed an industrial research sharing session with distinguished panels:

✤ Dr. Se Sian Meng Technical Manager, San Miguel Yamamura Plastic Films Sdn. Bhd.

✤ Mr. R. Parameshwaran Rasiah Project Manager, Infineon Technology Asia Pacific

✤ Mr. Miaoan Wang Manager Metrology Solutions/Product Manager, Wenzel Measuring Machines (Shanghai)

✤ Ir. Ajat Sudrajat Lecturer, Universitas Nasional Jakarta

Later in the afternoon, we had an industrial dialogue with panels from PROTON, PETRONAS and INFINEON Melaka. They were Mr. Shamshulizam bin Dahman (Staff Engineer and Group Leader for Exterior Group, PROTON), Mrs. Azura binti Azahar (Principal Engineer, Malaysian Refining Company Sdn Bhd (MRCSB)) and Ms Loo

Guan Ki (Director of Factory Integration, Infineon (Melaka) Sdn. Bhd.)

The colourful event ended with the prize giving ceremony to ten best posters. 

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On 29 January 2018, Monday at Pekan,Pahang , a research symposium have been successfully organised namely Symposium on Intelligent M a n u f a c t u r i n g a n d M e c h a t r o n i c s o r SympoSIMM2018. It is an annually event organized by Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan, Universiti Teknikal Melaka (UTeM) and Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Th is year, wi th tag l ine ‘Strengthening Innovations towards Industry 4.0’, a good theme to be discussed towards national educational planning strategic in embracing the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Plenary speech was delivered by Prof. Ir. Dr. Wan Azhar Wan Yusoff with title‘The Idea of Mechatronics’. The speaker highlighted on engineering definition is a continuation of scientific elements, mathematics and economy that has been used by engineers to solve technical problem. This is related to mechatronics philosophy which is a combination of mechanical system, software and electronics. ‘We engineers, we are manipulators and users of the law created by others and apply this into new design or p rob lems tha t need to be so lved . As mechatronics engineers, we are similar to an architect’. Then, indirectly the job scope of a mechatronics engineer is similar to an architect that will increase production effectively.

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FKP UTeM and FKP UMP bridging the expertise through

collaboration Symposium on

Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics 2018

By Syamimi Shamsuddin and Dr Nur Aidawaty Rafan

SympoSIMM2008

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

ENGINEERING

Mathematics

Science✴ Physics✴ Biology✴ Chemistry

Economy

About 120 articles have been received from various universities including UTeM, UMP, USM, UniMAP, UTP and MMU. Only 65 articles have been accepted and published in Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering indexed in SCOPUS/Springer.

FKP UteM won 3 out of 5 Best Paper awards through article ‘Regression Modelling of Biomechanics Factors for Push Activities in Manufacturing Industry’ by Seri Rahayu Kamat, Minoru Fukumi, Athira Ghazali and Syamimi Shamsuddin for category Manufacturing Industry, ‘Decision Making Support System Using Intelligence Tools to Select Best Alternative in Design for Remanufacturing (Economy Indicator)’ by Ahamad Zaki Mohamed Noor, Muhammad Hafidz Fazli Md Fauadi, Fairul Azni Jafar, Nor Rashidah Mohamad, Muhammad Winal Zikril Zulkifli, Muhammad Haziq Hasbulah, Muhammad Azri Othman, Mahasan Mat Ali, Goh Jee Boon and Rajandran Morthui for category of Artificial Intelligence and ‘An Enhancement in Control Laws of Super Twisting Sliding Mode Servo Drive Controller using Hyperbolic Tangent Function and Arc Tangent Smoothing Function’ by Zamberi Jamaludin, Chiew Tsung Heng, Ahmad Yusairi Bani Hashim, Lokman Abdullah and Nur Aidawaty Rafan for category Modelling and Instrumentation.

Lastly, SympoSIMM 2018 was successfully close the bridge between UteM and UMP to share expertise among researchers and be a good platform for future research collaboration.

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Proudly presented that our FKP staff , Dr Mohd Nazmin bin Maslan received a Best Paper Award 2017 from The Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE), Japan on 16 Mac 2018 at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan. His paper entitle ‘Development and Precise Positioning Control of a Thin and Compact Linear Switched Reluctance Motor’ was published in Precision Engineering, Vol. 48, Elsevier.

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BESTPAPERAWARD

J A P A N

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Circular Economy (CE) is a constructive resolution to the world's emerging resource crisis. It includes a range of cycles whereby resources are extracted and their value continually sustained in various possible ways. Although the conventional Linear Economy method (take-make-dispose) is deemed as the most effective flow, it however results in massive wastes.

The origin of the CE concept is difficult to ascertain; but it is generally regarded as the brainchild of two British scientists, Pearce and Turner (1990), who suggested the transformation of the ‘resource-products-pollution’ scheme to the more sustainable ‘resource-products-regenerated products' approach. Its great potential for financial cohesiveness and environmental stability in the preservation of human life biodiversity and economic progression resulted in CE being thrust at the forefront of sustainable

development implementation. CE however cannot be alienated from a range of other existing concepts such as reverse logistics, cradle to cradle, sustainable supply chains and industrial ecology.

Numerous CE analysis in the form of case studies, reports, scientific researches and reviews have been reported. China dominates in studies in diversified disciplines perhaps due to CE being a top-down political objective as opposed to other developed nations such as the UK, Japan and the USA where it is perceived more as a tool to construct bottom-up environmental and waste management policies. The massive environmental, human health and social issues posed by the country’s fast and incessant economic development trend are believed to be the reason behind this CE drive. China has been strategically promoting CE in its

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A CIRCULAR ECONOMY AN INTRODUCTIONBy Ts. Dr. Al Amin Mohamed Sultan

industrial sectors by adopting the concept into the nation’s 12th Five Year Plan (2011-2015) for economic and social development.

A generalized concept of CE is illustrated in Figure 1 whereby the resource loop is shown as closed for the entire waste stream. CE is focused on both industrial and farming wastes (either for mining, manufacturing and industrial, or farming, hunting, food, and fishing.) Once the value of the products is sustained in CE, the least preferred disposal routes such as landfill and energy recovery are avoided, and resources such as metals and minerals captured and reused at their end-of-life. Expanding this logic flow across the economy introduces a fundamental change in the basic structures of industrial systems with different impacts on each circular economy stage. Smaller loops (closest to user activities) such as maintenance of products understandably create less

impacts. The reuse or refurbishment of an old laptop compared to the recycle or manufacture of a new one with virgin materials indicates bigger impacts to that particular product in terms of sustainability.

An important attribute identified by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is the necessity of having ‘pure’ material streams to improve reuse and recycle potential. This finding brings with it an important implication for manufacturers: whether to design high performing complex products that might be difficult to recycle, or create simple outputs which are easier to recycle. Current thoughts on CE are therefore aimed at addressing issues of big waste practices and reserves of critical and diminishing resources such as rare earth metals and minerals. At the same time, cost of material extraction is rapidly increasing. The more CE is engaged, the greater the underpinned economic goals: reduce the amount of waste, drive to a greater resource productivity and deliver a more competitive economy. CE reduces the environmental impacts of production and consumption and could help alleviate waste challenges specifically in the UK. However the trend of increasing waste volumes and associated recycling performances has to be fully understood to ensure issues related to the implementation of CE would be sufficiently addressed.

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Figure 1: Circular Economy framework adapted from Ellen Macarthur

The demand for direct drive mechanisms is increasing due to the lack of transmission elements that degrades their efficiency and lifetime in many industrial machines. In linear motors such as permanent magnet l inear synchronous motors, st rong permanent magnets (PMs) are often used and contr ibute to the h igh thrust performance suitable for high-speed and high-precision systems. However, the strong PMs need rare-earth elements that lead to the risk of supply instability. The attractive force from the PMs also makes it difficult to assemble the linear motor. In contrast, linear switched reluctance motors (LSRMs) are free from the problems caused by PMs.

The LSRM has advantages, for example, a th in and compact shape, easy to d i s a s s e m b l e / a s s e m b l e , a n e a s i l y exchangeable and disposable mover. However, it has a strong nonlinear driving characteristic that presents a challenge with respect to precision positioning and motion. Furthermore, for the ease of replacing and disposing, the mover without

any sensor parts on it is desirable. Therefore, the research purpose is (1) to realize precise positioning by compensating the nonlinear characteristic; (2) to realize precise motion by overcoming the problems resulting from the fluctuating and limited thrust force characteristic; and (3) to realize motion measurement without the need to add sensor parts on the mover.

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MOTION CONTROL & MEASUREMENT OF A THIN &

COMPACT LINEAR SWITCH RELUCTANCE MOTOR WITH A

FILM MOVER By Dr Mohd Nazmin Bin Maslan

Mover

Stator Linear sliding guides

Linear encoder head(resolution: 0.1 µm)

zy

x

Fig. 3-D view of the basic structure

Fig. Overall view of the experimental setup

With rapid technology advances and global competition, semiconductor and electronics companies keep striving on innovation to improve their products as well as the manufacturing process involved. The engineer is continually challenged to develop smaller, better and more energy efficient products at lower cost. Today, industrial problems can be solved through simulation and new products can be designed and validated in a virtual environment.

The experimental approach is expensive, time-consuming and might limits innovation because the prototype needs to be built first before it can be tested. A popular alternative approach is towards engineering simulation, which enables engineers and researchers to virtually test performance under different scenarios. In some condition, it may be impossible or too expensive to be replicated experimentally. Simulation enables an engineer to have better insights of the process involved in the system or product development. Product analysis can be done at an early stage, and the problem at production stage can be reduced or prevented.

Unintended phenomena related to the structural mechanic, heat transfer, and fluid flow can interact and reduce performance a system or even lead to a product failure. All the possibilities of a product or system integrity and problem anticipate of a

modern product can be studied through the simulation approach. Simulation model analysis can be done throughout the development process. It can have the most impact especially if the simulation involved in the early stages.

Following scenarios listed some of the possibilities of a simulation study that can be conducted related to the electronic manufacturing (Table 1). Some of the study was on-going investigation conducted under Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC), University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.

There is no doubt that simulation approach can spark innovation and delivers broad capabilities. One of the commercial software capable of modeling multiphysics software is ANSYS, and the software was available in Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC), UTeM.

References

[1] A.M. Najib, M.Z. Abdullah, C.Y. Khor, A.A. Saad, Experimental and numerical investigation of 3D gas flow temperature field in infrared heating reflow oven with circulating fan, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 87, 2015.

[2] A.M.Najib, M.Z.Abdullah, A.A.Saad, Z.Samsudin and F.Che Ani, Numerical simulation of self-alignment of chip resistor components for different silver content during reflow soldering, Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 79, Pages 69-78, 2017.

[3] http://www.veryst.com

[4] https://www.ansys.com

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DRIVING INNOVATION IN ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING THROUGH SIMULATION By Dr. Mohd Najib b Ali Mokhtar

Reflow soldering oven [1]

A static reflow process may induce inhomogeneous temperature distribution during reflow. Therefore, conjugate heat transfer model is developed. Temperature distribution within the reflow chamber and PCB surface was investigated.

Self-alignment phenomena during reflow soldering of chip component[2]

Chip deposition may cause unintended positions error. A model to investigate self-alignment during reflow soldering was developed. Self-aligning ability is of melted solder capable of solving the unintended positions error during the chip deposition.

Led cooling[3]

The thermal management of LED packaging was crucial due to the LED thermal characteristics. A higher percentage of LED light source lost by conduction. A simulation model can provide design insights to facilitate the design decisions within the manufacturing constraints.

Composite heat transfer model [4]

A finite element model was developed to evaluate composite circuit board under different condition.

Adhesive and solder joining of electronics component [3]

Simulation software such as ANSYS capable of modeling multiphysics modeling involving fluid flow, fluid-structure interactions, and heat transfer. A multiphysics underfills adhesive model can be developed to study curing effects depends on process temperature and duration.

Chip-level thermal integrity simulation [4]

Chip size reduction may result in power densities and create hot spots on the chip and in the surrounding PCB circuitry. A simulation model can be developed to study the thermal analysis for chip-package, PCB, and systems. 

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Table 1: Simulation study that can be conducted related to the electronic manufacturing

Human factors and ergonomics involves both psychological and physiological principles to the design/engineering of products, processes and systems (Figure 1). Human factors and ergonomics focuses on designing the living or work place so t h a t p e o p l e c a n a c c o m m o d a t e conveniently.

The s tudy o f human fac to rs and ergonomics started during World War II in the United States (Wickens & Hollands, 2000). In aerospace industry, similar scope of study was debated during the same period. Prior to World War II, the approach was “design-human-to-fit-machines” i.e., trial and error (Taylor, 1911), instead of “design-machines-to-fit-human”. The study of human factors and ergonomics is still considered crucial in recent years. For instance, composites layup / fabrication process is still dependant on human

significantly (Vinayak A.Prabhu, et al., 2017). Although Industry 4.0 will improve productivity by 75% with the vertical integration of production (Pascal Brier, 2018), such as composites layup and part fabrication using technologies (such as out of autoclave, automated fibre placement, thermoplast ic and nanocomposites polymers), emphasis on human-machine

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HUMAN FACTORS & ERGONOMICS IN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING LEAN AS AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION?By A.P Puvanasvaran and M.M Sivakumar

FIgure 1. Aircraft in Earlier Days (Internet Source)

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interaction will play a vital role in future industry in general (Markus, et al, 2015). A lean approach is recommended to integrate human factors and ergonomics in order to view the improvement as an organization’s parallel journey with customer, instead of an isolated and quick problem solving technique usage. A new holistic approach is required in order to view the human, ergonomics and lean as a winning formula for an organization (John & Mathias, 2016).

In summary, significant technological changes are taking place in aerospace m a n u f a c t u r i n g . H o w e v e r, h u m a n involvement and ergonomics will stay as far the aviation industry has demand. It is recommended for the industry experts and researchers to explore further on integrating lean, human and ergonomics as it could reap more benefits (Figure 2).

References

1. Wickens, C.D., & Hollands, J.G. (2000).  Engineering Psychology And Human Performance (3rd ed).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (Taylor, 1911)

2. Taylor, F.W. (1911).  The principles of scientific management.  New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers.

3. Vinayak A.Prabhu, Michael Elkington, Dennis Crowley, Ashutosh Tiwari, Carwyn Ward (2017). Digitisation of Manual Composite Layup Task Knowledge Using

Gaming Technology

4. Pascal Brier (2018). Strategy and Innovation, Altran

5. Markus Lorenz, Michael Rüßmann , Rainer Strack , Knud Lueth , and Moritz Bolle (2015). How Will Technology Transform the Industrial Workforce Through 2025?

6. John Bicheno & Matthias Holweg (2016). The Lean Toolbox A Handbook for Lean Transformation. Production And Inventory Control, Systems And Industrial Engineering (Picsie) Books Buckingham, England

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FIgure 2. The Lean Enterprise House (John and Matthias, 2016)

I have a great opportunity to be invited to Prince Songkla University (PSU) as Visiting Professor from 15th January till 15th February 2018 at Faculty of Engineering, Department of the Industrial Engineering.

Upon arrival, I was warmly greeted by the members of the faculty as well as students,

and they were generous to organize a welcoming party where I was eagerly making acquaintance with enthusiastic students as well as amazing selection Thai cuisine and some of them were too pretty to be eaten.

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SCHOLAR VISIT EXPERIENCE IN SONGKLABy Dr Zaleha Mustafa

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The subsequence weeks, I was quickly engaged with various activities that were scheduled dur ing th is scholar v is i t , involving a weekly research seminar to three departments in the faculty, attending research d i s c u s s i o n w i t h t h e postgraduates as wel l as supervision of their project. I was also involved in teaching as a guest lecturer in various postgraduate classes.

What fascinated me most is how close the university relationship with their industries partners and communities. I was lucky enough to join a couple of industrial visit to the factory during this period of scholar visit. The first visit is to the smart farm at Trang Province, involving collaboration works between the Industrial Engineering Department with an organic farm to convert manual to an automatic monitoring for the watering system and as well as manufacturing line. The second visit is to Rubber City Industrial Estate, and in the following weeks to the other factories

located in Songkla Province. PSU is currently in the process of formulating an integrated Industrial Engineering Program with four other local and European Universities, and I was being kindly invited for discussion to look at their aim and vision of the program.

I have also had great opportunity to explore the beautiful local areas wither sampling delicious mango sticky rice at Songkhla Old Town, hill trekking to the top of Kor Hong Hill, leisure stroll along the famous Samila Beach and enjoying good dinner overlooking sunset at Songkla bay with wonderful new acquaintances.

At the end of the visit, I have identified a couple of collaboration work with PSU ‘s researchers in the field wood polymer composite that shall be continued afterwards. We are also formulated to further continuing cooperation between PSU and UTeM via annual Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Symposium, in July 2019, with the aim to bring an international exposure to our postgraduate students a s w e l l a s s t re n g t h e n i n g t h e re l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n o u r t w o institutions.

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CAD/CAM for dental restorations has been introduced in the mid-1980s to replace traditional restorative procedures and it has numerous advantages over tradit ional techniques. This is a treatment to restore the function, integrity, and morphology of missing tooth structure resulting from caries or external trauma as well as to the replacement of such structure supported by the dental implant. Innovations in technology for dental CAD/CAM have changed the usual workflow between lab and clinician which offer faster turnarounds coupled with reliable quality in the field of dental restorations. In digital dentistry, cone beam technology, for example, integrates with CAD/CAM to allow dentist and labs to create restorations with live functional data. The software allows the designers to create the restoration quickly according to the needs of the patient. The digital manufacturing involves a software, scanning device and manufacturing machine which have been continuously improved from time to time. To date, the

advancement of a more detailed scanner, milling units, design software, and restorative materials is taking place in the field of dental restorations. The smallest and lightest 3D dental scanner for intraoral applications, for example, has successfully been developed with a high level of miniaturization, especially in the stereo vision camera and the projection optics. But as these technologies continue to be perfected, maturity in 3D printing will be the focus over the next year or two as new printing materials become available.

On the other hand, the development of an automated wire bender in the field of dentistry wire bending operation has started to draw attention among researchers. The dentistry wire bending operation is different from the dental restorations as it deals with the manufacturing of specific wire for the desired dental t reatment in orthodont ics and prosthodontics applications. In general, several attempts to automate the dentistry wire

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RECENT ADVANCEMENT IN AUTOMATED DENTAL WIRE BENDINGBy Dr Rahimah Abdul Hamid

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bending operation have been reported and all of these inventions are related to orthodontics archwire bending for the braces treatment. Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the prevention, interception, and correction of malocclusions and dental displacements through the wearing of braces. Orthodontics has taken a lead in technological advances, driven by the increasing numbers of patients who require the reduction of treatment time, minimal postoperative pain, and enhanced periodontium. Contrarily, the other wire-related treatments in orthodontics and prosthodontics applications like I-bar clasp and C-clasp are still traditionally produced in the handmade operation. Basically, there are two approaches in the braces treatment, one is based on a flat archwire and customized brackets, and the latter approach is based on customized archwires and off-the-shelf brackets. The use of dental CAD/CAM to create individualized bracket system is another emerging research topic, but this article only discusses the automated wire bending systems to bend both a flat archwire and also the customized archwire for these two approaches.

The first robot was developed by the predecessor of the assignee of Suresmile technology. The robot was manufactured and sold as part of a complete orthodontic solution by Geyer Medizintechnik GmbH in Berlin, Germany, but never widely commercialized. The Bending Art System (BAS) is the first computer-aided device for the automatic bending of the orthodontic individual archwire, consists of an intraoral camera, a bending device, and a computer program. This system composes of three main elements namely advancing apparatus, torsion apparatus and bending apparatus. However, a few limitations of this robot were reported. Firstly, the system would not work for many orthodontic prescriptions and was rather imprecise

because the robot has no effective feedback mechanism for detecting how the wire, in fact, was bent after a particular bending or twisting operation was performed. The deficiencies in this patent led to the development of Suresmile technology.

The Suresmile technology patented in 2003, consists of two grippers, one of the grippers being mounted to a six-axis-robot arm and thus moveable. The Suresmile robot is capable of bending fully three-dimensional orthodontic archwires. A few modifications to the initial patent have been made due to several shortcomings. Firstly, the geometry of the bends that can be manufactured is limited and does not allow for the creation of all the wire shapes desired by orthodontists. In cases where the bend length must be very short, such as in lingual cases, the treatment options can be limited by this approach. Secondly, highly accurate archwires are difficult to obtain in a repeatable manner by the robot described in the initial patent. The final patent, however, has overcome these drawbacks, thereby providing a further substantial advance of the prior art.

There is another commercialized robotic arm by Sirona Dental GmbH in Bensheim, Germany which is capable to plan the bracket system and also to bend the archwire. The bracket planning treatment by this Orthorobot is patented, but no patent related to the archwire bending system is reported. Sirona Dental GmbH claims on the website that the individual archwire is bent by the robot. Another invention for lingual orthodontics was developed by Gilbert, known as the Lingual Archwire Manufacturing and Design Aid (LAMDA). The gantry robot, however, can only realize the movement in the XY plane, so it cannot bend the archwire with a closed loop. Also, there are another two reported advancements related to

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archwire bending robot by researchers from Harbin University of Science and Technology, China. However, these two systems are still at theoretical research and preliminary experiment level. They have proposed a prototype of the Cartesian type archwire bending robot for a specific labial archwire bending, in addition to a robotic arm known as MOTOMAN UP6.

Archwire bending robot for the orthodontic treatment has been explored by many researchers, leading by Germany as the main contributor. Orthodontic planning treatment which employs robot for the bracket planning and also the individual archwire bending has been offered in Germany through Suresmile and Orthorobot. According to an interview with the Suresmile innovator, the Suresmile technology has been used by over 350 orthodontists in the United States, which has been expanded into Canada, Austra l ia and has beta s i tes established in Germany. In addition, China has started to develop their own archwire bending robot and also the CNC bending machine. There are two basic design requirements for the orthodontics archwire bending robot, which are the planning of the archwire springback and the planning of the bending point to realize the accurate archwire bending. Research difficulties in the archwire bending robot system are the springback analysis, the introduction of bending a lgo r i t hm, and the manu fac tu r i ng o f personalized orthodontics archwire. Therefore, a more flexible automated wire bending system is expected in the future.

The advancement in the field of dentistry wire bending is emerging, with the focus on archwire bending for the orthodontic treatment. The systems could be divided into the use of robot and CNC wire bending machine. Three important elements are necessary to realize a 3D wire bending machine, which are the advancing mechanism, the rotating mechanism,

and the bending mechanism, in addition to the planning of wire springback and the planning of bending points. Taking a lead from restorative dentistry, the future fabrication of orthodontic wire is predicted to be performed by an in-office robot, or a portable CNC 3D wire bender. In addition, application of Information Technology ( IT) is commonly used in the field of orthodontics. Most of them mainly focus on 3D dental segmentation, reconstruction and visualization by medical imaging, virtual tooth rearrangement, and simulation of the treatment plan. However, only a few researchers were focusing on 3D virtual design. In the 3D virtual design, researchers mainly studied the relation between the shape of the wire and the produced stress.

Even though some new and advanced technologies have been reported, there are some challenges among the practitioners in adapting and using the introduced technologies due to the significant financial investments or some might find that the learning curve is too steep. In Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, dentists have had access to the scanning technology, computer power, and even desktop milling machines for 20 years or more, but they have not adopted it en masse. Even in the U.S., the world’s largest and most technically advanced dental market, only something like 8% to 10% of dental surgeries have in-house CAD/CAM facilities. Fresh graduates are somehow more comfortable with the latest scanning technology but at the start of their careers, they are unlikely to have the capital to invest in in-house production facilities. To conclude, the researchers have to also consider a few factors in developing the new technology as it has to be straightforward, affordable and compatible with most of the software to make it more acceptable among practitioners.

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Keselamatan merujuk kepada langkah-langkah yang dilaksanakan oleh individu atau kumpulan untuk mengelakkan kemalangan dan kecederaan. Keselamatan bukan sahaja penting kepada seseorang individu , malah melibatkan keselamatan peralatan yang terdapat di dalam makmal komputer . Langkah-langkah keselamatan mestilah dipastikan dari segi tingkah laku, keadaan sekeliling makmal komputer dan peraturan-peraturan yang telah ditetapkan.

Keselamatan di makmal komputer:

Pengguna komputer di makmal komputer hendaklah bertanggungjawab terhadap penjagaan dan keselamatan peralatan yang telah disediakan.

Peralatan yang dipasang tidak boleh diubahalih dari tempat asal tanpa kebenaran.

Pastikan suis punca elektrik dihidupkan terlebih dahulu sebelum menggunakan komputer atau peralatan elektrik di makmal computer dan berada dalam keadaan selamat.

Kawasan persekitaran yang menempatkan peralatan hendaklah sentiasa dalam keadaan bersih dan selamat.

Makanan dan minuman tidak dibenarkan d ibawa masuk ke da lam makmal komputer.

Pengguna adalah dilarang untuk merokok di dalam makmal komputer.

Pengguna hendaklah menggunakan peralatan untuk tujuan yang dibenarkan sahaja . Segala penggunaan yang memudaratkan komputer atau sistem komputer adalah dilarang sama sekali .

Sebarang kerosakan peralatan dan masalah perisian hendaklah dilaporkan kepada staff teknikal makmal komputer tersebut.

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INFO MAKMAL

MAKMAL KOMPUTER

Oleh Muhammad Azwan Abdul Kadir

Pada bulan Mei 2018 yang lalu Jabatan Proses FKP telah menerima peralatan terbaru ia i tu CNC Laser cutt ing Machine daripada berjenama Mitsubishi dan ditempatkan di Makmal Fabrikasi yang berada di bangunan PFI B FKP.

Peralatan yang dilengkapi dengan teknologi tinggi ini dilihat dapat menarik minat pelajar untuk untuk lebih kreatif dalam penghasilan produk berkaitan proses pembuatan.

Antara ciri-ciri menarik mesin ini :

Mesin disediakan dengan resonator 2000 dan 4000W, resonator aliran parameter b e r p a t e n u n t u k k u a s a p e m o t o n g a n o p t i m u m , p r e s t a s i p e m p r o s e s a n cemerlang dicapai melalui

kualiti aliran gas sempurna, pemantauan gas terbantu pintar dan fungsi pemilihan gas secara otomatik.

Dengan tecknologi yang terdapat pada pera latan terbaru ini juga diharap dapat d i m a n f a a t k a n d a r i s e g i perkongsian teknologi dengan pihak industry secara dua hala. Ini mampu memberi manfaat kepada universiti khususnya.

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PENERIMAAN PERALATAN

LASER CUTTING MACHINE’ MITSUBISHI

ML2512HV2-R PLUS Oleh Muhammad Azwan Abdul Kadir

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Fakulti Kejuruteraan Pembuatan,Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka,

Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal,Melaka, Malaysia

Tel: +606-270 2571 Fax: +606-270 1047