Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering - Volume 16, Issue 2, 2023

Background: Among the research on the influencing factors of environmental information disclosure, scholars rarely identify the factors from the perspective of the enterprise’s external environment, especially peer enterprise behavior. In fact, the disclosure of environmental information by most enterprises in China is still only voluntary, and the form of disclosure is so chaotic that it is easy to be influenced by other enterpris Read More

Aims: To evaluate the environmental benefits of the manufacturing system and optimize the process parameters, a more effective method of evaluating environmental benefits should be adopted, which can be used for process parameters optimization. Background: Mechanical manufacturing systems generally include raw materials, energy, products, waste emissions, capital, labor, and other elements. The Exte Read More

Background: The wheel out-of-round fault of urban rail vehicles has a very important impact on the safe operation of urban rail trains. Therefore, it is of great significance to achieve an accurate diagnosis of the wheel out-of-round fault of trains. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to summarize the diagnosis methods of the wheel out-of-round fault, and propose a new diagnosis method based on vibration data images Read More

Background: Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in new energy vehicles and energy storage systems due to their superior performance. However, lithium batteries are prone to safety problems in the use process, so the fault diagnosis technology of lithium batteries has attracted more attention. Objective: This study aimed to ensure the safety of lithium batteries and accurately and timely diagnose the soft short ci Read More

Aim: In order to realize the position of acupoints on the back of humans, a new acupoints positioning approach combined with machine vision technology is proposed in this paper. Background: The acupuncture point (acupoint) is an important reference in the treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). However, the traditional acupoints positioning method mainly depends on manpower, which has the disadvanta Read More