• Sustainable supply chain management for blue economics in Northern Norway 

      Sandåker, Anders (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-06-01)
      In the first part of thesis, there was conducted a literature review of production and the supply chain with regards to fish farming, existing technologies, together with the potential of alternative digital technology. In the second part, a case study of a relevant manufacturer who is involved in all the aspects of the value chain was carried out to gain insight into relevant supply chain ...
    • Thin Wall Structure by Welding 

      Arumairasa, Hans Ivar (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-06-28)
      Manufacturing of thin wall structure by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is on the main application of additive manufacturing. 3D-printing technology has significant advantages over traditional milling and machining techniques or welded analogs. Thin wall structure constitutes an essential and growing proportion of engineering construction, within common areas as in structural aerospace and ...
    • Three-phase separator simulator 

      Myrstad, Mats (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-16)
      In this thesis, the goal is to compare the UIT model in the energy lab to the simulation program Aspen HYSYS. The model in the lab has consist of a three-phase separator tank with a weir, and two-component of water and cooking oil, It was made by two students at UIT in 2018. In this simulation, there will be three different variables to determine the accuracy of the simulation. The flow in and out, ...
    • Total Productive Maintenance in an Industry 4.0 Framework 

      Noureddine, Rami (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-06-28)
      Maintenance is a key operation function that is required to improve business performance by avoiding equipment breakdown. In 1971, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), a lean manufacturing approach, has been developed and widely used as a maintenance strategy to gain a competitive advantage in industry. However, with the advent of new technology and the internet of things, manufacturing process are ...
    • Transformation in manufacturer in the era of "Made in China 2025" 

      Li, Xuancheng (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-06-07)
      China’s state council has unveiled a ten-year national plan, Made in China 2025, designed to transform China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power. Of all the projects includes in the “Made in China 2025” plan, intelligent and automated manufacturing is crucial. It is based on concepts i.e., internet of things, cloud computing, and big data. These technologies will be involved ...
    • Transformation towards small-scale intelligent manufacturing system (SIMS). A case study of the workshop at UiT Narvik 

      Chai, Zhiwei (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-06-14)
      With the development of increasing globalization of markets, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are necessary to improve their innovation ability, and enhance their competitiveness in the global market. This project analyzes the global and region current situation of SMEs, and then provide the conclusion of advantages and challenges of SMEs, especially the sort of small manufacturing ...
    • Wind resource assessment in cold climate regions 

      Jin, Jiayi (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-06-14)
      Cold regions have good potential for wind energy development, but icing on wind turbines is recognize as a hindrance limiting the wind energy production in ice prone cold regions. This master thesis work is linked with Wind-CoE project of Arctic Technology Research Team and is aimed on better understanding of wind resource assessment in cold regions. Three years (2013-15) field SCADA data from ...
    • Wireless industrial indoor localization and its application 

      Hu, Junsheng (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-06-14)
      A complete, structural and comprehensive description of indoor localization technology is pre-sented in this paper. It concluded the basic techniques for distance measurement in indoor locali-zation, the basic localize principles, the topologies and algorithms which are often used in indoor localization area. Then how to perform indoor localization with sensors which are available in modern smartphones ...