Augustine Lawal's Publications

Design and Development of a Locust Beans Cubing Machine

A locust beans cubing machine was developed and its performance evaluated in this study. The machine is made up of three distinct and mutually controlled parts: The grinding part, the extrusion part, and the cutting part. Fermented locust beans is fed into the grinding part where they are ground and then moved to the extrusion compartment where it is extruded

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Performance evaluation and Optimization of a Small-Scale Laser Cutting and Engraving Machine

ABSTRACT— The Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology has been widely adopted in most convectional machines commonly used in manufacturing workshop, to automate, monitor, and control a machine’s movements. This is to promote time and cost effectiveness in manufacturing operation of such machines to achieve generation of high precision movement of the working tools and the work piece for the realization

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Development of Bottle Washing Machine forSmall Scale Bottling Industries

Abstract: The bottle washing machine is type of machine used in removing bottle contaminants. This report includes the technical description of the bottle washing machine. It discusses the basic principles and theory of operation of the bottle washing machine, detailed description for the equipment and equations governing the variables of bottle washing machine showing all the mechanical parts of the

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Development of Automated System for Logistics and Inventory Management

Abstract: The shop floors require material, machinery, equipment and tools, information technology, quality control, storeroom, manpower resources for manufacturing of intermediate or final product and inventory management. In this study, an automated logistics and inventory management system was developed for shop floors to improve the production efficiency. A sensing system was developed based on the framework of Internet of things

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Development of a computer numerical control laser cutting and engraving machine

Abstract: The quest for improved product quality, operational efficiency as well as time effectiveness during manufacturing operations triggered the possibility of exploring the potentials of the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) and laser technologies. This study provides the design analysis of a of CNC laser cutting and engraving machine. The design encompasses the axes configuration, components analysis and dimensioning, as well

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