Due to rising energy prices and stringent environmental regulations, energy efficiency, resource saving and climate protection are becoming more important than ever. Primetals Technologies ECO Solutions offers a wide range of services and technologies to increase energy efficiency, reduce the environmental impact of steel production plants and to e...

By Jörg Schwelberger

Higher level of finalization of new product and production of furniture presents the challenge for all manufacturers of wood. Production of massive wood furniture becomes dominant and presents extraordinary chance for wood product manufacturing industry in B&H. Being introduced with the process capability of the certain company and certain proc...

By Safet Brdarević, Sanin Hasanić, Murčo Obučina

Production planning and control, as one of the managerial responsibilities in any production industry, have become increasingly complex during the last few decades particularly in the SME`s. Shortening of lead-time has been addressed as a major competitive edge. This paper presents the CAE approach to arriving at PPC decision in a SME`s for furnitu...

By Alan Lisica

While performing ordinary oil condition monitoring on industrial systems, we can often notice that hydraulic oil has changed its color. The source of the problem can be very difficult to locate and is often consequence of complex chemical processes in hydraulic oil. Finding the root cause of oil varnishing in hydraulic machine design and its operat...

By Vito Tič, Darko Lovrec

This paper presents the results of the activities of Kakanj cement Plant and the German organization GIZ carried out during the Project: „Coprocessing of municipal waste as alternative fuel in cement industry“ in period from June 2015. to June 2018. Partners in the project were:- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Zenica (partner of Kaka...

By Almir Bajtarević, Amna Bajtarević, Fuad Hadžikadunić

This paper deals with the resistance of the shed of a steel hall in Drvar according to technical regulations for snow from 1961 and EC1 regulations. The paper aims to check the reliability of the shed with probabilistic approach. That also implies calibration of the steel hall construction analyzed with classic deterministic method. Statical system...

By Rašid Hadžović, Vahid Redžić, Nermin Redžić

The aim of this paper was to investigate the connection between student motivation and Content and Integrated Language Learning (CLIL) approach at the technically-oriented faculties of the University of Zenica. The past few decades have been marked with ongoing debates on what teaching approaches are most motivating for foreign language learners. I...

By Aida Tarabar, Adisa Ahmetspahić

In many countries, there is concern that enrolment in science and technology professions is decreasing and that more students need to be directed and interested in a career in science and technology. The reason why students do not choose science and technology studies is usually not about their abilities, but it is more related to student perceptio...

By Safet Brdarević, Dino Arnaut

The paper describes the microstructural examination of a joint of the base material, austenitic stainless steel with intermetallic strengthening classified according to its chemical composition and properties according to standard SAE AMS 5528 and metallic coating marked as NiCrAlY 4516 according to manufacturer catalog, Sulzer Metco. Coating is ap...

By Milenko Rimac, Mirsada Oruč, Strain Posavljak

It is obvious that higher education throughout Europe within the Bologna Process has been, and still is, undergoing serious and far-reaching reform processes with the ultimate goal of creating a European area of higher education. Quality assurance has been identified as one of the key segments of this process. In a series of communiques from minist...

By Ibrahim Plančić, Malik Čabaravdić