For about sixty years principles of TQM, Kaizen, Six Sigma and others continuous improvement strategies (CIS) play a vital role in quality engineering and management. They are presented in many books, scientific and professional journals, consulting companies offers and first of all in the Internet as an easy tool (almost a patent) for an efficient...

By Adam Hamrol

Academic staff evaluation poses a unique challenge in higher education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The established practice of selfrepresenting the absolute authority in public higher education institutions attenuated by the emergence of private higher education institutions where the employers sought for the results, expressed their own, as ...

By Enes Dedić

The paper explained meaning and importance of the impact of construction machinery due to the specifics of their use. Describes how organization of maintenance activities of machines on construction sites and points to the impact this has on their performance. Accent was placed on possibilities of improving existing practice of building contractors...

In the paper stress analysis of rotary kiln support rollers is conducted. Stress state in the support rollers is caused by temperature gradient, shrinkfit connection between shaft and roller and by the contact with kiln ring. The stress analysis is done analytically and numerically, and the results obtained are compared....

By Alma Žiga, Josip Kačmarčik

Haulage of material is one of the basic operational phases of the production process in Haljinići Pit. The monitoring and problem-solving in thisvsegment are of crucial significance for achievement of all planned quantities.Production activities, manner of exploitation, type of equipment used and a number of other factors involved in this activity ...

By Kasim Bajramović, Jovan Sredojević

This paper summarizes the experiences of many organizations in migrating from an asset care (maintenance) culture to a whole life cycle asset management approach, and the benefits obtained from this transformation. It will explain the evolution of the modern discipline, and the practical steps that can be taken to break down the barriers between de...

By John Woodhouse

Mixed-mode fracture in delamination test utilizing double cantilever specimens loaded with bending moments is investigated in the paper. FEM simulations are performed using cohesive zone model where different configurations of test loadings and two critical fracture energy values, ie. two fracture process zone lengths, are considered. Fracture ener...

By Josip Kačmarčik, Pejo Konjatić, Aleksandar Karač

Packaging of poly(ethylene) terephthalate (PET bottles) can not be avoided in this day and age, because it is used in food packaging and consumer goods. After utilization of the product's packaging becomes waste that pollutes the environment, occupies a large volume space in landfills and has a very long period degradation. Due to the that the PET ...

By Jovan Sredojević, Amina Ahmić

Abrasive waterjet cutting process is accepted effective technology for cutting various materials. Cutting process is based on kinetic energy of waterjet and abrasive particles which are used for material removal in the cutting zone. Erosional contact between abrasive particles and cutting components leads to damage in abrasive waterjet cutting syst...

By Safet Brdarević, Ajdin Jeleč

Each system requires regular maintenance including wind power. Modern maintenance of wind powers is based in the diagnosis of the state of the wind power, which is realized through measuring parameters of wind power system and data processing by the established methods. This paper presents the modern methods used to control the state of the wind fa...

By Amir Halep, Ranko Antunović