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The mining and steel industries, as well as the aggregates industry that produces rock and stone for construction and industry needs, were the focus end-users for new fast image analysis capabilities for measurement feedback in industry processes. Researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) have developed LTU-CUDA, a software for fast image processing based on high performance graphics cards commonly found in today’s personal computers.
Formation of cracks in the production of steel slabs is a problem that can lead to defective goods and downtime, resulting in high productioncosts in the steel industry. New research at LTU hopes to find a solution that easily detects cracks, thereby reducing the problems of cracking.
Two of the largest production companies for packaging paper in Sweden, BillerudKorsnäs Karlsborg and SCA Packaging Obbola AB have in cooperation with researchers at Luleå University of Technology opened the possibility of a more robust optimization of production processes.
Online measurement of rock size to crushers or mills is the missing piece of the puzzle for integrating mining and mineral processing into a unified and optimizable process. Researchers at LTU have developed a commecial-ready solution for measurement of piled particles on conveyor.
How do make a wheel loader remotely controlled? A new student projects in electronics at LTU, where four different programs collaborate interdisciplinary tries to solve the task.
An idea during the summer holidays led to a breakthrough discovery on how to stabilize unmanned aerial vehicles. Engineering Physics-student Emil Fresk has solved the attitude problem and will now receive international recognition at a prestigious research conference.
As final for the Mechatronics course a robotic line following competition was held at Department of Computer Science, Space and Electrical Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. The winner was the robot Flux and its team of five students.
Ph.D student for the Control Engineering group, Mohammed Obaid Mustafa, at the department for Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering at Luleå University of Technology is nominated for a best paper award at the IEEE 2013 International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies.
