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Furniture Design And Manufacturing Asia Established Since 1986

September/OctOber 2016 • VOL. 28 NO. 5

24 it must be improve production
capacity. By Robert Ulewicz,
Dorota Jelonek and Magdalena
Mazur, Częstochowa University of
Technology

38 Making Strides Towards
Industry 4.0
With major industry players
investing signifcant resources in
the research and development of
revolutionary machinery and end-
to-end solutions, Biesse shares
its efforts in the move towards
Industry 4.0 with FDM Asia. By Lim
Ai Teng
40 Heat Pump Dryers Offer
Real Potential to Slash
Industrial Drying Costs
Features Hussein Onn Malaysia, Josu Takala Heat pumps have been used
18 Insights into the and Daryna Shylina, University of successfully to improve energy
Vaasa, Izabela Nizialekm Warsaw
Psychology of Green University of Life Sciences, and effciency in domestic dryers
but their industrial application
Labelling MS Che Rusuli, Universiti Malaysia has been limited. Researchers
Green labels have a profound Kelantan have now developed a dynamic
effect on our purchase decisions. heat-pump dryer test bench to
Psychologists have found that 30 Singapore Tackles demonstrate how drying processes
they negate negative product Climate Change; Plans can be optimised with heat pump
information for the environmentally Sustainability Training integration. By Jamy Logie, Minh
conscious. By Rachel Kwek. Cuong Tran, Bruno Vanslambrouck
Research by Ulf J. J. Hahnel, Facility Department of Flow, Heat and
Michael Waschto, Liridon Korcaj, Singapore unveils its action plans Combustion Mechanics, Ghent
Karen Hillmann, Damaris Roser for tackling climate change, from University
and Hans Spada from Department improving manufacturing industry’s
of General Psychology, Albert energy effciency rates to a ‘heat Design
Ludwigs University of Freiburg and stress information system” for
Oliver Arnold from Department of the public. In a related move, the 46 Effects of Decorative
Personality and Social Psychology, republic also makes plans for a Veneer and Structure on
Otto von Guericke University frst training facility to promote the Thermal Conductivity
sustainability best practices. In
24 Checking Sustainable this issue, FDM Asia shares more of Engineered Wood
Competitive Advantage of details. Flooring
When it comes to fooring for a
Malaysian Manufacturers technology room with an under-foor heating
The sustainable competitive system, it turns out that how well
advantages (SCA) approach 32 Going With Logic Flow it works depends on not only the
showed promising insight on The concept of continuous fow wood type but also the structure
furniture manufacturers in Malaysia tends to regulate the fow of of the foorboards. By Qingqing
and provides hints to what the materials in a manner that provides Chen, Xiaolei Guo, Jie Wang and
industry should do going forward. the shortest fow path without Pingxiang Cao from the Faculty of
By Rosmaini Tasmin and Aliyu unnecessary activities. The use of Material Science and Engineering,
Alhaji Abu Bakr, Univesiti Tun Glenday’s sieve method made it Nanjing Forestry University
possible to identify areas in which