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Item Quality characteristics of basic hand tools soid in Nigeria(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, 2009) Oyawale, F. A.; Ogunmolati, M. A.Hand tools sold in Nigeria have become increasingly: unreliable; dud to critical failures during use. The objective of this study is to test samples of these tools vis-a-vis manufacturer’s claims. A total of fifteen (15) hand tools from six (6) different countries available on the Nigerian market were tested for their quality characteristics. The tested tools included spanners, hammers, screwdrivers, pliers and chisels. Three samples of each of the groups of hand tools were ranked in accordance to their impact energy which is a major property-of percussion tools. The results showed that built-in mechanical properties of these hand tools were largely controlled by their alloying elements, manufacturing processes and heat-treatment. Five (5) of the fifteen (15) selected hand tools conformed to BS 876, 1981 and were adjudged safe and reliable.Item Studies on the effect of cocoa pod as filler in polyester composites(2008) Bolarinwa, M. A.; Babatope, B.This work investigates the effects of surface treatment on cocoa pod on the mechanical properties of polyester composites. Reinforcement varying between 0% w/w to 10% was used in the preparation of the polyester composite specimens. Tensile and hardness tests were carried out on the test specimens with and without reinforcements and the effect of loading on the mechanical properties were correlated. This work has a significant impact for the conversion of waste products, especially cocoa pod that pollutes the environment to engineering materials. The study found that apart from the common use of cocoa pod in the soap making industry, it would also become important in engineering materials fabrication. This has implication for the wealth creation programme embedded in the vision 20, 2020 target on the floor.Item Mixture Experiments and their applications in welding flux design(Associação Brasileira de Engenharia e Ciências Mecânicas - ABCM, 2008) Adeyeye, D. A.; Oyawale, F. A.The traditional welding flux development has been by cost, material, time and labour intensive experiments. The extensive and expensive trial and error experimentation is needed because it is often difficult to know a priori how the flux ingredients interact to determine the operational characteristics of the flux and the final performance of the welded structure. The limitation of the traditional approach includes: (1) long lead-time (2) expensive experiments in terms of materials and energy consumption and labour requirements (3) the flux developed can not be guaranteed to be optimal and (4) inability to identify and quantify direct and interaction effects of flux ingredients. These constraints are due to the paucity of statistical modelling tools in welding flux technology. Since prediction models are derived from designed experiments, flux researchers need other methods by which flux experiments may be designed. This paper discusses a statistical modelling tool known as mixture experiment which has the potential to revolutionize welding flux development technology. Mixture design is discussed but not fully developed. The procedure of mixture experiment, analytical model forms and the sequence of model fitting are discussed. Areas of welding flux research where the various mixture designs may be useful are suggested.Item Quality characteristics of basic hand tools sold in Nigeria(Trans Tech Publications, 2009) Oyawale, F. A.; Ogunmolati, M. A.Hand tools sold in Nigeria have become increasingly unreliable due to critical failures during use. The objective of this study is to test samples of these tools vis-a-vis manufacturer's claims. A total of fifteen (15) hand tools from six (6) different countries available on the Nigerian market were tested for their quality characteristics. The tested tools included spanners, hammers, screwdrivers, pliers and chisels. Three samples of each of the groups of hand tools were ranked in accordance to their impact energy which is a major property of percussion tools. The results showed that built-in mechanical properties of these hand tools were largely controlled by their alloying elements, manufacturing processes and heat-treatment. Five (5) of the fifteen (15) selected hand tools conformed to BS 876, 1981 and were adjudged safe and reliable.Item Manpower planning using decision analysis: case of crown company(Akamai University, Hilo, Hawaii, 2008) Oyawale, F. A.; Adegboyega, O. A.This study addresses the analytic approach to decision making and its application to manpower planning in the crown section of a bottling company in Nigeria. The company produces crowns for several bottling companies and was faced with the challenge of meeting customer's demand, which varied from month to month. A work sampling technique was used to investigate the discrepancy between the level of the work force and their output. The result of the work sampling study showed that all of the departments were overstaffed with idle time and that overtime, rather than additional shifts, would reduce manpower cost. The results have been applied to the management policies that can be employed to meet increasing short term demand.Item Local sourcing of raw materials for the manufacturing of manual metal arc welding electrodes: a case for locally produced steel wire in Nigeria(Dincan Science Company, 2008) Oyawale, F. A.Since early 1995 when pressure was mounted on the Raw Materials Research and Development Council in Nigeria, with a view to sourcing wire, flux and binder locally, little or no success has been recorded. As at 1998, all the raw materials including core wire for electrode manufacture in Nigeria were still being imported. The aim of this project is therefore to explore the possibility of using locally sourced wire in electrode production. In this research, wire drawn at the Oshogbo rolling company in South Western Nigeria from billets produced at Delta Steel Company Aladja in Delta state, Nigeria was used with commercial flux in a production run by a local electrode manufacturing outfit. Mechanical tests and microstructure show that the quality of electrodes produced compared favourobly with E6010 standards.Item Investigation of the grain structure of the fusion zone of single pass arc welding of structural steel (NST 34 L-C)(Akamai University, Hilo, Hawaii, 2008-06) Oyawale, F. A.; Sanusi, K. O.Some welded structures show poor mechanical properties at the weld and the adjacent zones. This has led to the collapse of structures when subjected to various torques. This research investigates the grain structure of the fusion zone of a single pass arc welding of structural steel to identify the mode of growth and grain transition of the zone and adjacent weld. Two parameters -temperature gradient in the direction of solidification and rate of advance of solidification were studied vis-a-vis welding speed, arc current and plate thickness. The results showed that chances in the welding variables affected the mechanical properties of the welded structure.Item Ethanol extraction from wheat(Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria : International Research and Development Institute, in association with Kan Educational Books, 2009) Oyawale, F. A.; Olawale, O.Current hike in the price of crude oil in the world market has produced ripples in the economy of nations. Research has therefore been in the area of renewable energy to break the monopoly of fossil fuel. One of such renewable fuels is ethanol. Ethanol has been produced from various feedstock. The objective of this project therefore is to produce ethanol using wheat as the feedstock. Fermentation was carried out to convert glucose (C6H12O6) to ethanol (C2H5OH) and carbon dioxide gas (CO2). 12 liters of fermented mash was heated in the boiler and the first condensate which was 60% water was collected in the receiver between 77°C and 82°C. After discarding the residue in the boiler, the first run distillation was reheated to 95.5° C, when 70% ethanol plus by- products was obtained. This process was repeated a third time. The distillate collected was (E85) i. e. 85% ethanol which was about 170 proof . This ethanol was very flammable.Item Development of FeO, TiO2-SiO2-CaCO3 system as a welding flux(2004) Oyawale, F. A.; Ibhadode, A. O. A.Using local raw materials, various metal-arc welding fluxes were formulated. A ternary system of FeO, TiO2- SiO2-CaCO3 gave satisfactory results. Average values of 546 N/mm2 ultimate tensile strength and 10% elongation were obtained from all-weld metal tensile specimen. The formulation also gave a metal deposition efficiency of 88.9%Item Design and construction of an autoclave(Akamai University, Hilo, Hawaii, 2007-11) Oyawale, F. A.||Olaoye, A. E.One of the major problems confronting healthcare professionals is the control of pathogenic organisms. This is because microorganisms are present in our environment and may contaminate healthcare instruments from time to time. An autoclave was designed and constructed to sterilize materials/items used in such healthcare institutions. The autoclave has a liquid capacity of 2 litres and is heated electrically with a 2kw healing-element. The test showed a decrease in the growth of microorganisms at high temperature with a high exposure time.