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This combination of handbook and multimedia CD-ROM offers the most up-to-date view of today's and tomorrow's world of manufacturing technologies. It was written by leading experts from the USA, Europe, and Asia and spans a wide range of topics: from industrial management and organization to automation and control, from mechanical to electronical technology, and from machine tools to the consumer goods industry. It gives a unique interdisciplinary and global presentation of material and combines, for the first time, theoretical and significant practical results from the last decades of the most important branches of machine building. Its broad coverage should appeal to the highly skilled scientific expert as well as to the experienced design engineer, and to undergraduate as well as to advanced students.
| Editorial Board | ||
| Workgroups | ||
| List of Authors | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Pt. I | Global Aspects of Manufacturing | |
| Ch. 1 | The Role of Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Globalization of Production: Consequences for Product Design and Technology | 31 |
| Ch. 3 | Fractal Company - A Revolution in Corporate Culture | 63 |
| Ch. 4 | Adaptable Production Structures | 87 |
| Ch. 5 | Life Cycle Engineering | 121 |
| Pt. II | Trends and Developments of Advanced Manufacturing - Scientific Basis | |
| Ch. 6 | Fundamental Aspects of Mechanical Engineering | 153 |
| Ch. 7 | High-Speed Machining | 197 |
| Ch. 8 | Aspects of Manufacturing Systems Integration | 215 |
| Ch. 9 | CAPP Systems for Machining, Assembly, and Disassembly Operations | 267 |
| Ch. 10 | Modeling of Machine Tools and Assembly Systems | 289 |
| Ch. 11 | Cybernetic Structures, Networks, and Adaptive Control of Work Systmes in Manufacturing | 331 |
| Pt. III | Trends and Developments of Advanced Manufacturing - Examples of Real Implementations | |
| Ch. 12 | Rapid Prototyping in Manufacturing | 367 |
| Ch. 13 | Challenges in Electronic Production | 381 |
| Ch. 14 | Electronic Vacuum Technologies | 413 |
| Ch. 15 | New SOlid-State Lasers and Their Application Potential | 449 |
| Ch. 16 | New Information Technologies in Industrial Activity of the Enterprises (IAE) | 461 |
| Ch. 17 | Modeling of Manufacturing and Technological Processes in CIM | 515 |
| Pt. IV | Advanced Manufacturing Equipment | |
| Ch. 18 | New Machine Tools and Systems | 557 |
| Ch. 19 | Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems | 627 |
| Ch. 20 | Robot Technology | 667 |
| Ch. 21 | Methods for Nondestructive Testing and Diagnostics of Automatic Equipment and Technological Systems of Machines | 683 |
| Pt. V | Future trends | |
| Ch. 22 | Prospects of Technology Development | 723 |
| Ch. 23 | Perspectives of Innovative Technologies in Manufacturing | 779 |
Overview
This combination of handbook and multimedia CD-ROM offers the most up-to-date view of today's and tomorrow's world of manufacturing technologies. It was written by leading experts from the USA, Europe, and Asia and spans a wide range of topics: from industrial management and organization to automation and control, from mechanical to electronical technology, and from machine tools to the consumer goods industry. It gives a unique interdisciplinary and global presentation of material and combines, for the first ...