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Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

ISBN: 9780130889782 | 0130889784
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008

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SummaryTable of Contents
For advanced undergraduate/ graduate-level courses in Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. This exploration of the technical and engineering aspects of automated production systems provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage of the subject of any text on the market. It covers all the major cutting-edge technologies of production automation and material handling, and how these technologies are used to construct modern manufacturing systems.
Introduction
1(23)
Production System Facilities
2(5)
Manufacturing Support Systems
... MORE7(2)
Automation in Production Systems
9(5)
Manual Labor in Production Systems
14(3)
Automation Principles and Strategies
17(4)
Organization of the Book
21(3)
Manufacturing Operations
24(37)
Manufacturing Industries and Products
28(3)
Manufacturing Operations
31(4)
Product/Production Relationships
35(5)
Production Concepts and Mathematical Models
40(8)
Costs of Manufacturing Operations
48(13)
PART I: AUTOMATION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES61
Introduction to Automation
66
Basic Elements of an Automated System
63
Advanced Automation Functions
71
Levels of Automation
76
Industrial Control Systems
79
Process Industries versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries
80
Continuous versus Discrete Control
82
Computer Process Control
88
Forms of Computer Process Control
96
Sensors, Actuators, and Other Control System Components
107
Sensors
108
Actuators
111
Analog-to-Digital Conversion
112
Digital-to-Analog Conversion
115
Input/Output Devices for Discrete Data
117
Numerical Control
120
Fundamentals of NC Technology
122
Computer Numerical Control
128
DNC
134
Applications of Numerical Control
137
NC Part Programming
145
Engineering Analysis of NC Positioning Systems
179
Appendix: APT Word Definitions
196
Industrial Robotics
210
Robot Anatomy and Related Attributes
212
Robot Control Systems
218
End Effectors
220
Sensors in Robotics
222
Industrial Robot Applications
222
Robot Programming
230
Engineering Analysis of Industrial Robots
240
Discrete Control Using Programmable Logic Controllers and Personal Computers
257
Discrete Process Control
257
Ladder Logic Diagrams
264
Programmable Logic Controllers
268
Personal Computers Using Soft Logic
275
Part II: MATERIAL HANDLING AND IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction to Material Handling
281
Overview of Material Handling Equipment
282
Considerations in Material Handling System Design
285
The 10 Principles of Material Handling
288
Material Transport Systems
292
Industrial Trucks
293
Automated Guided Vehicle Systems
295
Monorails and Other Rail Guided Vehicles
302
Conveyor Systems
303
Cranes and Hoits
309
Analysis of Material Transport Systems
311
Storage Systems
328
Storage System Performance
329
Storage Location Strategies
331
Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment
332
Automated Storage Systems
335
Engineering Analysis of Storage Systems
344
Automatic Data Capture
357
Overview of Automatic Identification Methods
358
Bar Code Technology
361
Other A DC Technologies
370
PART III: MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Introduction to Manufacturing Systems
375
Components of a Manufacturing System
376
Classification of Manufacturing Systems
381
Overview of the Classification Scheme
388
Manufacturing Progress Functions (Learning Curves)
392
Single Station Manufacturing Cells
397
Single Station Manned Workstations
398
Single Station Automated Cells
399
Applications
404
Analysis of Single Station Cells
409
Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing
420
Part Families
422
Parts Classification and Coding
425
Production Flow Analysis
431
Cellular Manufacturing
434
Application Considerations in Group Technology
439
Quantitative Analysis in Cellular Manufacturing
442
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
460
What is an FMS?
462
FMS Components
469
FMS Applications and Benefits
480
FMS Planning and Implementation Issues
485
Quantitative Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
487
Manual Assembly Lines
514
Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines
516
Alternative Assembly Systems
523
Design for Assembly
524
Analysis of Single Model Assembly Lines
525
Line Balancing Algorithms
534
Mixed Model Assembly Lines
540
Other Considerations in Assembly Line Design
552
Transfer Lines and Similar Automated Manufacturing Systems
566
Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines
565
Applications of Automated Production Lines
575
Analysis of Transfer Lines with No Internal Storage
579
Analysis of Transfer Lines with Storage Buffers
587
Automated Assembly Systems
601
Fundamentals of Automated Assembly Systems
602
Design for Automated Assembly
606
Quantitative Analysis of Assembly Systems
610
PART IV: QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS
Introduction to Quality Assurance
631
Quality Defined
633
Traditional and Modern Quality Control
635
Taguchi Methods in Quality Engineering
638
ISO 9000
648
Statistical Process Control
654
Process Variability and Process Capability
655
Control Charts
658
Other SPC Tools
667
Implementing Statistical Process Control
672
Inspection Principles and Practices
681
Inspection Fundamentals
682
Sampling versus 100% Inspection
687
Automated Inspection
692
When and Where to Inspect
694
Quantitative Analysis of Inspection
698
Inspection Technologies
711
Inspection Metrology
712
Contact versus Noncontact Inspection Techniques
717
Conventional Measuring and Gaging Techniques
718
Coordinate Measuring Machines
720
Surface Measurement
736
Machine Vision
738
Other Optical Inspection Techniques
745
Noncontact Nonoptical Inspection Technologies
747
PART V: MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Product Design and CAD/CAM in the Production System
753
Product Design and CAD
755
CAD System Hardware
761
CAM, CAD/CAM, and CIM
764
Quality Function Deployment
767
Process Planning and Concurrent Engineering
775
Process Planning
776
Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP)
782
Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacturing
785
Advanced Manufacturing Planning
791
Production Planning and Control Systems
796
Aggregate Production Planning and the Master Production Schedule
798
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
800
Capacity Planning
806
Shop Floor Control
808
Inventory Control
814
Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
822
Just-In-Time Production Systems
823
Lean Production and Agile Manufacturing
832
Lean Production
833
Agile Manufacturing
835
Comparison of Lean and Agile
843

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