1 Introduction and fundamental concepts of assembly.- 1.1Introduction.- 1.2Nature and role of assembly in industry.- 1.3 The economic significance of assembly.- 1.
4 Assembly engineering and rationalization.- 1.5 Management issues and assembly organizations.- 1.6 General taxonomy of assembly operations and systems.- 1.7 Assembly information representation.- 1.
8 Fundamental models and measures of assembly.- 1.9 Assembly planning issues.- 1.10 Summary.- 1.11 Review questions.- References.
- 2 Assembly tasks and technology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Levels of automation and flexibility in assembly.- 2.3 Assembly tasks.- 2.
4 Disassembly tasks.- 2.5 Insertion and joining tasks.- 2.6 Summary.- 2.7 Review questions.- References.
- 3 Design for assembly.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Product design for assembly.- 3.3 Group technology for assembly.- 3.
4 Procedural systems for assemblability evaluation.- 3.5 Design for disassembly and recycling.- 3.6 Computer-aided methods for DFA.- 3.7 Artificial intelligence approaches to DFA.- 3.
8 Summary.- 3.9 Review questions.- References.- 4 Design of assembly systems.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.
2 The planning of an assembly system.- 4.3 Assembly organization.- 4.4 Handling facilities.- 4.5 Machines for assembly automation.- 4.
6 Economic justification of assembly systems.- 4.7 Examples of assembly systems.- 4.8 Summary.- 4.9 Review questions.- References.
- 5 Assembly system design and planning.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Assembly line balancing.- 5.3 Assembly system design.- 5.
4 Process planning in assembly.- 5.5 Sequence planning for robotic assembly.- 5.6 Summary.- 5.7 Review questions.- References.
- 6 Performance evaluation of stochastic assembly systems.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Push systems.- 6.3 Pull systems.- 6.
4 Flexible assembly systems.- 6.5 Simulation analysis.- 6.6 Summary.- 6.7 Review questions.- References.
- 7 Sequencing and scheduling of assembly operations.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Scheduling in push systems.- 7.3 Level scheduling in just-in-time pull systems.- 7.
4 Sequencing in mixed-model assembly lines.- 7.5 Summary.- 7.6 Review questions.- References.- 8 Time-managed material flow control.- 8.
1 Introduction.- 8.2 The kitting process.- 8.3 Recursion models for repetitive assembly.- 8.4 Optimal time management.- 8.
5 Summary.- 8.6 Review questions.- References.- 9 Quality and inspection in assembly.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.
2 Quality issues related to assembly.- 9.3 Inspection and test during assembly.- 9.4 Rework and repair in assembly.- 9.5 Error diagnosis and recovery in assembly.- 9.
6 Communication and integration of assembly and inspection.- 9.7 Summary.- 9.8 Review questions.- References.- 10 Emerging trends in assembly.- 10.
1 Introduction.- 10.2 Emerging trends in assembly technology.- 10.3 Emerging trends in the design of products and systems.- 10.4 Assembly utilities.- 10.
5 The influence of emerging information technologies.- 10.6 Research issues in assembly.- 10.7 Summary.- 10.8 Review questions.- References.