Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Production Systems 1.2 Automation in Production Systems 1.3 Manual Labor in Production Systems 1.4 Automation Principles and Strategies 1.5 About This Book PART I OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING Chapter 2 MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS 2.1 Manufacturing Industries and Products 2.2 Manufacturing Operations 2.
3 Production Facilities 2.4 Product/Production Relationships Chapter 3 MANUFACTURING METRICS AND ECONOMICS 3.1 Production Performance Metrics 3.2 Manufacturing Costs PART II AUTOMATION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATION 4.1 Basic Elements of an Automated System 4.2 Advanced Automation Functions 4.3 Levels of Automation 4.4 Automation and Artificial Intelligence Chapter 5 INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 5.
1 Process Industries versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries 5.2 Continuous versus Discrete Control 5.3 Computer Process Control Chapter 6 HARDWARE COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL 6.1 Sensors 6.2 Actuators 6.3 Analog--Digital Conversions 6.4 Input/Output Devices for Discrete Data Chapter 7 COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL 7.1 Fundamentals of NC Technology 7.
2 Computers and Numerical Control 7.3 Applications of NC 7.4 Analysis of Positioning Systems 7.5 NC Part Programming 7.6 CNC Trends and Developments Appendix 7A: Coding for Manual Part Programming Chapter 8 INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS 8.1 Robot Anatomy and Related Attributes 8.2 Robot Control Systems 8.3 End Effectors 8.
4 Applications of Industrial Robots 8.5 Economic Justification of Industrial Robots 8.6 Robot Programming 8.7 Robot Accuracy and Repeatability Chapter 9 DISCRETE CONTROL AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS 9.1 Discrete Process Control 9.2 Ladder Logic Diagrams 9.3 Programmable Logic Controllers 9.4 Personal Computers and Programmable Automation Controllers PART III MATERIAL HANDLING AND IDENTIFICATION Chapter 10 MATERIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 10.
1 Overview of Material Handling 10.2 Material Transport Equipment 10.3 Analysis of Material Transport Systems Chapter 11 STORAGE SYSTEMS 11.1 Overview to Storage Systems 11.2 Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment 11.3 Automated Storage Systems 11.4 Analysis of Storage Systems Chapter 12 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND DATA CAPTURE 12.1 Overview of Automatic Identification Methods 12.
2 Bar Code Technology PART IV MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Chapter 13 OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 13.1 Components of a Manufacturing System 13.2 Types of Manufacturing Systems Chapter 14 SINGLE-STATION MANUFACTURING CELLS 14.1 Single-Station Manned Cells 14.2 Single-Station Automated Cells 14.3 Applications of Single-Station Cells 14.4 Analysis of Single-Station Cells Chapter 15 MULTI-STATION MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES 15.1 Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines 15.
2 Analysis of Single-Model Assembly Lines 15.3 Line Balancing Algorithms 15.4 Workstation Details 15.5 Other Considerations in Assembly Line Design 15.6 Alternative Assembly Systems Appendix 15A Batch-Model and Mixed-Model Lines Chapter 16 MULTI-STATION MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: AUTOMATED PRODUCTION LINES 16.1 Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines 16.2 Applications of Automated Production Lines 16.3 Analysis of Transfer Lines Appendix 16A Transfer Lines with Internal Storage Chapter 17 AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS 17.
1 Fundamentals of Automated Assembly Systems 17.2 Analysis of Automated Assembly Systems Chapter 18 GROUP TECHNOLOGY AND CELLULAR MANUFACTURING 18.1 Part Families and Machine Groups 18.2 Cellular Manufacturing 18.3 Applications of Group Technology 18.4 Analysis of Cellular Manufacturing Appendix 18A Opitz Parts Classification and Coding System Chapter 19 MULTI-STATION MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: AUTOMATED FOR FLEXIBILITY 19.1 Manufacturing Flexibility Defined 19.2 Components of an FM 19.
3 Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 19.4 Alternative Approaches to Flexible Manufacturing PART V QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMS Chapter 20 QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR MANUFACTURING 20.1 Quality in Design and Manufacturing 20.2 Traditional and Modern Quality Control 20.3 Process Variability and Process Capability 20.4 Statistical Process Control 20.5 Six Sigma 20.6 Taguchi Methods in Quality Engineering 20.
7 ISO 9000 Appendix 20A The Six Sigma DMAIC Procedure Chapter 21 INSPECTION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 21.1 Inspection Fundamentals 21.2 Sampling versus 100% Inspection 21.3 Automated Inspection 21.4 When and Where to Inspect 21.5 Analysis of Inspection Systems Chapter 22 INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES 22.1 Inspection Metrology 22.2 Conventional Measuring and Gaging Techniques 22.
3 Coordinate Measuring Machines 22.4 Surface Measurement 22.5 Machine Vision 22.6 Other Optical Inspection Methods 22.7 Noncontact Nonoptical Inspection Techniques Appendix 22A Geometric Feature Construction PART VI MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING Chapter 23 PRODUCT DESIGN AND CAD/CAM IN THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM 23.1 Product Design and CAD 23.2 CAM, CAD/CAM, and CIM Chapter 24 PROCESS PLANNING AND CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 24.1 Process Planning 24.
2 Computer-Aided Process Planning 24.3 Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacturing 24.4 Advanced Manufacturing Planning Chapter 25 PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 25.1 Aggregate Production Planning and the Master Production Schedule 25.2 Material Requirements Planning 25.3 Capacity Planning 25.4 Shop Floor Control 25.5 Inventory Control 25.
6 Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) 25.7 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Chapter 26 JUST-IN-TIME AND LEAN PRODUCTION 26.1 Lean Production and Waste in Manufacturing 26.2 Just-in-Time Production Systems 26.3 Autonomation 26.4 Worker Involvement Appendix Answers to Selected Problems.