CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future

CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future
Author: Birendra Prasad
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642523234
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This volume is about automation - automation in design, automation in manufacturing, and automation in production. Automation is essen tial for increased productivity of quality products at reduced costs. That even partial or piecemeal automation of a production facility can deliver dramatic improvements in productivity has been amply demon strated in many a real-life situation. Hence, currently, great ef forts are being devoted to research and development of general as well special methodologies of and tools for automation. This volume re ports on some of these methodologies and tools. In general terms, methodologies for automation can be divided into two groups. There are situations where a process, whether open-loop or closed-loop, is fairly clearly understood. In such a situation, it is possible to create a mathematical model and to prescribe a mathe matical procedure to optimize the output. If such mathematical models and procedures are computationally tractable, we call the correspond ing automation - algorithmic or parametric programming. There is, however, a second set of situations which include process es that are not well understood and the available mathematical models are only approximate and discrete. While there are others for which mathematical procedures are so complex and disjoint that they are computationally intractable. These are the situations for which heuristics are quite suitable for automation. We choose to call such automation, knowledge-based automation or heuristic programming.

CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future

CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future
Author: S. Narayanan
Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 2006
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788173197925
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Presents state-of-the-art research and case studies from over 150 Design & Manufacturing professionals across the globe in the areas of CAD/CAM; Product Design; Rapid Prototyping and Tooling; Manufacturing Processes; Micromachining and Miniaturisation; Mechanism and Robotics; Artificial Intelligence; and Material Handling Systems.

CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future

CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future
Author: Dipak Kumar Mandal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 831
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8132227409
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This volume is based on the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future. This book specially focuses on the positive changes made in the field of robotics, CAD/CAM and future outlook for emerging manufacturing units. Some of the important topics discussed in the conference are product development and sustainability, modeling and simulation, automation, robotics and handling systems, supply chain management and logistics, advanced manufacturing processes, human aspects in engineering activities, emerging scenarios in engineering education and training. The contents of this set of proceedings will prove useful to both researchers and practitioners.

CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future ’90

CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future ’90
Author: Suren N. Dwivedi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642843387
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According to the Concurrent Engineering Research Center (CERC) at West Virginia University, "the concurrent engineering (CE) is a rapid simultaneous approach where research and development, design, manufacturing and support are carried out in parallel". The mission of concurrent engineering is to reduce time to market, improve total quality and lower cost for products or systems developed and supported by large organizations. The purpose of the concurrent design methodology is to let the designer know the consequences of his design decisions in the manufacturing and assembly stages as well as in subsequent operations. Design for manufacture and assembly, design for reliability and testability, CAD/CAM/CAE, knowledge based systems, cost analysis and advanced material technology are the major constituents of concurrent engineering. The need for concurrent engineering can be justified from the fact that in every production cycle, the design phase approximately takes 5 to 10% of the total cycle, but overall it influences 80% of the production cycle. This volume contains articles from a wide spectrum dealing with concepts of concurrent engineering. The importance of the knowledge-based systems in the CE environment is significant as they provide the common platform to achieve the same level of expertise to the designers and manufacturers throughout the organization for the specific task. Their role in "do it right the first time" is very important in providing aid to the designers and manufacturers to optimize the design and manufacturing setups for a cost effectiveness and reduced production time.

Robotics and Factories of the Future ’87

Robotics and Factories of the Future ’87
Author: R. Radharamanan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 868
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642738907
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The papers presented at the Second International Conference on Robotics and Factories of the Future held in San Diego, California, USA during July 28-31, 1987 are compiled in this volume. Over two hundred participants attended the conference, made technical presentations and discussed about various aspects of manufacturing, robotics and factories of the future. The number of papers published in this volume and the number of unpublished presentations at the conference indicates the evidance of growing interest in the areas of CAD/CAM, robotics and their role in future factories. The conference consisted of five plenary sessions, twenty three technical sessions, workshops, and exhibits from local industries and educational institutions. I wish to acknowledge with many thanks the contributions of all the authors who presented their work at the conference and submitted the manuscripts for publication. It is also my pleasure to acknowledge the role of keynote, banquet, and plenary sessions speakers whose contributions added greatly to the success of the conference. My sincere thanks to all session chairmen. I wish that the series of the International Conferences on Robotics and Factories of the Future which was initiated in 1984 in Charlotte, North Carolina will have a major impact on the use of robots and computers in the automated factories of the future.

CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Factories of the Future '90: Flexible automation

CAD/CAM, Robotics, and Factories of the Future '90: Flexible automation
Author: Suren N. Dwivedi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 678
Release: 1991
Genre: Computers
ISBN:
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Contents, Volume 2.- I: Factory Enhancements.- From the Existing Manufacturing System to CIM.- Flexible Manufacturing System in Manufacture of Precision Engineering Components - Key Issues in Implementation.- A Survey of CIM Strategic Planning in U.S. Industry.- Modelling and Optimization of a Flexible Manufacturing System.- Computer Based Safety System for the FMS - Management Logic.- CIM Repositories.- The Selection and Prospect of CAD/CAM System for Diesel Engine Design and Manufacturing.- A Model for the Factory of the Future for Industrialized Housing.- Enabling Automation Technologies for an Automated Mail Facility of the Future.- Some Optimization Problems of Scheduling in a Flexible Manufacturing System.- Some Methods of Modeling for Computer Integrated Workshop.- Combined Procedures for Simulation of Manufacturing Systems.- Expert Systems in CIM.- II: Production Planning.- A Taxonomy on Event-Driven Production Systems.- An Improved Lot Sizing Policy for Variable Demand.- Simulation for Real-Time Control: Advantages, Potential Pitfalls, Opportunities.- Decomposition Approach for the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem.- Evaluation of the Impact of Plant and Production Management Automation on Job-Shop Manufacturing Performances.- Role of Non-Productive Time in the Evaluation of Computer Generated Process Plans.- III: Process Technology.- Computer Managed Process Planning for Cylindrical Parts.- An Application of Non-Linear Goal Programming in Electrodischarge Machining of Composite Material.- An Expert System for Metalforming.- Optimal Process Planning for Robotic Assembly Operations.- Effect of Angular Errors in Part Registration for PC Board Assembly.- An Evaluation Framework for AGVS Within FMS.- Computer Aided Machine Loading Technique.- An Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Channel-Assignment.- IV: Product Engineering.- Design Using Case-Based Reasoning.- An Interactive Programming System for Design of Mechanical Clutches.- An Expert System for the Design and Selection of Ball Bearing Parameters.- Computer-Aided Optimal Design of Gears.- CAD for Underground Structure.- A Microcomputer Aided Design of Technical Systems.- Solid Modeling With Tension.- Integration of Design Optimization in Finite Element Analysis.- Automatic Generation of Finite Element Modeling for Integrated CAD and CAE.- Three Dimensional Mesh Generation: A New Approach.- Effective Modeling of Elastic Mechanical System Through Objective-Aimed Finite Element Strategies.- Design and Evaluation of Shock Isolation of Trailer Mounted Electronic Equipments.- V: Workcell Operations.- Group Technology: Cell Formation Using Simulated Annealing.- Cost Considerations for Cell Design in Group Technology.- Application of CAD/CAM in the Textile Industry.- CAD/CAM of Cams for Use in Automatic Lathes.- An Objective SIMTOOL in FMS.- A Methodology for Automating the Redressing of the Grinding Wheel.- Experimental Investigations on Tool Vibrations in Turning for On-Line Tool Wear Monitoring.- ?p-Based Industrial Grade Multi-Channel Temperature Controller For Sugar and Allied Industries.- Use of Sensors for Safety of Personnel in Robotic Installations.- VI: Industrial Applications.- Determining the Workspace Design of Robotized Cells in Pre-Determined Environments.- Judicious Selection of a Robot for an Industrial Task - An Expert System Approach.- Fixtureless Robotic Assembly Workcell.- Design of a Wall-Scaling Robot for Inspection and Maintenance.- A Telemanipulator for Hazardous Mining Operations.- Adoption of Robotic System for Inter-Station Handling Operations for Nagpur Milk Scheme, India.- Integration and Realtime Monitoring of Robotic Controllers.- On the Applications of Part Image Reconstruction Systems in Automated Manufacturing.- Kalman Filter Application to Tridimensional Rigid Body Motion Parameter Estimation from a Sequence of Images.- Optimization Techniques for Mathematical Routines Available through High-Level Source Code.- VII: Task Performance.- Sensing and...