Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing - Hardcover

Mikell P. Groover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130546526 ISBN 13: 9780130546524

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1987

Synopsis

Provides comprehensive survey of concepts, principles and practices of modern manufacturing styles systems.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An exploration of the technical and engineering aspects of automated production systems.

From the Back Cover:

NEW ORGANIZATION. The second edition consists of five parts, following two introductory chapters:

• I. Automation and control technologies: industrial computer control, control system components, numerical control, industrial robotics, programmable logic controllers.
• II. Material handling technologies: conveyor systems, automated guided vehicle systems, automated storage systems, automatic identification and data capture.
• III. Manufacturing systems: single station cells, group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, assembly lines, transfer lines.
• IV. Quality control systems: statistical process control, inspection principles and technologies.
• V. Manufacturing support systems: CAD/CAM, process planning, production planning, production planning and control, lean production and agile manufacturing.

TEXT FEATURES

• Expanded coverage of automation fundamentals, numerical control programming, group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, material handling and storage, quality control and inspection, inspection technologies, programmable logic controllers.
• New chapters or sections on manufacturing systems, single station manufacturing systems, mixed-model assembly line analysis, quality assurance and statistical process control, Taguchi methods, inspection principles and technologies, concurrent engineering, automatic identification and data collection, lean and agile manufacturing.
• Higher quantitative and engineering content in the text with more equations and example problems
• More quantitative problems on more topics: 385 problems in the new edition, 125 more than the 1987 edition.
• Historical notes describing the development and historical background of many of the automation technologies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0130546526
• ISBN 13: 9780130546524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640