New Frontiers in Manufacturing Proceedings of the 10th Annual British Robot Association Conference

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Proceedings of the 10th Annual British Robot Association Conference / edited by D.C. Teale.

From the Foreword: "It was not long ago that a company which adopted robot systems was said to be going boldly where no man had gone before. This is no longer true. There is now a great deal of experience in robot technology; robots are no longer remarkable, but they and their associated techno...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Teale, D.C (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Manufactures.
Control engineering.
Robotics.
Mechatronics.
Electronics.
Microelectronics.
Electrical engineering.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Official Opening and Plenary Session
  • The role of technology in regenerating UK manufacturing industry
  • Implementing Automation
  • Design for automation: the total business approach
  • Real world AMT
  • A modular strategy for automation and CIM
  • A practical approach to automation
  • Design for automation — strategy and practice
  • Infinitely variable automation?
  • The Challenge of Change
  • The implications of automated technologies for management, finance and production
  • The Impact of Technology
  • Selling the idea — people in automation
  • Flexible production of colliery arches using a programmable three roll bender
  • Talking with computers—a quality control application
  • Robot performance testing and position sensing
  • An FMS user’s application of intelligent code tags
  • The future use of robots in shipbuilding
  • A whole arm manipulator for hazardous environments
  • Flexibility in Assembly I
  • Quality assurance and product test in the assembly process
  • Commercially available flexible assembly cell
  • A parts transfer system for a flexible assembly cell
  • FAMOS—a unique opportunity in FAS for Europe
  • Applying robots to complex product assembly
  • Example of uses of simulation applied to flexible assembly systems
  • Flexibility in Assembly II
  • Automated assembly/disassembly of explosive weapons
  • Automated assembly — the flexibility of linear actuators
  • A flexible solution for small batch production of PCB assembly
  • Integration of robots in automatic component insertion
  • Late Papers
  • How to survive while you automate
  • Flexible automatic assembly of a product family.

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