chapter 8 Numerical Control
8.1 WHAT IS NUMERICAL CONTROL ?
8.2 COORDINATE SYSTEM AND MACHINE MOTIONS
8.3 TYPES OF NC SYSTEMS
8.4 THE MCU AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE NC SYSTEM
8.5 MACHINE TOOL APPLICATIONS
REFERENCES of chapter 8
PROBLEMS chapter 8
chapter 9 NC Part Programming
9.1 PUNCHED TAPE AND TAPE FORMAT
9.2 METHODS OF NC PART PROGRAMMING
9.3 MANUAL PART PROGRAMMING
9.4 COMPUTER ASSISTED PART PROGRAMMING
chapter 4 Detroit-Type Automation
4.1 AUTOMATED FLOW LINES
4.2 METHODS OF WORKPART TRANSPORT
4.3 TRANSFER MECHANISMS
4.4 BUFFER STORAGE
4.5 CONTROL FUNCTIONS
4.6 AUTOMATION FOR MACHINING OPERATIONS
4.7 DESIGN AND FABRICATION CONSIDERATIONS
REFERENCES of chapter 4
PROBLEMS chapter 4
chapter 5 Analysis of Automated Flow Lines
5.1 GENERAL TERMINOLOGY AND ANALYSIS
5.2 ANALYSIS OF TRANSFER LINES WITHOUT STORAGE
5.3 PARTIAL AUTOMATION
5.4 AUTOMATED FLOW LINES WITH STORAGE BUFFERS
5.5 COMPUTER SIMULATION OF AUTOMATED FLOW LINES
REFERENCES of chapter 5
PROBLEMS chapter 5
chapter 6 Assembly Systems And Line Balancing
6.1 THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS
6.2 ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS
6.3 MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES
6.4 THE LINE BALANCING PROBLEM
6.5 METHODS OF LINE BALANCING
6.6 COMPUTERIZED LINE BALANCING METHODS
6.7 OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LINE BALANCE
6.8 FLEXIBLE MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES
REFERENCES of chapter 6
PROBLEMS chapter 6
chapter 7 Automated Assembly Systems
7.1 DESIGN FOR AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY
7.2 TYPES OF AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS
7.3 PARTS FEEDING DEVICES
7.4 ANALYSIS OF MULTISTATION ASSEMBLY MACHINES
7.5 ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE-STATION ASSEMBLY MACHINE
REFERENCES of chapter 7
PROBLEMS chapter 7
chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 AUTOMATION DEFINED
1.2 REASONS FOR AUTOMATING
1.3 ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST AUTOMATION
1.4 ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK
REFERENCES of chapter 1
chapter 2 Production Operations and Automation Strategies
2.1 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
2.2 TYPES OF PRODUCTION
2.3 FUNCTIONS IN MANUFACTURING
2.4 ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING IN MANUFACTURING
2.5 PLANT LAY OUT
2.6 PRODUCTION CONCEPTS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS
2.7 AUTOMATION STRATEGIES
REFERENCES of chapter 2
PROBLEMS chapter 2
APPENDIX : AVERAGING PROCEDURES FOR MANUFACTURING LEAD TIME EQUATIONS
chapter 3 Production Economics
3.1 METHODS OF EVALUATING INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES
3.2 COSTS IN MANUFACTURING
3.3 BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS
3.4 UNIT COST OF PRODUCTION
3.5 COST OF MANUFACTURING LEAD TIME AND WORK-IN-PROCESS
3.6 OTHER DIFFICULT-TO-QUANTIFY FACTORS
REFERENCES of chapter 3
PROBLEMS chapter 3
APPENDIX: INTEREST
APPENDIX: INTEREST TABLES
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