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Preface Acknowledgments New to This Edition Support Materials for Instructors About the Author Chapter1 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 Chapter2 MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
2.1 Manufacturing Industries and Products
2.2 Manufacturing Operations
2.3 Production Facilities
2.4 Product/Production Relationships Chapter3 MANUFACTURING METRICS AND ECONOMICS
3.1 Production Performance Metrics
3.2 Manufacturing Costs Appendix 3A Averaging Formulas for Equation (3.20)
PART II AUTOMATION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Chapter4 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATION
4.1 Basic Elements of an Automated System
4.2 Advanced Automation Functions
4.3 Levels of Automation Chapter5 INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
5.1 Process Industries versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries
5.2 Continuous versus Discrete Control
5.3 Computer Process Control Chapter6 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 Chapter7 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 Appendix 7A: Coding for Manual
Part Programming Chapter8 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 Robot Programming
8.6 Robot Accuracy and Repeatability Chapter9 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
10.1Overview of Material Handling
10.2Material Transport Equipment
10.3Analysis of Material Transport Systems
Chapter 11 STORAGE SYSTEMS
11.1 Introduction to Storage Systems
11.2Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment
11.3Automated Storage Systems
11.4Analysis of Storage Systems Chapter12 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND DATA CAPTURE
12.1Overview of Automatic Identification Methods
12.2Bar Code Technology
12.3Radio Frequency Identification
12.4Other AIDC Technologies
PART IV MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Chapter 13 OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
13.1Components of a Manufacturing System
13.2Types of Manufacturing Systems
Chapter 14 SINGLE-STATION MANUFACTURING CELLS
14.1Single-Station Manned Cells
14.2Single-Station Automated Cells
14.3Applications of Single-Station Cells
14.4Analysis of Single-Station Cells
Chapter 15 MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES
15.1Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines
15.2Analysis of Single-Model Assembly Lines
15.3Line Balancing Algorithms
15.4Workstation Details
15.5Other Considerations in Assembly Line Design
15.6Alternative Assembly Systems Appendix 15A Batch-Model and Mixed-Model Lines
Chapter 16 AUTOMATED PRODUCTION LINES
16.1Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines
16.2Applications of Automated Production Lines
16.3Analysis of Transfer Lines Appendix 16A Transfer Lines with Internal Storage
Chapter 17 AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS
17.1Fundamentals of Automated Assembly Systems
17.2Analysis of Automated Assembly Systems C