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Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations

Assembly Automation

ISSN: 0144-5154

Article publication date: 1 March 1982

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Abstract

Investments that will be economically acceptable in the future for replacing human power by automatic production is considered. The problems of small batch assembly, the use of flexible assembly systems, training costs and use of mobile industrial robots are also discussed.

Citation

Elbracht, D. and Schaler, H. (1982), "Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations", Assembly Automation, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 158-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004173

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1982, MCB UP Limited

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