Assembly Automation: Volume 11 Issue 4
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The international journal of assembly technology and managementTable of contents
SMALL PARTS FEEDING
Alan RedfordFor many types of automated manufacturing equipment there is a requirement to supply the equipment with parts which invariably need to be presented in a single orientation. For…
WORLD'S LONGEST CANTILEVER CMM
John BeckettResponding to unprecedented demands for its high capacity medium range series of airliners, a leading world aircraft manufacturer recently identified requirements for updating…
NEW ALTERNATIVES TO THE VIBRATORY BOWL FEEDER
Anna KochanThe inconvenience of the noisy and unreliable vibratory bowl feeder is no longer an inevitable feature of the automatic assembly line. An Italian company has devised an…
PERMATACK ADHESIVES FOR ROBOT GRIPPERS
G.J. Monkman, C. ShimminThe use of chemical adhesives for the automated handling of materials, like most other techniques has a long and varied history. A patent for a paper sheet feeding mechanism was…
RADICAL REDESIGN
Gunter WittenbergIn 1967 Mr Geoffrey Boothroyd, a lecturer at the University of Salford, left the UK to join the University of Massachusetts in the USA. On 1 July 1991 Professor Boothroyd, of the…
QUANTAS AUTOMATES AIRLINE CATERING
Clive LoughlinThe one thing that the international jet setter never gets is hungry, and if you have ever wondered where all the food comes from, here is the answer.
DTI ENCOURAGES UK INDUSTRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION: FAMOS PROJECTS TO BE COMBINED INTO A UK‐BASED DEMONSTRATOR SHOWING THE BENEFITS OF FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION
UK User's Sites Sought for FAMOS Products: In continuing its long‐standing support for the FAMOS initiative, the Department of Trade and Industry's Manufacturing Technology…
THE WAY OF THE WORLD: A REVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICE IN AUTOMATIC PARTS RECOGNITION, FEEDING AND ORIENTATION
Andrew CokaynePlus ca change: plus c'est la même chose “The more things change, the more they stay the same”. When playwright Jean Baptiste Alfonse Karr wrote those words in 1849 he could have…
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0144-5154e-ISSN:
1758-4078ISSN-L:
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Robotic Intelligence and AutomationOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedEditor:
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