Assembly Automation: Volume 18 Issue 1

Using total cycle time for quick response manufacturing

Thomas Group Inc., with offices in Irving, Texas, Detroit, Michigan, Singapore and Frankfurt, Germany, has more than 20 years’ experience of vastly improving client business…

Washing machine assembly benefits from Eureka project

Reviews the Eureka Alasca project. Outlines the pilot assembly cell developed for Zanussi’s washing machine plant. Describes the need for an operator‐friendly man‐machine…

IMS update ‐ progress to date and future projects

Describes the history, current activities and ongoing projects of the IMS. Intelligent Manufacturing Systems is an international collaboration programme for research and…

A shorter product development time with digital mock‐up

Digital prototyping is becoming a major tool in the fight to shorten product lead times. A further development is digital mock‐up that allows designers to investigate the…

Kansas City ‐ flexible manufacturing system

The Kansas City Division of Allied Signal Aerospace operates a flexible manufacturing system which is described. Its components ‐ machining centres, co‐ordinate measuring…

Twin‐arm manipulator system for the assembly of large products

The continuous need for agility coupled with increasing labour costs and improvements in reliability and capability of automation has meant a renewed interest in the application…

Some aspects of real‐time production control in distributed flexible assembly systems

Owing to the advance of communications and automation technologies it is now common, that a product is designed in one part of the world, manufactured often in another continent…

Integral attachment using snap‐fit features: a key to assembly automation. Part 5 ‐ a procedure to constrain parts fully and generate alternative attachment concepts

This fifth part of a comprehensive six‐part series of articles presents a systematic procedure for formalising the generation of alternative concepts for a particular design…

The McGraw‐Hill Illustrated Encyclopedia of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Integrated Electrical and Electronic Engineering for Mechanical Engineers

Guided cylinders for accurate pick and place

Jaguar axles roll off Schenck assembly line at Dana Spicer

New high power system extends applications for ultrasonic plastics assembly

Laser coding on injection mouldings for the medical industry

Innovative Manufacturing Centre and EDS Unigraphics join forces

Servo amplifier compatibility and double the performance

Rapid response manufacturing

Responsive manufacturing

Automation software products are ready to dominate the automation and control systems industry

Schneider's transparent factory breakthrough

New study identifies distinct move towards open systems in SCADA market

Rockwell Software introduces new real-time data transport package for use over the Internet

Internet page

NAS solder and flux bearing leads offer world of advantages to European market

Rapid prototyping

Indramat develop frameless motors further

Frequency controller is major leap forward for parts feeding

RNA feeder keeps one shot line up to speed

New motors give industry plenty to 'torque' about

Distributed system breaks the mould of conventional industrial process control

Diary

Linear transducer maintains tension in automated system

ISR heads for UK in 1998 alongside new automation exhibition

Bosch launches new modular transfer system

Profibus calls for integration of EN 50 170 and IEC 61158

Precision laser cutting of large metal sheets

Simple and simultaneous gives a rapid response

Whitbread selects Manugistics to increase its supply chain accuracy

New fine line printing technology to revolutionize electronics industry

Hewlett-Packard fires up supply chain management with Red Pepper software

Modular success boosts new jobs

Flavors Technology wins NIST ATP award

Sharing data in the chemical process industry

Fixture for car parts

Automatic system tightens-up on EMS production