CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future : Volume I: Integration of Design, Analysis and Manufacturing

The total integration of the process of designing, manufacturing, and supporting a product from the earliest conceptual phase to the time it is removed from service remains an unfulfilled dream. Yet, when we look at the enormity of the process of integration even for the most simply conceived and manufactured items, we can recognize that substantial progress has been and is being made. It is our nature to be dissatisfied with near term progress, but when we realize how short a time the tools to do that integration have been available, the progress is clearly noteworthy - considering the multitudes of subjects we have to deal with. Most of the integration problems we confront today are multidisciplinary in nature. They require not only the knowledge and experience in a variety of fields but also good cooperation from different disciplined organizations to adequately comprehend and solve such problems. In Volume I we have many examples that reflect the current state of the art in integration of engineer­ ing and production processes. The papers for Volume I have been arranged in a more or less logical order of conceptual. design, computer-based modeling, analysis, production, and manufacturing. Chapter I is devoted to those with a design and geometrie modeling emphasis; Chapter II is devoted to an engineering analysis emphasis; and Chapter III to a production/manufacturing emphasis.

I: Integrated Design and Geometric Modeling.- I.1. Conceptual Design.- Structured Planning: A Method for Developing Design Concepts.- Hypertext for Organizing Engineering Design.- Productivity Through Software Prototyping.- I.2. Integrated CAD/CAM.- Integration of CAD/CAM Into Engineering Sciences Education.- From Systems That Interface to Systems That Integrate CAD/CAM for Computer Integrated Product Realization.- CAD/CAM: A Microcomputer-Based Integrated Approach.- CAD/CAM Integration for Injection Mold Design.- Microcomputer Aided Tolerance Chart for Squareness and Concentricity.- I.3. Geometric Modeling.- An Interactive CAD System for Styling Design.- Automated Mesh Generation for Simulations Exhibiting Extreme Geometric Change.- Automatic Finite Element Mesh Generation in a Solid Modeling Environment: A General Framework and an Evaluation of Existing Algorithms.- A Vector/Solid Intersection Technique for Three-Axis NC Verification.- Solid Modeling and Geometric Reasoning for Design and Process Planning.- I.4. Mechanism Design.- Personal Computer Based CAD System for the Synthesis of Planar Four-Bar Mechanisms.- I.5. Simulation as a Design Tool.- Parametric Study of an Electromagnetic Valve and the Fluid System.- Availability Analysis of a Repairable System Through Computer Simulation.- Realtime Simulation of Manufacturing Systems.- A Micro-Processor Controlled Carburetor and Fuel Injector Test Stand.- I.6. Design for Manufacture.- Virtual Manufacturing: A New Concept in Automated Design Aids.- An Innovative Control System for Resilient Manufacture.- II: Integrated Engineering Analysis.- II.1. Finite Element Method.- Hierarchic Models for Plates and Shells.- Order 2p Derivatives from p-Differentiable Finite Element Solutions by a Spectral Method.- An Analysis of an Incompressible, Fiber-Reinforced Material Subjected to Finite Strains in the Direction of Reinforcement.- On Analytical Modeling of Thick Composite Laminates.- A Systematic Approach Using Finite Elements for Improving Vehicle Ride.- Advanced Dynamic Analysis of Vehicle Structures.- Design of Flexible Fixtures for the Broaching Process Using the Finite Element Method.- II.2. Boundary Element Method.- The Solution of Elastic Contact Problems Using a Boundary Element Flexibility Approach.- The Solution of Transient Heat Transfer Problems Using Boundary Elements.- A Simplified Technique for the Analysis of Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Problems.- Two Domain Heat Transfer Studies Using Coupled Finite-Difference and Boundary Element Programs.- The Appropriate Use of Boundary Elements in the Aircraft Gas Turbine Business.- Methodology for Steam Valve Chest Assessment Using Boundary Elements.- II.3. Other Numerical Methods.- Numerical Analysis of Air-Borne Particle Movement in Industrial Clean Room.- Evaluation of Finite Difference Schemes for Solution to the Inverse Velocity and Acceleration Problem for Robot Manipulators.- II.4. Dynamics and Vibration.- Computer Instrumentation of Robotic Test Arm.- Mechanical Design of a Robotic Arm Test Station.- Flexural Vibrations of a Tip Loaded Stepped Robot Arm.- A General Purpose Program for Mechanical System Dynamics — DYMES.- A Multiprocessor System for Multiblade Coordinate Transformation.- A General Approach to the Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms.- On Spreadsheet Simulation of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems.- Normal Modes Analysis of Structures Using an Out-of-Core Component Mode Synthesis Technique.- III: Manufacturing and Production.- III.1. General Manufacturing.- CIMI — Whole New Ballgame.- Multicriteria Evaluation of Manufacturing Systems.- A Justification Method for Advanced Manufacturing Systems.- Justification of CIM: Strategic Considerations for Economic Analysis.- Computer-aided Analysis of the Manufacturing Process of Job Shop Production by a New Input-Output-Method.- III.2. Flexible Manufacturing Systems.- Information System for Flexible Manufacturing System: A Conceptual Framework.- Modeling and Analysis of a Flexible Manufacturing Cell.- A Prototype Flexible Manufacturing System.- Mathematical Modeling of the Machine Grouping Problem in Cellular Manufacturing Systems.- The Impact of Designing GT Cells on the Total Performance of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.- III.3. Robotics and Automation.- Project-Based Undergraduate Robotics Education.- Numerical Control and Robot Technology for the Process Industry Maintenance Function.- A Configuration of Parallel Pipelined Processing with DSP-Based Controller for High-Order Linear Systems.- Distribution of Intelligence Within a CIM Architecture for Printed Circuit Board Manufacture.- III.4. Production Processes and Control.- A Scheme for Translating Control Flow in the C Programming Language to Grafcet.- The Challenge of Developing Large-scale Software Systems.- Design of a Decision Support System for Computer Integrated Manufacturing.- Preventive Maintenance Scheduling in Automated Factories.- Monitoring of End Milling Operations in Unmanned Machining.- A Total Production Information Service System for the Factory.- Effects of Components’ Reliability on the Transient Performance of an Integrated Manufacturing System.- Statistical Analysis of System Performance in a FMS.- Application of Simulation for Daily Production Planning and Control in Shop Production.- The White-Collar World: The Next Push for Productivity.- III.5. Process Planning.- Fifth (5th) Generation Group Technology.- CIM 3000: A Methodology for CIM Planning and Management.- Just-In-Lead Time (JILT) Management: A Missing Link in CIM Strategy.- MRP in CIM for Selected Consumer Products.- Dynamic Approach of Computer Automatic Process Planning.- An Application of Knowledge Engineering to Process Planning.- An Expert Fuzzy Advisor Framework for Statistical Process Control.- Product Data Management.- Automated Extraction and Recognition of Internal Defect Configurations in Solid Log Modeling.- of Volume II.- of Volume III.- Author Index (Volume I).