Robots and Manufacturing Automation [Hardcover]

Surveys the wide spectrum of automated systems available to improve manufacturing productivity including robots, numerical control machines, programmable controllers, computer controllers and microprocessor-based automated systems. Completely updated, it features industry case studies, revised and expanded problem sections and new material on product design, CAD, Karnaugh Maps and CIM.Getting Ready to Automate.

Building Blocks of Automation.

Mechanization of Parts Handling.

Automatic Production and Assembly.

Numerical Control and CAD/CAM.

Industrial Robots.

Teaching Robots to Do Work.

Machine Vision Systems.

Robot Implementation.

Industrial Applications of Robots.

Industrial Logic Control Systems.

Logic Diagramming.

Programmable Logic Controllers.

On-Line Computer Control.

Microprocessors.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

Ethics.

References.

Appendices.

Index.

C. Ray Asfahl is the author of Robots and Manufacturing Automation, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.Robots and Manufacturing Automation Second Edition C. Ray Asfahl University of Arkansas 55391–3, 512 pp., cloth, 1992 A Complete Guide to Using Automation to Boost Productivity This applications-oriented book surveys the wide spectrum of automated systems available to increase manufacturing productivity. It covers all aspects of automation including robots, numerical control machines, programmable controllers, computer controllers, and microprocessor-based automated systems. Technical topics are explained in an easy-to-understand style and illustrated with vivid images. Every chapter includes quantitatl3‡