Contains:

Preface - Acknowledgments from the Editors - Abbreviations - Introduction - Manufacturing Processes - Performance Measurements and Economic Data of a Production Process - Introduction to Automation - Industrial Control Systems - Hardware Components for Automation and Process Control - Numerical Control of Machine Tools - Industrial Robots - Discrete Control and Programmable Logic Controllers - Material Handling Systems - Storage Systems - Automatic Identification and Data Capture - Overview of Manufacturing Systems - Single Station Processing Cells - Multi-Station Manufacturing Systems: Manual Assembly Lines - Multi-Station Manufacturing Systems: Automated Production Lines - Automated Assembly Systems - Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing - Multi-Station Production Systems: Automation for Flexibility - Quality Programs in Manufacturing Systems - Principles and Practices of Inspection - Inspection Technologies - Product Design and Use of CAD/CAM in Production Systems - Scheduling of Processing Operations during Production and Concurrent Engineering - Production Scheduling and Control Systems - Just-In-Time Production and Lean Manufacturing - Solutions to Selected Problems - Bibliographic References - Index