Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh International Matador Conference

  • B. J. Davies
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Management

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Toyota’s Jit Concept: Other Industries, Other Countries
      Z. M’Barek, H. Fujii, Y. Ohtaki
      Pages 3-10
    3. Low Inventory Manufacturing in A Dynamic Environment
      K. K. B. Hon, S. L. Johns
      Pages 11-16
    4. Determination of Quantitative Indexes for Measuring the Flexibility of Manufacturing Systems
      J. Lirani, O. L. Agostinho
      Pages 17-21
    5. A Survey of Selection Methodologies Adopted by Industry for the Selection of New Technology/Machine Tools
      W. Gerrard
      Pages 23-30

  3. Robotics

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 31-31
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    2. Accuracy Assessment of Industrial Robots
      S. M. H Arb, M. Burdekin
      Pages 33-37
    3. Use of Local Temperature Control to Improve the Positioning Repeatability of An Industrial Robot
      A. Mohammadion, C. N. Larsson
      Pages 39-45
    4. Analysis of A Fingertip Sensor System For Adaptable Grasping
      M. K. Mortazavi, D. R. Kerr
      Pages 47-50
    5. A Simplified Method for Continuous Path Control Of 5-Axis Articulated Industrial Robot
      J. Huan, J. Wei
      Pages 51-54
    6. Path Synthesis Through Explicit Free Space for An Industrial Robot
      R. Bhattacharya, A. K. Dutta, S. K. Mukherjee, A. Bhattacharyya
      Pages 55-57

  4. Flexible Manufacturing Systems FMS

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 59-59
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    2. Hierarchical Control Structure in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
      C. C. Brown, R. Leonard
      Pages 61-66
    3. The Flexibility of Automatic Assembly Systems
      X. Ma, A. K. Kochhar
      Pages 67-72
    4. Precise Boring On Unmanned Machining Centre
      M. Szafarczyk, W. Szala, A. Holnicki, J. Klimkowski
      Pages 73-77
    5. A Simulation System for Fms Based On Pc Local Area Network
      J-C. Shieh, S-S. Lu
      Pages 79-85

  5. Computer Integrated Manufacture CIM

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 87-87
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    2. IM Before CIM
      J. L. Burbidge
      Pages 89-95
    3. A Novice’s Guide to the Development of A Cim System
      K. B. Chuah
      Pages 97-102

About this book

Keywords

cutting grinding machining manufacturing metals

Editors and affiliations

  • B. J. Davies
    • 1
  1. 1.Division of Manufacturing and Machine ToolsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, UMISTUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09912-2
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-09914-6
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-09912-2
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