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Advances in Sustainable and Competitive Manufacturing Systems

23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME)

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Table of contents (135 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Section One: Product, Process and Factory Integrated Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Impacts of Product Lifecycle and Production System Design on Competitive and Sustainable Production

      • Hasse Nylund, Mikko Tapaninaho, Seppo Torvinen, Paul H. Andersson
      Pages 3-13
    3. Cost-Based Evaluation for Product Selective Disassemblability

      • Qingjin Peng, Yongtao Luo, Peihua Gu
      Pages 45-57
    4. Risk Management Methodology Covering the Entire Product Lifecycle

      • Jan Machac, Frantisek Steiner
      Pages 59-64
    5. Development of an Open-Architecture Electric Vehicle Using Adaptable Design

      • Qingjin Peng, Yunhui Liu, Peihua Gu, Zhun Fan
      Pages 79-90
    6. Ergonomics Issues in Furniture Design: A Case of a Tabloid Chair Design

      • R. M. Shah, M. A. U. Bhuiyan, R. Debnath, M. Iqbal, A. Shamsuzzoha
      Pages 91-103
    7. Solid Wood Panel Manufacturing Using Low Quality Materials

      • Omar Espinoza, Urs Buehlmann, Maurice Deaver
      Pages 105-120
    8. Performance-Oriented Manufacturability Analysis of a 5 GHz Satellite Oscillator

      • Harri Eskelinen, Pekka Eskelinen, Juhana Ylinen
      Pages 121-133
    9. Concept of the System for Optimization of Manufacturing Processes

      • Silvia Palajová, Milan Gregor
      Pages 135-145
    10. Structured Analysis of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

      • Erik Puik, Daniel Telgen, Leo van Moergestel, Darek Ceglarek
      Pages 147-157
    11. A Methodology for the Estimation of Build Time for Operation Sequencing in Process Planning for a Hybrid Process

      • Zicheng Zhu, Vimal G. Dhokia, Aydin Nassehi, Stephen T. Newman
      Pages 159-171
    12. Manufacturing Processes Design with UML and ERP Standard: A Case Study

      • Agnieszka Stachowiak, Izabela Kudelska, Adam Radecki
      Pages 187-196
    13. An Innovative Framework for the Simulation of Manufacturing Systems: An Application to the Footwear Industry

      • Alexandra F. Marques, Miguel Mujica, Jorge Pinho de Sousa, Paulo Sá Marques, Rui Rebelo, António C. Alves
      Pages 219-231

About this book

The proceedings includes the set of revised papers from the 23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2013). This conference aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of leading edge scientific knowledge and industrial experience regarding the development and integration of the various aspects of Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems covering the complete life-cycle of a company’s Products and Processes. Contents will include topics such as: Product, Process and Factory Integrated Design, Manufacturing Technology and Intelligent Systems, Manufacturing Operations Management and Optimization and Manufacturing Networks and MicroFactories.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidade do Porto, Vitória, Portugal

    Américo Azevedo

About the editor

The editor, Americo Azevedo, is Associate Professor at INESC TEC and Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal.

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eBook USD 259.00
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