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Assembly Automation : A Management Handbook, 2nd Edition

Title: Assembly Automation : A Management Handbook, 2nd Edition
Author: Frank J. Riley
ISBN: 0831130415 / 9780831130411
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Industrial Press
Year: 1996
Availability: In Stock

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Success in automatic assembly design and operation comes from an awareness and sensitivity to a multitude of small design details, and only Frank Riley could pack so much knowledge and experience into a practical and authoritative guide to the selection and application of automatic assembly machinery. This book provides a thorough overview of management, engineering, and machine operator considerations necessary to ensure successful specification, procurement, design, manufacture, installation, and sustained productivity of new assembly systems.

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Places more emphasis on how corporations can employ an integrated systems approach to automatic assembly to respond to product quality, productivity, global manufacturing competitiveness, and increasingly aggressive consumerism. Includes a vast amount of practical information about all aspects of automated assembly. Thoroughly discusses several unusual and valuable topics, including a look into the 21st Century and the emerging influence of simultaneous engineering in manufacturing.

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Preface to The Second Edition

Chapter 1 : Why Automatic Assembly
Chapter 2 : Product Design for Automatic Assembly
Chapter 3 : Selecting The Assembly Machine System
Chapter 4 : The Role of The Control System
Chapter 5 : Feeding and Transfer of Parts
Chapter 6 : Integrating Fabrication and Packaging Operations with Assembly
Chapter 7 : Joining and Fastening
Chapter 8 : Inspection, Gauging, and Functional Testing
Chapter 9 : Meeting Government Regulations
Chapter 10 : Systems Procurement
Chapter 11 : Machine Acceptance and Installation
Chapter 12 : The Production Audit
Chapter 13 : Automated Assembly in the 21st Century

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