Hardcover, Pearson
Provide a balanced approach to automated production systems
- A quantitative approach provides numerous equations and example problems for instructors who want to include analytical and quantitative material in their courses.
- “What the Equations Tell Us” statements follow the mathematical derivations and engineering equations. These statements list the practical meanings of the equations and guidelines regarding applications.
- Historical notes and vignettes describe the development and historical background of the automation technologies.
Support problem solving and learning
- Revised - More than 40% of the end-of-chapter problems are revised. There are now a total of 413 end-of-chapter review questions and 408 end-of-chapter problems in the book.
- Application guidelines are included in several of the descriptions of the technologies.
- A total of 99 example problems illustrating many problem types are included in the text coverage.
Provides the most up-to-date content of automated production systems
- New - An Automation and Artificial Intelligence section has been added in Chapter 4.
- New - CNC Trends and Developments section has been added to Chapter 7 (Computer Numerical Control).
- New - Collaborative Robots section has been added to Chapter 8 (Industrial Robotics).
- Revised and Expanded - CNC Machining Centers and Related Machine Tools Coverage in Chapter 14 has been updated, and several new line drawings have been added.
- Revised - Discussion and analysis reflect changes in FMS technology in Chapter 19.
- Revised - Surface measurement section in Chapter 22 (Inspection Technologies) includes area surface measurements in addition to stylus type measurements. The discussion of portable CMMs also has been revised.
- Updated - Factory data collection section in Chapter 25 (Production Planning and Control Systems) has been updated.