Putting the automated factory together
Article Abstract:
Manufacturing is an integrated act with a common thread that runs through the full scope of all manufacturing activities, a series of data processing operations. The technology that can best improve the efficiency of the process is one that can improve the effectiveness of the data processing task which is the basis for all manufacturing operations. The technology best-suited to fulfill this role is computer integrated manufacturing, the union of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.
Publication Name: Production Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0146-1737
Year: 1982
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Planning for automatic assembly
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New assembly-line methods and equipment call for new design techniques. Final product testing and assembly, testing and processing of subassemblies, and individual part design are considered in that order.
Publication Name: Production Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0146-1737
Year: 1982
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Evolution in machines and systems
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The automatic factory is coming closer to reality with evolution in assembly machines and machine tools, automatic control and design, and computers which link separate parts of the manufacturing process.
Publication Name: Production Engineering
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0146-1737
Year: 1981
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