Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Global Edition, 4th edition

Published by Pearson Higher Education (September 8, 2015) © 2016

  • Mikell P. Groover
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Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing is appropriate for advanced undergraduate/ graduate-level courses in Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.

This exploration of the technical and engineering aspects of automated production systems provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage of the subject of any text on the market. It covers all the major cutting-edge technologies of production automation and material handling, and how these technologies are used to construct modern manufacturing systems.

This book will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. It will help:

  • Provide Balanced Coverage of 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.
  • Support Learning: End-of-chapter problems, review questions, and problem exercises give students plenty of opportunities to put theory into action.
  • Keep Your Course Current: This edition provides up-to-date coverage of production systems, how they are sometimes automated and computerised, and how they can be mathematically analysed to obtain performance metrics.

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  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • New to This Edition
  • Support Materials for Instructors
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Production Systems
  • 1.2 Automation in Production Systems
  • 1.3 Manual Labor in Production Systems
  • 1.4 Automation Principles and Strategies
  • 1.5 About This Book
  • PART I OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING
  • Chapter 2 MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
  • 2.1 Manufacturing Industries and Products
  • 2.2 Manufacturing Operations
  • 2.3 Production Facilities
  • 2.4 Product/Production Relationships
  • Chapter 3 MANUFACTURING METRICS AND ECONOMICS
  • 3.1 Production Performance Metrics
  • 3.2 Manufacturing Costs
  • Appendix 3A Averaging Formulas for Equation (3.20)
  • PART II AUTOMATION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
  • Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATION
  • 4.1 Basic Elements of an Automated System
  • 4.2 Advanced Automation Functions
  • 4.3 Levels of Automation
  • Chapter 5 INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
  • 5.1 Process Industries versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries
  • 5.2 Continuous versus Discrete Control
  • 5.3 Computer Process Control
  • Chapter 6 HARDWARE COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL
  • 6.1 Sensors
  • 6.2 Actuators
  • 6.3 Analog–Digital Conversions
  • 6.4 Input/Output Devices for Discrete Data
  • Chapter 7 COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL
  • 7.1 Fundamentals of NC Technology
  • 7.2 Computers and Numerical Control
  • 7.3 Applications of NC
  • 7.4 Analysis of Positioning Systems
  • 7.5 NC Part Programming
  • Appendix 7A: Coding for Manual Part Programming
  • Chapter 8 INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS
  • 8.1 Robot Anatomy and Related Attributes
  • 8.2 Robot Control Systems
  • 8.3 End Effectors
  • 8.4 Applications of Industrial Robots
  • 8.5 Robot Programming
  • 8.6 Robot Accuracy and Repeatability
  • Chapter 9 DISCRETE CONTROL AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS
  • 9.1 Discrete Process Control
  • 9.2 Ladder Logic Diagrams
  • 9.3 Programmable Logic Controllers
  • 9.4 Personal Computers and Programmable Automation Controllers
  • PART III MATERIAL HANDLING AND IDENTIFICATION
  • Chapter 10 MATERIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
  • 10.1 Overview of Material Handling
  • 10.2 Material Transport Equipment
  • 10.3 Analysis of Material Transport Systems
  • Chapter 11 STORAGE SYSTEMS
  • 11.1 Introduction to Storage Systems
  • 11.2 Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment
  • 11.3 Automated Storage Systems
  • 11.4 Analysis of Storage Systems
  • Chapter 12 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND DATA CAPTURE
  • 12.1 Overview of Automatic Identification Methods
  • 12.2 Bar Code Technology
  • 12.3 Radio Frequency Identification
  • 12.4 Other AIDC Technologies
  • PART IV MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
  • Chapter 13 OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
  • 13.1 Components of a Manufacturing System
  • 13.2 Types of Manufacturing Systems
  • Chapter 14 SINGLE-STATION MANUFACTURING CELLS

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