Chapter 1 Computers in Manufacturing 1
1.1 Computer-Aided Production and Control Systems(CAPACS) 1
1.1.1 Automation Concepts 4
1.1.2 Computer Process Control 4
1.1.3 Management Information Systems(MIS) 5
1.1.4 Engineering 6
1.1.5 Business 9
1.1.6 Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems 11
1.1.7 Network Architectures 15
1.2 Internet 21
1.2.1 Service Supported Internet 23
1.2.2 Who Uses the Internet 24
1.2.3 Internet Origins 25
1.3 The Role of the World Wide Web(WWW)in Manufacturing 26
1.3.1 Introduction 26
1.3.2 Globalization for Customer Oriented Manufacturing 28
1.3.3 The Role of the World Wide Web 28
1.3.4 Global Collaborative Manufacturing and WWW 30
1.3.5 Web and Manufacturing Practices 30
1.3.6 Global Manufacturing on the Web Research Issues 32
1.3.7 Global Manufacturing on the Web 36
Chapter 2 Automated Manufacturing 41
2.1 Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing(CAD/CAM) 41
2.1.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM 43
2.1.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM 45
2.1.3 Computers and Design 46
2.1.4 CAD-to-CAM Interface 51
2.1.5 CAD/CAM Hardware 52
2.1.6 CAD/CAM Software 55
2.1.7 CAD/CAM Database 57
2.1.8 2-D Versus 3-D Software 58
2.1.9 CAD System Examples 60
2.1.10 Animation and CAD/CAM 64
2.1.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria 64
2.2 Numerical Control 66
2.2.1 Historical Development of NC 67
2.2.2 NC Machine Component 73
2.2.3 NC Programming 74
2.2.4 Classifications of NC Machines 75
2.2.5 Computer-assisted NC Programming 77
2.2.6 Benefits and Gains from NC 78
2.2.7 Overview of CNC 79
2.2.8 Machining Centers 83
2.3 Flexible Manufacturing 87
2.3.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing 90
2.3.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing 90
2.3.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components 92
2.3.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control 96
2.4 Computer Integrated Manufacturing(CIM) 98
2.4.1 Historical Development of CIM 99
2.4.2 The CIM Wheel 101
2.4.3 Benefits of CIM 102
2.4.4 CIM-Related Standards 103
2.4.5 Group Technology and CIM 108
2.4.6 Process Planning and CIM 113
2.4.7 Computer-Aided Process Planning(CAPP) 113
2.4.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP Ⅱ)and CIM 115
Chapter 3 Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century 123
3.1 Agile Manufacturing 123
3.1.1 Introduction 123
3.1.2 AM——a New Manufacturing Strategy 124
3.1.3 AM is a Production Mode of the 21st Century 127
3.1.4 Summary 144
3.2 Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing 147
3.2.1 Introduction 147
3.2.2 Current Application Areas of RP＆M 152
3.2.3 Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Technologies 153
3.2.4 Data Preparation in RP＆M 160
3.2.5 Problems and Research 163
3.2.6 Development of Complex Pattern with Rapid Prototyping 165
3.2.7 Conclusions 166
3.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 167
3.3.1 Introduction 167
3.3.2 Overview 168
3.3.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 171
3.3.4 Environmental Engineering 176
3.3.5 Summary 185
3.3.6 ISO 14000 Standards for Environmental Management 186
3.4 Nanotechnology and Micro-machine 190
3.4.1 Nanomaterial 190
3.4.2 Nanotechnology 194
3.4.3 Micro-machine 202
3.4.4 Micromanufacturing 208
3.5 Semiconductor Manufacturing 222
3.5.1 Semiconductors 222
3.5.2 The Microtronics Revolution 223
3.5.3 Transistors 225
3.5.4 Semiconductor Manufacturing 231
附录 257
词汇表 257
缩略语词汇表 271
世界著名机械工程学会名录 275
参考文献 276