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Technology and Management David L. Cleland Bruce A. Seiger Bopaya Bidanda

The Automated Factory handbook provides a first-ever compendium of expert knowledge on the managerial and technical issues involved in converting today's factories into the fully automated plants of the future. Drawing on the lessons of the past decade, more than 40 leading specialists in the field express their views on the implementation of the latest manufacturing technology - as well as on the changing roles of management and labor - in the automated workplace of the 1990s.

Practical explanations give you the working knowledge you need to implement an effective system of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), particularly in such areas as the design, planning, and control of manufacturing process and products. You'll find complete coverage of personnel management issues, design considerations, and the nuts and bolts of automated factory control and operation.

In order to survive in today's increasingly competitive world market, you must have a clear understanding of the tools and techniques required to fully automate your manufacturing systems. With The Automated Factory Handbook, costly trial and error need not be part of the process.

This book covers the use of fischertechnik as a simulation tool. Chapter 22, titled "Physical Simulation of Automated Manufacturing System", describes how fischertechnik can be used for this purpose. One of the co-authors is Michael Deisenroth, a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Manufacturing, Automation, and Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University at the time the book was published. The chapter covers many topics including the history of physical simulation, different types of models, reasons for developing a physical simulation, software testing and debugging and the cost benefits of physical simulation. The chapter shows numerous pictures of fischertechnik models which have been used in advanced industrial simulations.

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