Advances in Manufacturing Technology XVI - NCMR 2002
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- ISBN 9781860583780
- Weight: 1415g
- Dimensions: 163 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2002
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:
- Business strategies process reengineering
- CAD/CAM and concurrent engineering
- E-manufacturing and virtual reality
- Engineering modelling and simulations
- Total quality management and metrology
- Intelligent systems. robotics and automation
- Lean and agiel manufacturing
- Machining process and tooling
- Operations management
- Process control and condition monitoring
Covering all aspects of manufacturing engineering, systems, and management this volume will be of great interest to those wanting to keep abreast pf current research and those involved in the planning stages in this area of engineering.
Kai Cheng of Brunel University in the UK holds the chair professorship in Manufacturing Systems at Brunel University. His current research interests focus on micro manufacturing, design of precision machine tools, and global/sustainable manufacturing and systems. Professor Cheng has published over 160 papers in learned international journals and refereed conferences, authored/edited 5 books and contributed 6 book chapters. Professor Cheng is a fellow of the IET and IMechE. He is the head of the Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering Department at Brunel, which consists of 10 academics and over 30 research assistants and PhD students. Professor Cheng is the European editor of the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture.
