Industrial Assembly

Industrial Assembly is a rapidly changing field with significant importance in production. This book is the first of its kind to combine technology, design, methods, and planning and control models of assembly operations and systems. With the increasing importance of assembly in industry and of simultaneous engineering approaches, this timely publication provides: comprehensive coverage of technological, engineering, and management aspects of this field; multi-disciplinary approaches to rationalization of assembly operations and systems; explanation of qualitative models, information technologies, and design techniques, which have been practised effectively in industrial assembly; as well as theoretical foundations and emerging trends that shape the future of assembly. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction and fundamental concepts of assembly....Pages 1-44 Assembly tasks and technology....Pages 45-83 Design for assembly....Pages 84-134 Design of assembly systems....Pages 135-199 Assembly system design and planning....Pages 200-258 Performance evaluation of stochastic assembly systems....Pages 259-311 Sequencing and scheduling of assembly operations....Pages 312-349 Time-managed material flow control....Pages 350-405 Quality and inspection in assembly....Pages 406-458 Emerging trends in assembly....Pages 459-489 Back Matter....Pages 491-500