Information-Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology : Proceedings of the IFAC International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 17 - 20 October 1977

Information-Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology contains the proceedings of an international symposium on'Information-Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology'held in Tokyo, Japan, on October 17-20, 1977 under the auspices of the International Federation of Automatic Control. The symposium provided a forum for discussing various engineering and technical problems in the automation of every step of the manufacturing process including design, machining, material handling, assembling, and inspection. Comprised of 46 chapters, this book begins by describing the modeling and simulation of a production system for small batch size metalworking production with high automation and high flexibility. The discussion then turns to the conceptual design of a multi-purpose automated Integrated Production Center for batch or piecewise production; research issues for automatic assembly; and practical application of diagnostic signature analysis to testing of rotating machines. Subsequent chapters focus on a profile pattern recognition system for machine parts; automatic inspection of defects on contact parts; the use of material-handling robots for programmable automation; and extra-cyclic passages of gray codes and their applications in numerical control design. This monograph will be of interest to engineers and technicians employed in the manufacturing industry. Content: IFAC 1977 Conference Proceedings, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION-CONTROL PROBLEMS IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, Page v PROGRAMME, Pages vii-ix FOREWORD, Page xv MODELING AND SIMULATION OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, Pages 1-6, H.-J. Warnecke, E. Gericke CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION CENTER, Pages 7-13, F. Honda, H. Takeyama RESEARCH ISSUES FOR AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY, Pages 15-24, J.L. Nevins, D.E. Whitney ON–LINE SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF ULTRA-THIN NON-METALLIC LAYER ON STRIP SURFACE, Pages 25-32, A. Izumidate, H. Yamamoto, S. Shiki, Motomura, Y. Nomura PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF DIAGNOSTIC SIGNATURE ANALYSIS TO TESTING OF ROTATING MACHINES, Pages 33-39, T. Usami, T. Koizumi, T. Inari, E. Ohno APPLICATION OF LASER HOLOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE TO MICRO PATTERN POSITIONING IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS MANUFACTURING, Pages 41-52, Y. Oshima, N. Mohri, Y. Isogai PROFILE PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR MACHINE PARTS, Pages 53-62, H. Kono STUDY ON AUTOMATIC VISUAL INSPECTION OF SHADOW-MASK MASTER PATTERNS, Pages 63-70, Y. Nakagawa, H. Makihira, N. Akiyama, T. Numakura, T. Nakagawa TRANSIENT INFORMATION IN INSPECTION, Pages 71-81, Y. Morita, T. Yamaura, K. Ito A NEW VISTA FOR INSPECTION AND EVALUATION OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, Pages 83-94, M. Ishigami, M. Shiizuka, Y. Morita STUDY ON AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF DEFECTS ON CONTACT PARTS, Pages 95-101, A. Kuni, Y. Ohshima, N. Akiyama, K. Isoda, N. Uno, S. Hiratsuka A REITERATIVE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR PIECEWISE LINEAR ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS AND ITS APPLICATION TO HARDWOOD FURNITURE MANUFACTURING, Pages 103-110, A.E. Fahim, R.M.H. Cheng CLASSIFICATION OF GRASPED OBJECT'S SHAPE BY AN ARTIFICIAL HAND WITH MULTI-ELEMENT TACTILE SENSORS, Pages 111-118, G.-I. Kinoshita ON FORCE SENSING INFORMATION AND ITS USE IN CONTROLLING MANIPULATORS, Pages 119-126, B. Shimano, B. Roth A ROBOT HAND WITH ELASTIC FINGERS AND ITS APPLICATION TO ASSEMBLY PROCESS, Pages 127-138, H. Hanafusa, H. Asada TASK-ORIENTED VARIABLE CONTROL OF MANIPULATOR AND ITS SOFTWARE SERVOING SYSTEM, Pages 139-145, K. Takase MATERIAL-HANDLING ROBOTS FOR PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION, Pages 147-152, C.A. Rosen AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY IN BATCH PRODUCTION, Pages 153-157, A. d'Auria A SYSTEM RECOVERING METHOD FROM TRACKING CONFUSIONS IN CONVEYOR SYSTEM, Pages 159-164, H. Takenouchi, S. Miyamoto, S. Seki, A. Shimizu, M. Sasaki, S. Ishikawa ADVANTAGES AND CONDITIONS FOR A DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF THE WORKPIECE-GEOMETRY ON NC-MACHINE TOOLS, Pages 165-172, T. Pfeifer, A. Fürst A PROPOSAL OF THE MULTILAYERED CONTROL OF MACHINE TOOLS FOR FULLY AUTOMATED MACHINING OPERATIONS, Pages 173-181, T. Sata, K. Matsushima A METHOD OF TOOL PATH DISTRIBUTION ON A CNC, Pages 183-188, M. Kiyokawa MULTIMICROPROCESSOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINE TOOLS, Pages 189-193, A. Kuisma, K. Mäkelä, E. Rasi AN ADAPTIVE CNC SYSTEM OF A MILLING MACHINE TOOL, Pages 195-205, T. Watanabe, S. Iwai, Y. Nawata CNC APPLICATIONS, Pages 207-210, R. Nozawa, H. Kawamura, M. Kawamata ON THE AUTOMATION OF CAM PROFILE CONTROL, Pages 211-216, M. Krawczyński, A. Oledzki, I. Siwicki, F. Zrudelny CONTROL SYSTEM OF NC MACHINE TOOL FOR HIGH WORKING ACCURACY, Pages 217-223, N. Nishiwaki, N. Hashiba, M. Masuko ONE-TRACK m-n-p CODES AND CONJUGATE CLASS OF GROUP ELEMENTS, Pages 225-230, M. Shikata EXTRA-CYCLIC PASSAGES OF GRAY CODES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR NUMERICAL CONTROL DESIGN, Pages 231-234, H.J. Leśkiewicz AN ANALYSIS OF WATER SUPPLY AND STORAGE CAPACITY, Pages 235-240, T. Odanaka CIRCULAR-POLAR CONFIGURATIONS OF DYNAMIC MULTIPLE-CONNECTED SUB-SYSTEMS, Pages 241-251, V.M. Levykin, B.F. Womack INFORMATION CONTROL IN MANUFACTURE, Pages 253-258, A.C. Chaturvedi A PROPOSED INFORMATION SYSTEM TO MASTER THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IN AN IRON & STEEL COMPLEX, Pages 259-265, S.A.K. El Sheshe, A.G. Hamdy, S.E. Aidarous IMPLEMENTING AN INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING, Pages 267-270, J.A. Aseltine “PASS”: AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE SIMULATOR FOR PREDICTIVE PRODUCTION CONTROL, Pages 271-277, K. Tabata, K. Mori, S. Mitsumori, K. Ohshima, H. Ono, K. Inoue INFORMATION AND CONTROL IN COMPUTERIZED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, Pages 279-284, J.J. Talavage, M.M. Barash THE CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: REQUIRED INFORMATION AND ALGORITHM STRUCTURES, Pages 285-292, G.K. Hutchinson REMOVING BARRIERS TO THE APPLICATION OF AUTOMATION IN DISCRETE PART BATCH MANUFACTURING, Pages 293-296, J.M. Evans AUTOMATION RESERCH IN GERMANY AND ITS ROLE REGARDING NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY, Pages 297-304, Ulrich Rembold, Ingward Bey INTRODUCTION TO SOME INFORMATION CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, Pages 305-323, Toshimasa Mitsui, Masao Itoh NEW FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS FROM THE G.D.R., Pages 325-329, Günter Kleditzsch MAJOR PROJECTS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR DISCRETE PARTS MANUFACTURING IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, Pages 331-338, Ingward Bey SYSTEMS OF SENSITIZED ROBOTS SUPERVISIORY CONTROL, Pages 339-343, S.I. Novatchenko, V.A. Pavlov, N.S. Teleshev, E.I. Jurevich THE ROLE OF NUMERICAL CONTROL USED FOR THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IN MACHINING ON MAIN INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN, Pages 345-355, M. Soeda, H. Yonaiyama, E. Yamaguchi INFORMATION STRUCTURE, DYNAMIC TEAM DECISION, AND AN ECONOMIC APPLICATION, Pages 357-365, H. Myoken ASSEMBLY LINE CONTROL MODELS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, Pages 367-372, J. Hampl, P. Skvor TECHNICAL PAPER DISCUSSIONS, Pages 373-385 ERRATA, Page 387 AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 389-390