E-manufacturing
Fundamentals and Applications
Published on 31. August 2004
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-1-85312-998-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book begins by presenting the concepts of and an engineering-oriented approach to e-manufacturing. Next the enabling technologies and implementation issues for e-manufacturing, including topics such as Java programming, database integration, client-server architecture, web-based 3D modelling and simulations and open computing and interaction design, are reviewed. There is then an exploration of application perspectives through a number of application systems developed by the authors based on their own front-end research and first-hand engineering practices. These include Internet based design support systems, mass customization, Java based control and condition monitoring, digital and virtual manufacturing systems, e-supply chain management and e-enterprise for supporting distributed manufacturing operations. Designed for final year undergraduate elective courses on e-manufacturing and introductory courses on e-manufacturing at postgraduate level, this book can also be used as a textbook for teaching e-engineering in general.It will also provide a useful reference for design and manufacturing engineers, company managers, e-business/e-commerce developers and IT professionals and managers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-998-8 (9781853129988)
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Content
Part I: Fundamentals; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Advances in e-manufacturing technology; Characterizations of e-manufacturing; e-Manufacturing practices, promises and future; Chapter 2 - Internet enabled technologies; HTML; Java programming; XML; Client/server architecture; Java database connectivity; Chapter 3 - Advanced technologies for e-manufacturing; Introduction; Industrial and technological drives to e-manufacturing; Agent technology; Multi-agent systems; Data mining and knowledge discovery; Conclusions; Chapter 4 - Internet and manufacturing knowledge management; Internet characteristics; Design agility and the Internet; Manufacturing responsiveness and the Internet; CBR and web-based computational intelligence; Conclusions; Chapter 5 - Computing infrastructure for e-manufacturing (software/hardware perspectives); Introduction; Software tools; Hardware; Data management components; Networking; Implementation; Case studies; Conclusions; Part II: Applications; Chapter 6 - Collaborative product design and development; Introduction; Conceptual design and collaboration; Automated concept generation; Implementation; An illustrative example; Discussion; Summary; Chapter 7 - Mass customization; Introduction; Principles of mass customization; Methodology and tools; Implementation issues; Conclusions; Chapter 8 - Remote control and condition monitoring; Introduction; Traditional bilateral tele-operation systems; Remote control over the Internet; Coping with transmission delays for bilateral tele-operation; Case study 1: multi-client robot control through the Internet; Case study 2: multimedia interface design for remote control; Condition monitoring; Transferring structured numeric data over the Internet; Conclusions; Chapter 9 - Virtual manufacturing and systems; Introduction; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual manufacturing technology; Virtual manufacturing systems; Virtual manufacturing system applications; Chapter 10 - e-Supply chain management; Introduction; Principles of e-supply chain management; Methodology and tools for e-supply chain management; Chapter 11 - e-Enterprise agility and competitiveness: a synthesis of the imperatives; Introduction; e-Enterprise infrastructure; Enabling technologies; e-Operations; Extended e-enterprise; The agile e-supply chain; The competitive objectives; Conclusions