Assembly Automation: Volume 21 Issue 3
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The international journal of assembly technology and managementTable of contents
“Maintainability” drives Fort Worth’s joint strike fighter design: blending simulation and ingenuity, Lockheed Martin up‐ends design methods in $320 billion program
Jack ThorntonEmphasizes the importance now placed on maintainability of military aircraft by the US Department of Defense. Describes how Lockheed Martin have used Delmia simulation software to…
Folding cartons using low cost automation – a case study
Mohan Yashvant Khire, S.D. MadnaikLow cost automation is used to solve a productivity problem in a fruit packing and exporting unit. The case study shows benefits in the form of a productivity rise. A…
3D tolerance analysis in PC manufacture
Kate LynchDescribes Toshiba’s assembly of notebook PCs and the need to use simulation to verify assembly sequences which have tight 3D tolerances.
Intelligent assembly modeling and simulation
Satyandra K. Gupta, Christiaan J.J. Paredis, Rajarishi Sinha, Peter F. BrownBecause of the intense competition in the current global economy, a company must conceive, design, and manufacture new products quickly and inexpensively. The design cycle can be…
A tabu search heuristic for the component assignment problem in PCB assembly
Y.F. Wan, P. JiDiscusses the component assignment problem in PCB assembly, where assigning components to appropriate machines, in order to get a minimum assembly time for the assembly line, can…
Method for assessment of reuse suitability within modular assembly systems
Hartmut Weule, Carsten BuchholzNotes that suppliers of capital goods are challenged by new aspects of customer orientation – a change in the business relationship from the present sale of facilities to a…
ISSN:
0144-5154Renamed to:
Robotic Intelligence and AutomationOnline date, start – end:
1980 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditor:
- Prof Hong Qiao