Automating manufacturing operations : the penultimate approach / by William M. Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, William M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing processes--Automation.

Manufacturing processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Momentum Press, LLC, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Automation has gone from being a choice to being a necessity to manufacture today's intricate products at the required speeds. This makes automation increasingly a social issue, one that affects people outside the group that designs, controls, and uses smarter, faster machines. The title reflects the fact that it is going to be difficult and perhaps very dangerous, to reach the lights-out factory. Next to ultimate should be as far as we go. Automation systems should be designed to be operated by people.

Contents:

List of figures

Preface

About the author

Prologue

Industrial manufacturing processes

Process control

Process operators

Management

Automation

Communications

Programming

Engineering

The future

Appendix A. Classification of industries

Appendix B. Artificial intelligence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60650-369-3

OCLC:

863038996