Innovative Production Machines and Systems, Fifth I*PROMS Virtual International Conference, 6-17 July 2009

Content: Title page 
 Contents
 Sponsors
 Preface 
 Introduction by Mr A Gentili, European Commission 
 Programme and Organising Committees 
 Special Session Organisers 
 Session Chairs and Co-Chairs 
 Referee Panel 
 I*PROMS Central Coordination and MEC Teams 
 Advanced Production Machines 
 Direct metal jetting 
 Effects of filler content and its surface treatment on the mechanical properties of selective laser sintered glass-bead-filled polyamide 12 composites 
 Ethernet based real time control for distributed manufacturing plants in VAN. Inkjet printing for rapid manufacturing: printing towards the future Online determination of tool run-out and wear using machine vision and image processing techniques 
 Rapid manufacturing for mass customisation 
 Selective laser sintering of cement with polyamide 12 
 Sensing fixtures for process monitoring 
 Spatial thermal error compensation using thermal stereo via OAC controller in NC machines 
 Stability prediction in turning finishing via two different methods 
 Fit Manufacturing 
 i-sol modeling for IT application management and business process re-engineering. Six sigma versus fit sigma The ""six sigma phenomenon"" change little thing affect huge result 
 HMI & HCI 
 Interaction generation for decentralized process execution 
 Multimodal interaction laboratories --
an incubator for innovative human machine interaction 
 Removal of communication gap 
 Wearable technology in automotive industry 
 Innovative Design 
 Designing a graphical user interface-based epert system for vibratory bowl feeder tooling specification 
 Finite element design (FED) --
a new approach for material and manufacturing based design rules. Free-form surface partitioning for 5-axis CNC milling based on surface curvature and chain codes Internal high pressure assembled press fit shaft-hub connections 
 Issues and design approach for product oriented manufacturing systems 
 Intelligent and Competitive Manufacturing Engineering 
 Acoustic emission analysis for measuring foundry sand grain fineness number 
 An experiemental and statistical study of the factors affecting surface roughness in the micromilling process. Data refinement and analysis of cutting force sensor signals for the improvement of chip form identification accuracy Thick layer equally oriented effect on acoustic emission behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced plastic laminates 
 Manufacture of a component with concave-convex shape by backdrawing incremental forming process 
 Mechanical characterisation of aircraft panels stiffened using friction stir welded extruded sections 
 Selection of the cutting tools and conditions for the low speed turning of bars of magnesium UNS M11311 based on the surface roughness.