Proceedings of the Thirtieth International MATADOR Conference: held in Manchester 31st March – 1st April 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Keynote Address: Competitiveness in Manufacturing — Putting all the Elements Together....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Applying the Lessons Learned from 146 Manufacture to the Next Generation of Regional Aircraft....Pages 5-13
Total Manufacturing Systems: The Operational Reality....Pages 15-19
A Systematic Basis to Manufacturing....Pages 21-26
Strategic Planning of Information Systems....Pages 27-34
Organisational Aspects of Information Systems Design....Pages 35-42
Effective Tool Maintenance Information Management....Pages 43-48
Repetitive Manufacturing Management Information Systems....Pages 49-56
An Effective Computer Based Assembly Line Balancing Method....Pages 57-64
TQM2: A Meta-Methodology for Revitalizing Flagging Quality Initiatives....Pages 65-73
Continuous Quality Improvement in Short Run Manufacture....Pages 75-82
Total Productive Maintenance: Quality and Responsibility Through Worker Involvement....Pages 83-93
Set Up and Maintenance Issues Arising from the Implementation of Cellular Manufacture in an Injection Moulding Factory....Pages 95-102
A Study of Feedscrew Container Handling Systems on Liquid Packaging Lines with a view to Optimisation....Pages 103-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Machining of TiA1-Based Intermetallics....Pages 111-118
Some Ultrasonic Effects in Machining Materials Encountered in the Offshore Industries....Pages 119-123
Conventional Machining of an Aluminium Based SiC Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) Alloy....Pages 125-133
Surface Roughness Model for end Milling Metal Matrix Composite (A1/SiC)....Pages 135-142
CAE Applied to Twist Drills....Pages 143-149
Strategy of Machinability of Aluminium Alloys for Free Cutting....Pages 151-156
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
On Line Tool Life Prediction for Tool Replacement Strategy in FMS Workstation....Pages 157-161
Recognition of Chip Forms by Means of Dynamic Force Spectrum Analysis....Pages 163-167
A Review of Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride Cutting tool Developments and Application....Pages 169-180
The Failure of Metal Cutting Tools at Tool/Work Disengagement....Pages 181-186
The Real Contact Length in Grinding Based on Depth of Cut and Contact Deflections....Pages 187-193
The Identification of Dressing Strategies for Optimal Grinding Wheel Performance....Pages 195-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Development of Roll-Less Forming Process for Ultra-Thin Wall Welded Pipe Production....Pages 205-209
An Automatic Speed Programme Generation for SRM....Pages 211-216
Modelling of Deep-Drawing of Complex Shaped Components Using Slip-Line Methods....Pages 217-225
Cold Extrusion of Flanges on Cylindrical Hollows....Pages 227-234
Computer Aided Metal Flow Simulation and Die Design Optimization for Axisymmetric Forging Process....Pages 235-245
Electric Discharge Machining of an Aluminium Alloy Silicon Carbide Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite....Pages 247-254
The Investigations of Electrochemical Machining Process when Using Nonprofiled Electrode....Pages 255-262
Experimental Study of the Printing of Solder Paste Using the Metal Blade Squeegee System....Pages 263-266
Variable Composition Laser Cladding of Copper Alloys....Pages 267-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
A Hypermedia-Based Tutoring System for Education in Mechanical Engineering....Pages 277-284
Benefits of Joint Roles to Manufacturing Education....Pages 285-290
The Application of Advanced Manufacturing Technology in New Zealand....Pages 291-294
A Proposal for A Postgraduate CAD/CAM Course....Pages 295-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Increasing the Acceptance of Knowledge-Based Systems....Pages 303-313
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Lot Production: A Rule-Based Expert System Approach....Pages 315-322
Industrial Applications of Model-Based Approaches to Fault Diagnosis....Pages 323-330
Practical Development of Knowledge-Based Systems in Manufacturing....Pages 331-343
Fuzzy Selection of Concurrent Engineering Implementation Tactics....Pages 345-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Control of Multisensor Systems by Neural Networks....Pages 355-360
Neural Network Techniques for Metal Forming Design....Pages 361-365
Development of an Intelligent Robotic Cell....Pages 367-374
A Transputer Based Neural Network Development System for Industrial Control Applications....Pages 375-379
Intelligent Scheduling of Sequence Dependent Set-Up Times Using Neural Network....Pages 381-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
System Dynamic Models for Improving the Design and Operations of Supply Chains....Pages 389-395
Performance and Organisation of Very Small Firms in the Supply Chain....Pages 397-404
Integrated Materials Management-Redefining The Value Chain....Pages 405-412
Use of Statistical Techniques in the Dynamic Modelling of an Industrial Supply Chain....Pages 413-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Performance Modelling in CIM....Pages 423-427
An Evaluation of Siman for Simulating FMS Tool Management Systems....Pages 429-434
The Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems and whole Business Simulation....Pages 435-442
On the Modelling and Simulation of Flexible Assembly Systems Using Coloured Petri-Net....Pages 443-450
Towards A Standard in Forcast....Pages 451-458
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Performance Improvement of Slowly Moving Fluid Power Drives Using Pulse-Width-Modulation....Pages 461-468
Establishing A Rule Base for the Computer Aided Design of Tooling for the Multi-Stage Pressing of Cylindrical Cups....Pages 469-476
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Finite Element Analysis of Press Tools....Pages 477-484
A Photo-Elastic and Strain Gauge Technique of Stress Analysis in Rod-Drawing....Pages 485-491
Computer Aided Analysis of High Frequency Induction Heating Process of Steel....Pages 493-500
Capabilities of a new and Generalized Approach for Creating Solid Models from Two-Dimensional Drawings....Pages 501-510
CAD Modelling of Sculptured Workpieces from Physical Models....Pages 511-518
Representation and Manipulation of Fastener Knowledge....Pages 519-523
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
CCSPLAN: A Generative Process Planning System....Pages 527-534
A Knowledge-Based Representation and A Decision-Based Approach for Advanced Manufacturing Systems....Pages 535-541
Disassembly Process Planning....Pages 543-549
Information Mapping Between A Feature-Based Design System and an Integrated Process Planning System....Pages 551-558
Computer Integrated Design and Manufacture of Complex Geometries in Concurrent Engineering....Pages 559-564
Integration of Constraint and Solid Modellers....Pages 565-571
Representation of Surfaces in 3D Wireframe Models....Pages 573-580
Symbolic Representation of Geometrical Data of Extrusion Dies....Pages 581-588
Representing Geometrical and Technological Data in Feature-Based Part Models....Pages 589-597
Modelling and Optimisation of Turning Operations....Pages 599-607
Front Matter....Pages 609-609
Prototype of Perceptive Glove with Feedback Force for Telerobotics in Flexible Manufacturing Manipulation....Pages 611-616
A System for On-Line Performance Monitoring of Industrial Robots....Pages 617-625
Flexible Vision-Assisted Handling System for the Packaging of Food Products....Pages 627-635
Microprocessor Controlled Pneumo-Hydraulic Positioning System for A Robotic Manipulator....Pages 637-644
Front Matter....Pages 609-609
A Structured Approach to Vision Monitoring....Pages 645-652
Front Matter....Pages 653-653
Assessing Fundamental Geometric form from Measured Coordinate Data....Pages 655-662
Position Calibration Software for the form Assessment of Complex Workpieces....Pages 663-670
Measurement of the Accuracy of a Puma 560 Industrial Robot....Pages 671-679
Criteria for Possibilities of Industrial Robot Application to Measurement and Inspection Operations....Pages 681-684
Evaluation of Polished Silicon Wafers’ Micro-Roughness by Atomic Force Microscope....Pages 685-689
Contour Assessment of CNC Machine Tools....Pages 691-698
Automatic Position and Orientation Correction for Automated Assembly Robots....Pages 699-704
Digital Filtering in Roughness Measurements....Pages 705-709
Front Matter....Pages 711-711
Scheduling for Success in Process Industries....Pages 713-718
A Real-Time Scheduling Method Using Hierarchical Decentralized Decision Makers for Flexible Manufacturing Systems....Pages 719-726
Real-Time Routing Selection in Flexible Manufacturing Systems....Pages 727-732
Flow-Shop Scheduling: Effect of Various Priority Rules on Minimizing Multiple Criteria....Pages 733-739