Proceedings of the Twenty-second International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Changing Nature of Hazard — the Effects of the Electronics Revolution....Pages 3-9
Effect of Noise on Human Psychology and Performance: A Critical Review....Pages 11-15
The Lucas Hearing Conservation and Noise Control Program....Pages 17-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
A Contribution to the Development of a Process Planning Method in Industrial Environment....Pages 29-37
An Interactive Job Shop Control System....Pages 39-45
Interactive Scheduling Procedures for Flexible Manufacturing Systems....Pages 47-54
Computer-Aided Design of a Typified Optimum Manufacturing Process....Pages 55-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Recent Advances in the Development of CAD/CAM Systems for the Machine Tool Industry....Pages 63-67
Computer-Aided Draughting System ‘ALODS’ for Machine Tool Structures....Pages 69-76
The CAD of Feed Drive Control Systems....Pages 77-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Group Technology — The First Ten Years of Practical Experience in Indian Engineering Firms....Pages 87-93
New Methods of Organisation to Improve Production Efficiency....Pages 95-100
Ability and Opportunity — The Microchip and Future Patterns of Employment....Pages 101-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
A Case Study on a Use of Anaerobic Adhesives in Machine Tool Assembly....Pages 109-117
The Influence of Housing and Shaft Configurations on the Performance of Rolling Bearings By Finite Element Analysis....Pages 119-126
A Roller Screw With Special Qualities....Pages 127-130
Theoretical Expressions for the Normal and Tangential Stiffness of Machine Tool Joints....Pages 131-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Metrological Inspection of Machining Centres, Jig Boring Machines, and Measuring Machines Through a Statistical Approach....Pages 141-145
Effect of Slideway Wear on Machining Accuracy of Lathes....Pages 147-151
Analysis of Machining Error in Face Milling....Pages 153-158
Measurement of the Static, Dynamic and Thermal Rigidity of Machine Tool Structures Using Holography....Pages 159-172
On-Line Gauging by Microcomputer....Pages 173-175
Optical Technique for In-Process Measurement of Surface Roughness During A.C.C. Grinding....Pages 177-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Economic Considerations in Adaptive Control....Pages 187-195
The Economics of Numerically Controlled Punching and Nibbling Machines....Pages 197-204
Adaptive Control for a C.N.C. Lathe....Pages 205-214
The Application of a Modular Multiprocessor N.C. System....Pages 215-222
Microcomputer Based Drill Wear On-Line Monitoring....Pages 223-226
Fully Automated C.N.C. Turning Cell Incorporating Closed Loop Post Operative Gauging....Pages 227-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
The Wear of High Speed Steel Cutting Tools Under the Action of Several Different Cutting Fluids....Pages 237-246
On the Tool Wear During Face Turning....Pages 247-253
Choice of Wear-Criteria in Fully Automated Turning....Pages 255-259
In-Process Detection of Cutting Tool Damage by Acoustic Emission Measurement....Pages 261-268
The Influence of Tool Design and Operation on the Performance of Polycrystalline Diamond Tooling....Pages 269-277
A Mechanics of Machining Approach to Assessing Machinability....Pages 279-287
An Investigation on Metal Cutting Dynamics and Its Optimum Control Based on Modern Control Theory....Pages 289-293
Cutting Action of Blunt Tools....Pages 295-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Increasing of the Metal Removal Rate by Optimal Setting Conditions in C.B.N. — Grinding....Pages 307-314
Crush Dressing of Grinding Wheels for Plunge Cut Cylindrical Grinding....Pages 315-322
Strategy for Controlling the Grinding Process by C.N.C.....Pages 323-328
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
An Investigation on the Accuracy of the Double Disc Grinding....Pages 329-333
The Mechanism of Metal Removal in Grinding of Tools and Cutters....Pages 335-341
Centerless Plunge Feed with Additional High Friction Damping....Pages 343-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Accuracy Problems of the Pulse Electrochemical Machining....Pages 353-360
Aspects of Drilling by Electrochemical Arc Machining....Pages 361-369
The Surface Finish Resulting from Peripheral Electrochemical Grinding....Pages 371-378
Computer-Aided Design for E.C.M. Electrodes....Pages 379-384
Electrochemical Machining of Complex Shape Parts and Holes (Mathematical Modelling and Practical Experiments)....Pages 385-392
Micro-Computer Control of an Electrochemical Machine....Pages 393-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
3D Wire Travel E.D.M. — the State of the Art....Pages 403-412
A Physicists’s View of Wire E.D.M.....Pages 413-419
Dynamic Characteristics of Interelectrode Gap Controller in E.D.M.....Pages 421-427
The Colloid System Between the Electrodes in E.D.M.....Pages 429-436
Investigation on the Use of Water As a Dielectric Liquid in E.D.M.....Pages 437-440
Machining Characteristics of E.D.M. Using Water As a Dielectric Fluid....Pages 441-447
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
Computer-Aided Design of Dies for a Horizontal Forging Machine....Pages 451-455
Computer-Aided Sequence Design for Hot Upset Forgings....Pages 457-466
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacture of High Speed Cropping Tools....Pages 467-474
Analysis of the Stress Distribution in a Die Assembly for Cold Extrusion Processes....Pages 475-479
Warm Forging of Stainless Steel Components....Pages 481-488
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
The Study of Precision Bar Cropping Under Axial Load....Pages 489-496
Rolling of Thin and Thick Sheets Between a Flat Roll and a Roll with Balls of Different Diameters and Spacings Embedded Around Its Surface....Pages 497-506
Radial Thickness Distribution Around a Hydraulically Bulge Formed Annealed Copper T-Joint: Experiments and Theoretical Predictions....Pages 507-516
Estimating the Curvature of Bars After Cross-Roll Straightening....Pages 517-521
Study on Non-Symmetric Extrusion and Drawing....Pages 523-532
Metal-Forming Analysis on Desk-Top Microcomputers Using Non-Linear Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Techniques....Pages 533-539
Finite Element Analysis of Clamps for Continuous Hydrostatic Extrusion....Pages 541-553
The Application of Microprocessors to the Automatic Control of Strip Feeds for Power Presses....Pages 555-561
Computer Controlled Plate Forming for Pipes and Vessels....Pages 563-572
Some Preliminary Considerations for a Computer-Aided Billet Volume Control in Bar Cropping....Pages 573-579