Beginning the seven-volume set, North American, European, Australian, and Korean computer scientists present eight studies on the techniques now available to integrate all elements of manufacturing. They cover tele-manufacturing: rapid prototyping on the Internet and intranets; models and algorithms for machine scheduling with setup times; computer aided five-axis machining; the finite element method and thermo-viscoplastic cutting model in manufacturing systems; diagnostics for monitoring maintenance and quality manufacturing; the reverse engineering and inspection of machined parts; applying reference architectures for integrating enterprises; and engineering monitoring and diagnosis using wavelet transforms. They are paged separately. The volumes are independent and can be bought individually, which could save a specialist reader a bit of change. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
In the competitive business arena your organization must continually strive to create new and better products faster, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than your competitors to gain and keep the competitive advantage. Computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are now the industry standard, in all major industries. The seven volumes in Computer-Aided Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing: Systems Techniques, and Manufacturing provide a comprehensive treatment of the techniques and applications of CAD, CAE, and CAM.
