Wang / Xi Smart Devices and Machines for Advanced Manufacturing

2008
ISBN: 978-1-84800-147-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten, eBook

This book presents a collection of quality chapters on the state-of-the-art of research efforts in the area of smart devices and novel machine design, as well as their practical applications to enable advanced manufacturing. The first section presents a broad-based review of several key areas of research in smart devices and machines. The second section is focused on presenting an in-depth treatment of a particular device or machine. The book will be of interest to a broad readership.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Lihui

Xi, Jeff

Xi, Fengfeng

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Appropriate Design of Parallel Manipulators
Gravity Compensation, Static Balancing and Dynamic Balancing of Parallel Mechanisms
A Unified Methodology for Mobility Analysis Based on Screw Theory
The Tau PKM Structures
Layout and Force Optimisation in Cable-driven Parallel Manipulators
A Tripod-based Polishing/Deburring Machine
Design and Analysis of a Modular Hybrid Parallel-Serial Manipulator for Robotised Deburring Applications
Design of a Reconfigurable Tripod Machine System and Its Application in Web-based Machining
Arch-type Reconfigurable Machine Tool
Walking Drive Enabled Ultra-precision Positioners
An XYThetaZ Planar Motion Stage System Driven by a Surface Motor for Precision Positioning
Design and Analysis of Micro/Meso-scale Machine Tools
Micro-CMM
Laser-assisted Mechanical Micromachining
Micro Assembly Technology and System

Über Autor(innen)

Lihui Wang is a professor of virtual manufacturing at the University of Skövde’s Virtual Systems Research Centre in Sweden. He was previously a senior research scientist at the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council of Canada. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, and a registered professional engineer in Canada.

His research interests and responsibilities are in web-based and sensor-driven real-time monitoring and control, distributed machining process planning, adaptive assembly planning, collaborative design, supply chain management, as well as intelligent and adaptive manufacturing systems.

Dr Fengfeng (Jeff) Xi, is a Professor at Ryerson University, Canada, and an Adjunct Professor at the East China Jiao-Tong University. His research interests are in the area of manufacturing and automation.