DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0027

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Making a model of a car body design has posed many problems in the past for automotive manufacturers. Austin Rover believes it has found the solution with its new 5-axis model making machine. Abid Khalil, project engineer at Austin Rover, and Anne Powell investigate.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0028

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Production lines are not the only areas to be affected by the current ‘hi-tech’ revolution. Companies that are investing large amounts of capital in advanced manufacturing technologies must also take a long and serious look at the way they do their books. CAM-1, an international research and development organisation, is working at the moment on a major project to identify the deficiencies in today's cost management system and to develop a prototype for the future. Carissa Casey reports.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0029

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

One of the many important considerations in the design and implementation of a computer integrated factory is data communications. It has a great potential effect on the efficiency of any system and its introduction must, therefore, be planned properly. Cheng Leong Ang, lecturer at the Department of Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, describes the steps involved.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0030

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

When Link 51's plastics division decided to concentrate less on in-house production and more on contract work, it realised it would need the flexibility to adapt to change and the ability to produce components ‘right first time’. To this end, the firm is operating on a just-in-time basis, which has meant a move to flexible manufacturing methods, as Rory Baxter reports.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0031

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

The third in a series of papers examining aspects of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). This month Roger Beach, student member, Adrian Davy, student member, Dr Tom Littlefield, and Bernard O'Toole FIProdE of Leeds Polytechnic's Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department examine the problems of integrating computer hardware and software.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0032

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Many factors must be taken into account when designing viable products for today's marketplace. Here, we follow the progress of two new innovations from the design stage through to manufacture.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0034

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

Decisions taken at the design engineering phase effectively commit the remaining detail and manufacturing costs. Here, we look at how the use of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) technology in designing for manufacture can significantly improve quality and reduce production costs.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0035

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET

摘要:

In 1966 Dr Cosby Smallpeice decided to set up a Trust with the specific aim of spreading the message of his design for production philosophy. Two decades on the Trust has assets worth some £6M. Anne Powell went along to its headquarters in Leamington Spa to find out just what type of service was on offer.

DOI:10.1049/tpe.1987.0036

出版商:IEE    

年代:1987

数据来源: IET