Automating manufacturing operations : the penultimate approach /

Automation has gone from being a choice to being a necessity to manufacture today's intricate products at the required speeds. This makes automation increasingly a social issue, one that affects people outside the group that designs, controls, and uses smarter, faster machines. The title reflec...

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Main Author: Hawkins, William M., 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2013.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:Automation has gone from being a choice to being a necessity to manufacture today's intricate products at the required speeds. This makes automation increasingly a social issue, one that affects people outside the group that designs, controls, and uses smarter, faster machines. The title reflects the fact that it is going to be difficult and perhaps very dangerous, to reach the lights-out factory. Next to ultimate should be as far as we go. Automation systems should be designed to be operated by people.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781606503690
1606503693
Access:Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP.