Automation, Production Systems, and Computer‐integrated Manufacturing 2nd ed.

Citation

Groover, M.P. (2002), "Automation, Production Systems, and Computer‐integrated Manufacturing 2nd ed.", Assembly Automation, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 298-299. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2002.22.3.298.2

This book is primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and first year graduate engineering students. It is also suitable for practising engineers and managers who wish to learn more about automation and production systems in modern manufacturing.

Chapter 1 provides an introduction and overview of the book, while Manufacturing Operations are discussed in chapter 2. The remaining 25 chapters are divided into five parts.

Part I addresses automation and control techniques. Six chapters are included and present an introduction to automation; industrial control systems; sensors, actuators and other control system components; numerical control; industrial robotics; and discrete control using programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and personal computers.

Part II, Material Handling and Identification Technologies, discusses an introduction to materials handling; material transport systems; storage systems; and automatic data capture respectively.

Chapters 13 to 19 combine to form Part III, Manufacturing Systems. Subjects presented in this part include: single station manufacturing cells; group technology and cellular manufacturing; flexible manufacturing systems; and automated assembly systems.

Part IV, Quality Control Systems, includes four chapters which introduce quality assurance and discuss statistical process control (SPC); inspection principles and practices; and inspection technologies. The final part of the book addresses manufacturing support systems. Topics covered in this section includes product design and CAD/CAM in the production system; process planning and concurrent engineering; and lean production and agile manufacturing.

Automation, Production Systems, and Computer‐Integrated Manufacturing is a textbook which should be read by at least one member of a manufacturing organisation. Its many equations, example problems, diagrams, end‐of‐chapter exercises and historical notes, help make it suitable for both engineers and managers.