Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations
Prof. Dr.‐Ing. Dietrich Elbracht
(Universitaet Duisburg, West Germany)
Dipl.‐Ing. Helmut Schaler
(Universitaet Duisburg, West Germany)
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Abstract
Investments that will be economically acceptable in the future for replacing human power by automatic production is considered. The problems of small batch assembly, the use of flexible assembly systems, training costs and use of mobile industrial robots are also discussed.
Citation
Elbracht, D. and Schaler, H. (1982), "Automatic or manual assembly ‐ economic considerations", Assembly Automation, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 158-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004173
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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