Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design

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Cambridge University Press, Jan 16, 2012 - Technology & Engineering
Metal cutting is widely used in producing manufactured products. The technology has advanced considerably along with new materials, computers and sensors. This new edition considers the scientific principles of metal cutting and their practical application to manufacturing problems. It begins with metal cutting mechanics, principles of vibration and experimental modal analysis applied to solving shop floor problems. There is in-depth coverage of chatter vibrations, a problem experienced daily by manufacturing engineers. Programming, design and automation of CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools, NC (numerical control) programming and CAD/CAM technology are discussed. The text also covers the selection of drive actuators, feedback sensors, modelling and control of feed drives, the design of real time trajectory generation and interpolation algorithms and CNC-oriented error analysis in detail. Each chapter includes examples drawn from industry, design projects and homework problems. This is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and also practising engineers.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS OF MACHINES
66
MACHINE TOOL VIBRATIONS
125
TECHNOLOGY OF MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION
191
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CNC SYSTEMS
250
SENSORASSISTED MACHINING
313
LAPLACE AND z TRANSFORMS
341
OFFLINE AND ONLINE PARAMETER
353
Index
363
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Yusuf Altintas is current NSERC Pratt and Whitney Canada Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He is also the Director of the Manufacturing Automation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. He is a Fellow of CIRP (1997), ASME (1998), SME (2007), Canadian Academy of Engineers (2007), Pratt and Whitney Canada (2008), University of Tokyo (2010) and Royal Society of Canada (2010). He is the author of the first edition of Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design (2000).

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