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Assembly Automation: A Management Handbook, 2nd edition
By Frank J. Riley 1996, 320 pp., illus., ISBN 0-8311-3041-5
$49.95

Success in automatic assembly design and operation comes from an awareness and sensitivity to a multitude of small design details, and only Frank Riley could pack so much knowledge and experience into a practical and authoritative guide to the selection and application of automatic assembly machinery. This book provides a thorough overview of management, engineering, and machine operator considerations necessary to ensure successful specification, procurement, design, manufacture, installation, and sustained productivity of new assembly systems. In the new and expanded second edition, additional emphasis has been placed on how corporations can employ an integrated systems approach to automatic assembly to respond to issues of growing importance including product quality, productivity, global manufacturing competitiveness, and increasingly aggressive consumerism. A vast amount of practical information about all aspects of automated assembly can be found in this important revised edition. In addition, several unusual and valuable topics are covered including a look into the 21st Century and the emerging influence of simultaneous engineering in manufacturing.

Table of Contents:
Why Automatic Assembly? Product Design for Automatic Assembly. Selecting the Assembly Machine System. The Role of the Control System. Feeding and Transfer of Parts. Integrating Fabrication and Packaging Operations with Assembly. Joining and Fastening. Inspection, Gaging, and Functional Testing, Meeting Government Regulations. Systems Procurement. Machine Acceptance and Installation. The Production Audit. Automated Assembly in the 21st Century. Index.