本书为影印版教材，全书覆盖了制造系统的几个主要技术和工程环节，介绍了一些技术的历史，同时还介绍了制造系统领域的一引起最新技术进展。包括：自动化与控制技术、制造系统、质量控制系统、制造支持系统等内容。

本书覆盖了制造系统的几个主要技术和工程环节，包括：

1.自动化与控制技术：工业计算机控制、控制系统组成、数字控制、工业机器人、可编程逻辑控制器。

2.物料管理技术：传送带系统、自动引导车系统、自动储存系统、自动识别与数据获得。

3.制造系统：单机系统、成组技术、柔性制造系统、装配线、传输线。

4.质量控制系统：统计过程控制、检查原理与技术。

5.制造支持系统：计算机辅助设计/计算机辅助制造、工艺设计、生产计划、生产计划与控制、精良生产与敏捷制造。

为了使读者更好地理解制造技术的发展，本书也用一定的篇幅介绍了一些技术的历史，同时还介绍了制造系统领域的一些最新技术进展。本书的特点是有较多的定量和工程内容，包括385个例题和案例分析，这些例题和案例本身也相当实用。

 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Production System Facilities

1.2 Manufacturing Support Systems

1.3 Automation in Production Systems

1.4 Manual Labor in Production Systems

1.5 Automation Principles and Strategies

1.6 Organization of the Book

 Chapter 2 MANUFACIURING OPERATIONS

2.1 Manufacturing Industries and Products

2.2 Manufacturing Operations

2.3 Product/Production Relationships

2.4 Production Concepts and Mathematical Models

2.5 Costs of Manufacturing Operations

PART Ⅰ:AUTOMATION AND CONIROL TECHNOLOGIES

 Chapter 3 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATION

3.1 Basic Elements of an Automated System

3.2 Advanced Automation Functions

3.3 Levels of Automation

 Chapter 4 INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SVSTEMS

4.1 Process Industries versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries

4.2 Continuous versus Discrete Control

4.3 Computer Process Control

4.4 Forms of Computer Process Control

 Chapter 5 SENSORS, ACTUATORS, AND OTHER CONTROL SVSTEM COMPONENTS

5.1 Sensors

5.2 Actuators

5.3 Analog-to-Digital Conversion

5.4 Digital-to-Analog Conversion

5.5 Input/Output Devices for Discrete Data

 Chapter 6 NUMERICAL CONTROL

6.1 Fundamentals of NC Technology

6.2 Computer Numerical Control

6.3 DNC

6.4 Applications of Numerical Control

6.5 NC Part Programming

6.6 Engineering Analysis of NC Positioning Systems

 Chapter 6 APPENDIX:APT WORD DEFINITIONS

 Chapter 7 INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

7.1 Robot Anatomy and Related Attributes

7.2 Robot Control Systems

7.3 End Effectors

7.4 Sensors in Robotics

7.5 Industrial Robot Applications

7.6 Robot Programming

7.7 Engineering Analysis of Industrial Robots

 Chapter 8 DISCRETE CONIROL USING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS

8.1 Discrete Process Control

8.2 Ladder Logic Diagrams

8.3 Programmable Logic Controllers

8.4 Personal Computers Using Soft Logic

PART Ⅱ:MATERIAL HANDLING AND IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES

 Chapter 9 INTRODUCTION TO MATERIAL HANDUNG

9.1 Overview of Material Handling Equipment

9.2 Considerations in Material Handling System Design

9.3 The IO Principles of Material Handling

 Chapter 10 MATERIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

10.1 Industrial Trucks

10.2 Automated Guided Vehicle Systems

10.3 Monorails and Other Rail Guided Vehicles

10.4 Conveyor Systems

10.5 Cranes and Hoists

10.6 Analysis of Material Transport Systems

 Chapter 11 SIORAGE SYSTEMS

11.1 Storage System Performance

11.2 Storage Location Strategies

11.3 Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment

11.4 Automated Storage Systems

11.5 Engineering Analysis of Storage Systems

 Chapter 12 AUTOMATIC DAIA CAPTURE

12.1 Overview of Automatic Identification Methods

12.2 Bar Code Technology

12.3 Other ADC Technologies

PART Ⅲ:MANUFACTURING SYSIEMS

 Chapter I3 INTRODUCTION IO MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

13.1 Components of a Manufacturing System

13.2 Classification of Manufacturing Systems

13.3 Overview of the Classification Scheme

13.4 Manufacturing Progress Functions (Learning Curves)

 Chapter 14 SINGLE STATION MANUFACTURING CELLS

14.1 Single Station Manned Workstations

14.2 Single Station Automated Cells

14.3 Applications

14.4 Analysis of Single Station Cells

 Chapter I5 GROUP TECHNOLOGV AND CELLULAR MANUFACIURING

15.1 Part Families

15.2 Parts Classification and Coding

15.3 Production now Analysis

15.4 Cellular Manufacturing

15.5 Application Considerations in Group Technology

15.6 Quantitative Analysis in Cellular Manufacturing

 Chapter 16 FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SVSTEMS

16.1 What is an FMS?

16.2 FMS Components

16.3 FMS Applications and Benefits

16.4 FMS Planning and Implementation Issues

16.5 Quantitative Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

 Chapter 17 MANUAL ASSEMBLV LINES

17.1 Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines

17.2 Alternative Assembly Systems

17.3 Design for Assembly

17.4 Analysis of Single Model Assembly Lines

17.5 Line Balancing Algorithms

17.6 Mixed Model Assembly Lines

17.7 Other Considerations in Assembly Line Design

 Chapter I8 IRANSFER LINES AND SIMILAR AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

18.1 Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines

18.2 Applications of Automated Production Lines

18.3 Analysis of Transfer Lines with No Internal Storage

18.4 Analysis of Transfer Lines with Storage Buffers

 Chapter 19 AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS

19.1 Fundamentals of Automated Assembly Systems

19.2 Design for Automated Assembly

19.3 Quantitative Analysis of Assembly Systems

PART Ⅳ:QUALITY CONTROL SYSIEMS

 Chapter 20 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY ASSURANCE

20.1 Quality Defined

20.2 Traditional and Modem Quality Control

20.3 Taguchi Methods in Quality Engineering

20.4 ISO 9000

 Chapter 21 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL

21.1 Process Variability and Process Capability

21.2 Control Charts

21.3 Other SPC Tools

21.4 Implementing Statistical Process Control

 Chapter 22 INSPECTION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

22.1 Inspection Fundamentals

22.2 Sampling versus IOO% Inspection

22.3 Automated Inspection

22.4 When and Where to Inspect

22.5 Quantitative Analysis of Inspection

 Chapter 23 INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES

23.1 Inspection Metrology

23.2 Contact versus Noncontact Inspection Techniques

23.3 Conventional Measuring and Gaging Techniques

23.4 Coordinate Measuring Machines

23.5 Surface Measurement

23.6 Machine Vision

23.7 Other Optical Inspection Techniques

23.8 Noncontact Nonoptical Inspection Technologies

PART Ⅴ:MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SYSTEMS

 Chapter 24 PRODUCI DESIGN AND CAD/CAM IN THE PROOUCTION SVSTEM

24.1 Product Design and CAD

24.2 CAD System Hardware

24.3 CAM, CAD/CAM, and CIM

24.4 Quality Function Deployment

 Chapter 25 PROCESS PLANNING AND CONCURRENI ENGINEERING

25.1 Process Planning

25.2 Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP)

25.3 Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacturing

25.4 Advanced Manufacturing Planning

 Chapter 26 PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

26.1 Aggregate Production Planning and the Master Production Schedule

26.2 Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

26.3 Capacity Planning

26.4 Shop Floor Control

26.5 Inventory Control

26.6 Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

26.7 Just-In-Time Production Systems

 Chapter 27 LEAN PRODUCTION AND AGILE MANUFACTURING

27.1 Lean Production

27.2 Agile Manufacturing

27.3 Comparison of Lean and Agile