Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing 1998

ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-118-1

The International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) has a rich tradition: The first conference, "Factory Automation and Information Management," was hosted in March 1991 by the University of Limerick. Authors from more than 18 countries contributed over 100 papers. The second conference, "Flexible Automation and Information Management," was hosted by Virginia Tech in Washington, DC June, 1992. The third conference, "Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing," was hosted in June, 1993 by the University of Limerick, Ireland. The fourth conference was held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia in May, 1994. The fifth conference was held at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany in June, 1995. The sixth international conference was conducted May 1996 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Last year's FAIM conference was sponsored by the European Process Industries Competitveness Centre (EPICC) at the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom in June, 1997. FAIM 98 is being hosted this year by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with generous support by Oregon State University and the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education. Next year, FAIM 99 will be organized by the Center for Economic Research at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, June 23-25, 1999.
This year, authors from approximately 20 countries have contributed 70 papers, and as in the case of previous FAIM conferences, each paper has been reviewed. The papers cover the following themes:
Technology Management
Economic and Decision Analysis
Total Quality Management
Emerging Trends in Manufacturing
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Cellular Manufacturing
Electronics Manufacturing
Engineering Design
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFM/DFA)
Applications in Mechanical Manufacturing
Control Systems
Machine Vision
Production Scheduling
Transportation Systems
Human Factors
Manufacturers today must compete in dynamic markets which demand excellence in areas of cost, quality, and time to market. They must master rapidly changing materials and process technologies. They need to achieve short product development cycles, expand product lines, and combat shrinking product life cycles in a global economy marked by rapid fluctuations and increasing competition.
Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing is based on advanced technologies, computer integrated product and process development, and related organizational methods that meet these changing conditions. FAIM 98 addresses applications of these technologies and methods to the manufacturing environment, from industrial and academic perspectives.

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Technology Management

IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT IN AN AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT Marla E. Hacker, Akinyinka Akinyele DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.30 pages 29-40
THE ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION ISSUES ENCOUNTERED WITH AGILE PROCESS INTRODUCTION K. J.(Jamie) Rogers, Larry Whitman, D. Ryan Underdown DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.50 pages 51-59

Economic and Decision Analysis

ISSUES ENCOUNTERED BETWEEN MODEL VIEWS Larry Whitman, Brian Huff, Adrien Presley DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.110 pages 117-128

Total Quality Management

WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING PRACTICE AND BENCHMARKING USING A C.M.M.S. Ashraf W. Labib, J. Wright, G. B. Williams DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.130 pages 141-151
THE USE OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHIES AS GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES UNDER QFD METHODOLOGY S. F. Lee, P. Roberts, W. S. Lau, S. K. Bhattacharyya DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.140 pages 153-164

Emerging Trends in Manufacturing

Cellular and Flexible Manufacturing Systems

A LOADING APPROACH FOR CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Adil Baykasoglu, Sameh M. Saad, Nabil N. Z. Gindy DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.190 pages 215-226
AUTOMATED MODULAR FIXTURE ASSEMBLY William A. Miller, Raghu Boddupally, Sreekanth Yarlagadda DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.210 pages 241-250
KIT BASED TOOL SELECTION FOR FLEXIBLE BATCH MANUFACTURE Stephen T. Newman, W. M, Leong DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.220 pages 251-264
DETERMINATION OF FLEXIBILITY OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Ivo Pahole, Joze Balic, Franci Cus DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.230 pages 265-273
DESIGNING A GENERIC FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM Alan H. Redford, F. Dailami DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.240 pages 275-283

Electronics Manufacturing

IDEA CELL: A CASE STUDY IN OPEN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY R. L. Anderson, J. E. Beck, T. D. Garner, J. M. Reagin, Т. E. Sweeny, S. P. Thomas DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.250 pages 287-297
An Allocation Problem in Printed Circuit Board Assembly Jalal Ashayeri , A. M. Van Dorp DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.260 pages 299-309
PROCESS PLANNING FOR AREA ARRAY COMPONENT ASSEMBLY L. Gopalakrishnan, K. Srihari, J. Serafini, S. Ferraro, M. Testani DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.280 pages 321-332
REDUCTION OF POST-PLACEMENT DEFECTS IN SURFACE MOUNT ASSEMBLY C. Greene, K. Srihari, Jude DiLella DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.290 pages 333-344
Combined Simulation Modelling for Managing Wafer Fabrication Facilities Lin Weidong, Ngoh Wang Feng, Robert de Souza DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.310 pages 355-364

Electronics Manufacturing - Intel

ICATS: AN INTEGRATED CONFIGURATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENTS Sanjay Natarajan, Mukul Paithane, Andy Miller, Necati Canpolat, Terri Rottman, Mike Scott DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.370 pages 407-416
THE ROLE OF AUTOMATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN CYCLE-TIME REDUCTION Sanjay Natarajan, Mukul Paithane, Andy Miller, Sunil Agarwal, Eric Hamer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.380 pages 417-426

Engineering Design, DFM/DFA

INTERNET-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF PARTS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WITH PARAMETRIC CAD Denis Cormier, C. Thomas Culbreth, Jiranut Loetamonphong DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.420 pages 453-463
ON CLARIFYING THE DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY (DFMA) QUESTIONS Michael P. Hennessey, Jon Freckleton, Wayne Walter DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.430 pages 465-470
Coordinated Design For X Marcel Tichem, Ton Storm DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.440 pages 471-781
CONSTRAINT REDUCTION BASED ON VIRTUAL FEATURE IN ASSEMBLY MODEL Hitoshi Tokunaga, Fumiki Tanaka, Takeshi Kishinami DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.450 pages 483-493
IMPROVING SNAPFIT FASTENER DESIGN Th. Vast, Ch. Nederlandt, Benoit Raucent DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.460 pages 495-504

Applications in Mechanical Manufacturing

ROBOTIC MILLING M. McGuire , H. J. Lewis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.510 pages 559-575
AUTOMATING THE LOAD/UNLOAD CYCLE IN CAPACITOR-DISCHARGE WELDING Brian K. Paul, Wassanai Wattanutchariya, Rick D. Wilson DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.540 pages 601-608

Machine Vision and Control Systems

AUTOMATED PROCESS CONTROL FOR CAPACITOR-DISCHARGE WELDING Rick D. Wilson, Brian K. Paul DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.610 pages 679-688

Production Management and Schedulong

OPTIMIZATION OF ASSEMBLY LINE LAY-OUT BY COMPUTER-AIDED CHOICE OF ASSEMBLY METHODS AND LINE BALANCING Alain Delchambre, Fabrice Pellichero, Emanuel Falkenauer, Brahim Rekiek DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.620 pages 691-702
TWO EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION UNDER LEAN PRODUCTION PRINCIPLES Paulo Ghinato, Susumu Fujii, Hiroshi Morita DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.630 pages 703-714
SCHEDULING PARAMETERS IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS Jannes Slomp, Gerard J. C. Gaalman DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.660 pages 737-746
EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION APPROACH TO A LOGISTIC CIM SCHEDULING PROBLEM Michiko Watanabe, Masashi Furukawa, Yukinori Kakazu DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.680 pages 759-770
Scheduling of FMS - Application of an Open Optimization System Gerald Weigert, D. Hampel, Wilfried Sauer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.690 pages 771-780

Transportation Systems

TOWARDS A MORE FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar, Jose Oliveira DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.700 pages 783-792

Human Factors Issues

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE TALUS C. J. Connor, Farhad Nabhani, M. Wake DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.720 pages 801-806
VOLUMETRIC AND SHAPE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN LIMBS Michael T. Hillery, P. Samways, J. Coleman, S. Tierney DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1998.730 pages 807-817