Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, 1997:
Proceedings of the Seventh International FAIM Conference

ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-089-4

ISBN Online: 978-1-56700-442-7

The objectives of the Seventh International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM '97) are to support the international exchange of experience about outstanding industrial developments and the latest results of production research.

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DEVELOPING A WEBSITE FOR THE FORMATION OF VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES Carlos Bremer, Edson dos S. Moreira, Fredy J. Valente, Paulo C. de Carvalho Dias DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.20 pages 13-23
FACILITY LOCATION AND RELOCATION IN GLOBAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY Bahrain Emamizadeh, Reza Zanjirani Farahani DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.30 pages 24-34
AGILITY: MORE THAN A BUZZWORD? Leon F. McGinnis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.40 pages 35-42
Product design methodological contribution based on product decisions : Proposition of reference decisionnal process Jean Renaud, Vincent Boly, Valerie Rault-Jacquot, Laure Morel, Claudine Guidat DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.60 pages 49-56
SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCT/PROCESS DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY Matthew D. Bauer, David W. Rosen DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.70 pages 57-68
INTERACTIVE METHOD FOR GROUPING OPERATIONS IN ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN Fabrice Pellichero, Alain Delchambre, Bertrand Mareschal DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.120 pages 111-122
GENERIC MODELLING OF CELL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTION RESOURCES Per Gullander , Par Klingstam , Par Martensson DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.130 pages 123-134
THE IMPORTANCE OF CLIENT REQUIREMENTS PROCESSING IN CONCURRENT ENGINEERING J. M. Kamara, C. J. Anumba, N. F. O. Evbuomwan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.220 pages 228-238
A COMPUTER-AIDED PLANNING SYSTEM FOR THE PRE-CAST CONCRETE INDUSTRY Nashwan Dawood , B. Hobbs, A. Kalian DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.230 pages 239-248
AN OPEN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Wilfried Sauer, Gerald Weigert, D. Hampel DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.250 pages 261-268
AN UP-TO-DATE SHOP FLOOR MODEL FOR SHORT TERM PRODUCTION CONTROL Hans Kurt Tonshoff, Marc Sielemann DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.260 pages 269-279
MODELLING AND CONTROL OF A PLASTICATING EXTRUDER C. K. S. Ho, LG. French, C. S. Cox, A. Jones DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.280 pages 292-299
IMPROVED CONTROL OF MIMO PROCESSES USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS LG. French, C. K. S. Ho, C. S. Cox, K. C. S. Ng DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.290 pages 300-311
A COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN OREGON G. A. Spolek, R. D. Dryden, S. J. T. Owen DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.300 pages 312-316
ERGONOMICS OF MATERIAL HANDLING Karl H. E. Kroemer DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.320 pages 326-338
FRONTIER BASED SCHEDULING IN FMS Gregory B. Jones, Manbir S. Sodhi, Victor Fay Wolfe DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.370 pages 387-395
ERROR BUDGET CONTROL IN COORDINATE MEASURING SYSTEMS M. M. Sfantsikopoulos , S.C. Diplaris, V. S. Issopoulos, D. A. Mills DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.380 pages 396-405
PERFORMANCE TESTING OF HAND HELD SCANNERS FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL BAR CODE SYMBOLOGIES Richard E. Billo, Bopaya Bidanda, Martin Adickes DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.400 pages 416-423
DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR SPECIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE EVENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS T.O. Boucher, M. A. Jafari, R. C. Wurl, A. Yalcin DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.430 pages 449-460
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR METHODS TO SUPPORT EARLY-STAGE SPACE MISSION DESIGN Richard C. Anderson, Michael R. Duffey, Kevin W. Lyons DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.440 pages 461-470
Analysis of k−Stage Automated Production Flow Lines with Recirculating Conveyor Buffer Storage William E. Biles, John S. Usher, Jacqueline M. Sprinkle DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.450 pages 471-482
A MANUFACTURING CELL CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE Antonio Quintas, Paulo Leitao DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.460 pages 483-493
A VISION BASED INSPECTION SYSTEM OF PISTONS Dezhong Hong, Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, Andrew W. Campbell DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.490 pages 517-523
SETUP MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS Kimberly P. Ellis, Leon F. McGinnis , Jane C. Ammons DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.540 pages 571-581
SPIN CASTING OF METAL PARTS DIRECTLY FROM RP MASTERS P.M. Hackney, M. Sarwar, S. Widdows DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.570 pages 600-613
Economic Evaluation of Rapid Prototyping in the Development of New Products Guangming Zhang, Mark Richardson, Rena Surana DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.590 pages 622-632
Architecture for low volume AGV controlled FMS Fergus G. Maughan, Huw J. Lewis DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.620 pages 652-658
ROUTING FLEXIBILITY IN A JUST-IN-TIME SYSTEM Min-Chun Yu, Timothy J. Greene DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.650 pages 683-694
VALIDATION AND SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DATA Anan Mungwattana, John Shewchuk, Albert Jones DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.680 pages 719-728
GETTING STARTED IN RAPID PROTOTYPING M. Sarwar, S. Hogarth, P.M. Hackney DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.700 pages 739-750
TWO DIMENSIONAL STRESS ANALYSIS OF WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE PATELLA Farhad Nabhani, A.N. Hart, C. J. Connor, M. Wake DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.730 pages 769-775
A CASE STUDY OF INTERACTIVE DESIGN OF A PRODUCT AND ITS ASSEMBLY LINE Th. Vast, Benoit Raucent, Frederic Petit DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.740 pages 776-786
AN INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF DESIGN AIDS Philip M. Wolfe, Tom Caporello, David Bedworth DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.750 pages 787-793
SMALL FIRMS, BIG STOCKS? Michael Bedwell, Paul Higginbottom , Sharon Sandhu DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.770 pages 803-809
SIMULATION AND COST ACCOUNTING Alexander Redlein, R. Rohrhofer, G. Schildt DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.780 pages 810-819
STRATEGIC TARGET COSTING Pui-Mun Lee , William G. Sullivan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.820 pages 850-858
MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES Budi Saleh, Sabah Randhawa, Thomas West DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.830 pages 859-866
A NEW APPROACH TO SMALL PARTS VIBRATORY CONVEYING Alan H. Redford, F Dhailami DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.860 pages 887-897
THE APPLICATION OF QFD TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ENGINE BEARINGS John D. Foster , William G. Sullivan DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.870 pages 898-909
CREATION OF SOLID MODELS USING MRI SCANNING Farhad Nabhani, A.N. Hart, C. J. Connor, M. Wake DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.900 pages 932-938
PC BASED ROLL STRESS ANALYSIS J. Gui, LG. French, P. Blackburn, M. Munir Ahmad DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.910 pages 939-946
FACTORY AND LOGISTICS PLANNING WITH VIRTUAL REALITY Rolf D. Schraft, J. Neugebauer, K. Grefen DOI: 10.1615/FAIM1997.930 pages 958-968