Mechatronics and Manufacturing Engineering. Research and Development

✍ Scribed by J. Paulo Davim (Eds.)

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, the first in the Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series, is a collection of high quality articles (full research articles, review articles and cases studies) with a special emphasis on research and development in mechatronics and manufacturing engineering. Mechatronics is the blending of mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering into an integrated design. Today, mechatronics has a significant and increasing impact on engineering with emphasis on the design, development and operation of manufacturing engineering systems. The main objective of this interdisciplinary engineering field is the study of automata from an engineering perspective, thinking on the design of products and manufacturing processes and systems. Mechatronics and manufacturing systems are well established and executed within a great number of industries including aircraft, automotive and aerospace industries; machine tools, moulds and dies product manufacturing, computers, electronics, semiconductor and communications, and biomedical.

• A collection of high quality articles with a special emphasis on research and development in mechatronics and manufacturing engineering
• Presents a range of views based on international expertise
• Written by a highly knowledgeable and well-respected expert in the field

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-v
Copyright, Page vi
List of figures, Pages xi-xix
List of tables, Pages xxi-xxiii
Preface, Pages xxv-xxvi, J. Paulo Davim
About the contributors, Pages xxvii-xlii, J. Paulo Davim, Roger White, David Bradley, Nikolai Zhelev, Panos Lazarou, Nikos A. Aspragathos, Fusaomi Nagata, Keisuke Ogiwara, Keigo Watanabe, Zhu Kunpeng, Wong Yoke San, Hong Geok Soon, Prasanta Sahoo, Tapan Kr. Barman, Inderdeep Singh, P.K. Rakesh, Jagannath Malik, V.N. Gaitonde, S.R Karnik, Maria Beatriz Silva, Tânia Marques, et al.
1 - Implementation of light-scattering instrumentation: innovation, design and development, Pages 1-45, Roger White, Nikolai Zhelev, David Bradley
2 - Planar micromanipulation on microconveyor platforms: recent developments, Pages 47-97, Panos Lazarou, Nikos A. Aspragathos
3 - Single-axis arm designed with an ultrasonic motor: basic active/passive joint torque control, Pages 99-113, Fusaomi Nagata, Keisuke Ogiwara, Keigo Watanabe
4 - Signal processing for tool condition monitoring: from wavelet analysis to sparse decomposition, Pages 115-157, Zhu Kunpeng, Wong Yoke San, Hong Geok Soon
5 - ANN modelling of fractal dimension in machining, Pages 159-226, Prasanta Sahoo, Japan Kr. Barman
6 - Predicting forces and damage in drilling of polymer composites: soft computing techniques, Pages 227-258, Inderdeep Singh, Pawan Kumar Rakesh, Jagannath Malik
7 - Minimising burr size in drilling: integrating response surface methodology with particle swarm optimisation, Pages 259-292, V.N. Gaitonde, S.R. Karnik, J. Paulo Davim
8 - Single-point incremental forming of polymers, Pages 293-331, Maria Beatriz Silva, Tânia Marques, Paolo A.F. Martins
Index, Pages 333-345