CONTENTS Part I Computers in Manufacturing 1 Computer-aided Production and Control Systems(计算机辅助生产与控制系统) 3 1.1 Automation Concepts 6 1.2 Evolution of Automation 7 1.3 Goals of Automation 8 1.4 Engineering 9 1.5 Business 9 1.6 Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems 11 注释 21 2 Internet(因特网) 23 2.1 Services Supported by Internet 25 2.2 Who Uses the Internet? 27 2.3 Internet Origins 27 注释 29 3 The Role of the World Wide Web (WWW) in Manufacturing(万维网在制造中的作用) 31 3.1 Introduction31 3.2 Globalization for Customer Oriented Manufacturing 32 3.3 The Role of the World Wide Web 33 3.4 Global Collaborative Manufacturing and WWW 35 3.5 Web and Manufacturing Practices 35 3.6 Global Manufacturing on the Web 37 3.7 Cloud Computing & Cloud Manufacturing 39 注释 45 Part II Automated Manufacturing 4 Computer-aided Design and Computer-aided Manufacturing(计算机辅助设计与制造) 51 4.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM 53 4.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM 56 4.3 Computers and Design 57 4.4 CAD-to-CAM Interface 63 4.5 CAD/CAM Hardware 64 4.6 CAD/CAM Software 65 4.7 CAD/CAM Database 67 4.8 2-D Versus 3-D Software 68 4.9 CAD System Examples 71 4.10 Animation and CAD/CAM 75 4.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria 75 注释 77 5 Numerical Control(数控技术) 78 5.1 Historical Background 80 5.2 Computer Numerical Control 81 5.3 Principles of NC Machines 82 5.4 Types of Control Systems 84 5.5 Accuracy in Numerical Control 86 5.6 Advantages and Limitations of NC 87 5.7 Programming for Numerical Control 88 5.8 Machining Centers 90 注释 94 6 Flexible Manufacturing(柔性制造) 96 6.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing 98 6.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing 99 6.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components 100 6.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control 104 注释 106 7 Computer Integrated Manufacturing(计算机集成制造) 108 7.1 Historical Development of CIM 109 7.2 The CIM Wheel 112 7.3 Benefits of CIM 113 7.4 CIM-related Standards 113 7.5 Group Technology and CIM 119 7.6 Process Planning and CIM 124 7.7 Computer-aided Process Planning 125 7.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning and CIM 126 注释 128 8 High Speed Cutting (HSC)(高速切削) 130 8.1 Definition 130 8.2 Introduction to High Speed Cutting 131 8.3 Applications of High Speed Cutting 135 注释 143 Part III Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century Introduction 149 9 Agile Manufacturing(敏捷制造) 153 9.1 Introduction 153 9.2 AM—a New Manufacturing Strategy 154 9.3 AM is a Production Mode of the 21st Century 157 9.4 Summary 169 注释 171 10 Additive Manufacturing(增材制造) 174 10.1 Introduction 174 10.2 AM Processes and Materials 178 10.3 Applications of Additive Manufacturing 183 10.4 Advantages of AM for Production 189 10.5 Conclusions 191 注释 192 11 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing(具有环境意识的设计与制造) 194 11.1 Introduction 194 11.2 Overview 195 11.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 198 11.4 Environmental Engineering 203 11.5 Summary 210 注释 212 12 Nanotechnology and Micromachine(纳米技术与微机械) 214 12.1 Nanotechnology 214 12.2 Micromachines 222 12.3 Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices 229 12.4 Summary 253 注释 254 13 Biofabrication(生物制造) 258 13.1 Introduction 258 13.2 A 21st Century Manufacturing Paradigm 258 13.3 Growing Arsenal of Biofabrication Technologies 261 13.4 Practical Applications of Biofabrication Technologies 267 注释 270 参考文献 274 世界著名机械工程学会名录 275 总词汇表 276 AMT缩略语词汇表 297