第二版前言 第一版前言 CHAPTER 1 Computers in Manufacturing 1 Computer-Aided Production and Control Systems 1.1 Automation Concepts 1.2 Computer Process Control 1.3 Management Information Systems 1.4 Engineering 1.5 Business 1.6 Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems 注释 2 Internet 2.1 Services Supported by Internet 2.2 Who Uses the Internet? 2.3 Internet Origins 注释 CHAPTER 2 Automated Manufacturing 3 Computer-Aided Design And Computer-Aided Manufacturing 3.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM 3.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM 3.3 Computers and Design 3.4 CAD-to-CAM Interface 3.5 CAD/CAM Hardware 3.6 CAD/CAM Software 3.7 CAD/CAM Database 3.8 2-D Versus3-D Software 3.9 CAD System Examples 3.10 Animation and CAD/CAM 3.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria 注释 4 Numerical Control 4.1 Historical Background 4.2 Computer Numerical Control 4.3 Principles of NC Machines 4.4 Types of Control Systems 4.5 Accuracy in Numerical Control 4.6 Advantages and Limitations of NC 4.7 Programming for Numerical Control 4.8 Machining Centers 注释 5 Flexible Manufacturing 5.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing 5.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing 5.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components 5.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control 注释 6 Computer Integrated Manufacturing 6.1 Historical Development of CIM 6.2 The CIM Wheel 6.3 Benefits of CIM 6.4 CIM-Related Standards 6.5 Group Technology and CIM 6.6 Process Planning and CIM 6.7 Computer-Aided Process Planning 6.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning and CIM 注释 7 Intelligent Manufacturing 7.1 Integration of Expert System,Databases,and CAD 7.2 Knowledge-Based System for Process Planning 7.3 Intelligent Scheduling of Automated Machining Systems 注释 CHAPTER 3 Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century What will 21st century manufacturing look like? 8 Agile Manufacturing 8.1 Introduction 8.2 AM-a new manufacturing strategy 8.3 AM is a production mode of the 21st century 8.4 Summary 注释 9 Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Technologies 9.3 Current application areas of RP&M 9.4 Data Preparation in RP&M 9.5 Problems and Research 9.6 Conclusions 注释 10 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Overview 10.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 10.4 Environmental Engineering 10.5 Summary 10.6 ISO 14000 Standards for Environmental Management 注释 11 Nanotechnology and Micro-Machine 11.1 Nanotechnology 11.2 Micro-machine 11.3 Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices 注释 总词汇表 AMT缩略语词汇表 参考书目 附录:世界著名机械工程学会名录