Production and industrial engineering

This book identifies, analyzes and discusses the current trends of digitalized, decentralized, and networked physical value creation by focusing on the particular example of 3D printing.

This book details how safety (i.

This book explores effective environmental impact mitigation for petroleum-based lubricants to reduce their negative persistence during usage and upon end-of-life disposal.

This book is intended as atribute to Gianluca Spina, the influential and inspiring Professorof Business Management & Organization and Supply Chain Management at theSchool of Management of Politecnico di Milano, who very sadly passed away earlyin 2015.

In this book, experts from academia and industry present the latest advances in scientific theory relating to applied electromagnetics and examine current and emerging applications particularly within the fields of electronics, communications, and computer technology.

This book first presents different approaches to modeling of the cold spray process with the aim of extending current understanding of its fundamental principles and then describes emerging applications of cold spray.

This book discusses the latest developments in narrow fabrics from research institutions, machinery building companies and producers of such products, presented during the International Week of Narrow Fabrics in March 2016 in Monchengladbach, Germany.

This book is an introduction to the wide and varied world of 3D printing-an incredible technology used across an ever-growing list of industries.

This book presents valuable contributions devoted topractical applications of Machine Intelligence and Big Data in various branchesof the industry.

This volume gathers the peer reviewed papers which were presented at the 5th edition of the International Workshop "e;Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Man-ufacturing - SOHOMA'15"e; organized in November 5-6, 2015 by the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) of the University of Cambridge, UK in collaboration with the CIMR Research Centre in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Robotics of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, the LAMIH Laboratory of Industrial and Human Automation Control, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis, France and the CRAN Re-search Centre for Automatic Control, Nancy of the University of Lorraine, France.

This book presents topics on monitoring and evaluation of production processes in the automotive industry.

This textbook armsthe reader with powerful techniques of Modern TRIZ self-training andreal problem solving.

This book will provide researchers and graduate students withan overview of the recent developments and applications of processintensification in chemical engineering.

This monograph focuses on abrasive tools for grinding, polishing, honing, and lapping operations.

This proceedings volume presents the latest research fromthe worldwide mass customization, personalization and co-creation (MCPC)community bringing together new thoughts and results from various disciplineswithin the field.

This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field.

This book describes in a comprehensive manner the technical aspects of separation of rare earth elements into individual elements for industrial and commercial use.

This book presentsa unified methodology for the design of PID controllers that encompasses the widerange of different dynamics to be found in industrial processes.

This book highlights innovative solutions together withvarious techniques and methods that can help support the manufacturing sectorto excel in economic, social, and environmental terms in networked businessenvironments.

This book describes the latest efforts to develop aluminumnanocomposites with enhanced damping and mechanical properties and goodworkability.

Thisbook provides readers with a timely and comprehensive yet concise view on the field of fuzzy logic and its real-world applications.

This book introduces the most recent innovations in natural polymer applications in the food, construction, electronics, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and engineering industries.

This book focuses on the design of Robotic Flexible Assembly Cell (RFAC) with multi-robots.

Covering key topics in the fieldsuch as technological innovation, human-centered sustainable engineering andmanufacturing, and manufacture at a global scale in a virtual world, this bookaddresses both advanced techniques and industrial applications of key researchin interactive design and manufacturing.

This book analyzes the continuous operation of a power plant with condensing power units in combined heat and power mode (CHP-mode) over a period of one year.

This book describes industrial applications of polyolefins from the researchers' perspective.

This book describes various hybrid machining and finishing processes.

This book reports the elements required for implementing Just in Time (JIT) technique in companies.

This new edition provides an up-to-date coverage of important theoretical models in the scheduling literature as well as  significant scheduling problems that occur in the real world.

This book assesses the state of international manufacturing strategy and clarifies how recent developments, for example regarding configuration, technology, and the environment, are impacting on its content and direction and on its relationship to manufacturing performance.

This research monograph aims at presenting an integrated assessment approach to describe, model, evaluate and improve the eco-efficiency of existing and new grinding processes and systems.

Maximizing reader insights into the key scientific disciplines of Machine Tool Metrology, this text will prove useful for the industrial-practitioner and those interested in the operation of machine tools.

This second volume moves beyond a general introduction to product lifecycle management (PLM) and its principal elements to provide a more in-depth analysis of the subjects introduced in Volume 1 (21st Century Paradigm for Product Realisation).

This significantly updated edition looks at each stage in the life cycle of petroleum products, from exploration to end use, examining the environmental pressures on the oil industry and its response.

This book presents resent research advances in the area of eco-triobology.

This book covers design of experiments (DoE) applied in production engineering as a combination of manufacturing technology with applied management science.

This book provides a basis for the design and analysis of welded components that are subjected to fluctuating forces, to avoid failure by fatigue.

This book is about applied materials research in industry.

Providing a step-by-step guide for the implementation of virtual manufacturing using Creo Parametric software (formerly known as Pro-Engineer), this book creates an engaging and interactive learning experience for manufacturing engineering students.

This book demonstrates how to apply modern approaches to complex system control in practical applications involving knowledge-based systems.

This book treats several subjects from the History of Mechanism and Machine Science, and also contains an illustrative presentation of the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, which houses a collection of various pieces of machinery from the last 150 years.

This book presents a complete, in-depth analysis for on the impact of liquid sulfur dioxide and liquid sulfur trioxide to carry out complex and difficult sulfonations, as well as manufacture of sulfuric acid with a CAPEX requirement of less than half, an area requirement less than one-third, and no emission of sulfur dioxide.

The purpose of this monograph is to characterize and describe the quality of machined wood surfaces, whereas particular attention is given to the utility and to aesthetical values in product design.

This book guides readers through the systematic analysis of Arc Spraying: one of the most widespread and important thermal spraying methods.

This book explores emerging methods and algorithms that enable precise control of micro-/nano-positioning systems.

This book describes the phases for innovative metallurgical process development, from concept to commercialization.

The lessons in this fundamental text equip students with the theory of Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE), the essentials of Rapid Prototyping, as well as practical skills needed to apply this understanding in real world design and manufacturing settings.

A coherent, concise and comprehensive course in the statistics needed for a modern career in chemical engineering; covers all of the concepts required for the American Fundamentals of Engineering examination.

This monograph provides a methodological approach for establishing demand-oriented levels of energy transparency of factories.

This textbook introduces essential topics and techniques in production and efficiency analysis and shows how to apply these methods using the statistical software R.