This volume adrdesses the issues which are crucial to the production and optimum utlilization of forged parts on a global basis. It presents current developments concerning the process technologies which should meet the specification of the next generation of component requirements from end-users.
Topics covered include: design technologies and applications; FE simulation for concurrent design and manufacture; methodologies; knowledge engineering and management; CE within virtual enterprises; and CE - the future.
This contributed volume contains the research results of the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries”, funded by the German Research Society (DFG). The approach to the topic is genuinely interdisciplinary, covering insights from fields such as engineering, material sciences, economics and social sciences. The book contains coherent deterministic models for integrative product creation chains as well as harmonized cybernetic models of production systems. The content is structured into five sections: Integrative Production Technology, Individualized Production, Virtual Production Systems, Integrated Technologies, Self-Optimizing Production Systems and Collaboration Productivity.The target audience primarily comprises research experts and practitioners in the field of production engineering, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.
The Toronto transit commission's T1 subway car, safety audits, how materials management can add value to a business, group standards and vehicle acceptance, commissioning trains, reliability growth in the rail industry, and the safety consideration of introducing new rolling stock on an adjacent railway system are among the eight topics. For professionals in or associated with the railway industry. No index or introduction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A dozen papers project the future of railroads, emphasizing trends and conditions in Europe. They consider such topics as the environmental noise dividend from new railways, making light rail affordable and attractive, steering by wire, utilizing transport infrastructure and land through information technology, whether virtual reality is a toy or a tool, and progress on the Japanese Maglev system. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR