Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design

by Yusuf Altintas

Overview

Metal cutting is widely used in producing manufactured products. The technology has advanced considerably along with new materials, computers and sensors. This new edition considers the scientific principles of metal cutting and their practical application to manufacturing problems. It begins with metal cutting mechanics, principles of vibration and experimental modal analysis applied to solving shop floor problems. There is in-depth coverage of chatter vibrations, a problem experienced daily by manufacturing engineers. Programming, design and automation of CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools, NC (numerical control) programming and CAD/CAM technology are discussed. The text also covers the selection of drive actuators, feedback sensors, modelling and control of feed drives, the design of real time trajectory generation and interpolation algorithms and CNC-oriented error analysis in detail. Each chapter includes examples drawn from industry, design projects and homework problems. This is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and also practising engineers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107386686
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/16/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Yusuf Altintas is current NSERC Pratt and Whitney Canada Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He is also the Director of the Manufacturing Automation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. He is a Fellow of CIRP (1997), ASME (1998), SME (2007), Canadian Academy of Engineers (2007), Pratt and Whitney Canada (2008), University of Tokyo (2010) and Royal Society of Canada (2010). He is the author of the first edition of Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design (2000).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Mechanics of metal cutting; 3. Structural dynamics of machines; 4. Machine tool vibrations; 5. Technology of manufacturing automation; 6. Design and analysis of CNC systems; 7. Sensor-assisted machining; Appendices: A. LaPlace and z transforms; B. Off-line and on-line parameter estimation with Least squares.

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"..provides detailed, comprehensive coverage of topics that are important to researchers, professionals, and practitioners and that have not received adequate coverage in other publications...A must read for researchers in the area of machine tool design, as well as production engineers..Highly recommended." - S.D. El Wakil, CHOICE September 2012

Editorial Reviews

"..provides detailed, comprehensive coverage of topics that are important to researchers, professionals, and practitioners and that have not received adequate coverage in other publications...A must read for researchers in the area of machine tool design, as well as production engineers..Highly recommended." - S.D. El Wakil, CHOICE September 2012

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