Modular Design for Machine Tools / Edition 1

by Yoshimi Ito

Overview

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Harness the Latest Modular Design Methods to Increase Productivity, Save Time, and Reduce Costs in Manufacturing

Machine designers and toolmakers can turn to Modular Design for Machine Tools for a complete guide to designing and building machines using modular design methods. The information and techniques presented in this skills-building book will enable readers to shorten machine design time...improve reliability…reduce costs…and simplify service and repair.

Packed with over 100 detailed illustrations, this essential resource explores the basics of modular design…the methodology of machine tools… the description and application of machine tools…interfacial structural configuration in modular design…stationary and sliding joints…model theory and testing…and much more. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, Modular Design for Machine Tools includes:

• Expert classification of machine tool joints
• Concise definitions of machine tool joints and characteristics
• Similarity evaluations of structural configurations
• Design formulas and features of single flat joints under dynamic loading
• Solved examples that illustrate and prove formulas
• Hard-to-find graphs for gear design, comparative tables for machine tool drives, and simplified electrical circuit designs

Inside This Cutting-Edge Modular Design Guide

• Part 1: Engineering Guide to Modular Design and Description/Methodology of Machine Tools • What Is Modular Design? • Engineering Guide to and Future Perspectives on Modular Design • Description of Machine Tools • Application of Machine Tools to Engineering Design • Part 2: Engineering Design for Machine Tool Joints-Interfacial Structural Configuration in Modular Design • Machine Tool Joints • Engineering Design Fundamentals • Practice and First-Hand Views of Related Engineering Developments: Stationary Joints and Sliding Joints • Engineering Knowledge of Other Joints • Measurement of Interface Pressure by Means of Ultrasonic Waves • Model Theory and Testing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071496605
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/15/2008
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.27(d)

About the Author

Yoshimi Ito is Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute ofTechnology. He has written more than 100 research papers and is pastpresident of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Table of Contents

Preface
Terminology and Abbreviateds
Nonemclature
Conversion Tables
Part 1: Engineering Guides of Modular Design and Description: Methodology of Machine Tools
Chapter 1: Basic Knowledge: What is Modular Design?
Chapter 2: Engineering Guides and Future Perspectives of Modular Design
Chapter 3: Description of Machine Tools
Chapter 4: Application of Machine Tool Description to Engineering Design
Part 2: Engineering Design for Machine Tool Joints: Interfacial Structural Configuration in Modular Design
Chapter 5: Basic Knowledge of Machine Tool Joints
Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Engineering Design and Characteristics of the Single Flat Joint
Chapter 7: Design Guides, Practices, and Firsthand View of Engineering Developments—Stationary Joints
Chapter 8: Design Guides, Practices, and Firsthand View of Engineering Developments—Sliding Joints
Chapter 9: Rudimentary Engineering Knowledge about Other Joints
Appendix 1: Measurement of Interface Pressure by Means of Ultrasonic Waves
Appendix 2: Model Theory and Testing