Proceedings of the 33rd International MATADOR Conference

by Conference Chairman n1 It is my pleasure to introduce this volume of Proceedings for the 33 MATADOR Conference. The Proceedings include 83 refereed papers submitted from 19 countries on 4 continents. 00 The spread of papers in this volume reflects four developments since the 32 MATADOR Conference in 1997: (i) the power of information technology to integrate the management and control of manufacturing systems; (ii) international manufacturing enterprises; (iii) the use of computers to integrate different aspects of manufacturing technology; and, (iv) new manufacturing technologies. New developments in the manufacturing systems area are globalisation and the use of the Web to achieve virtual enterprises. In manufacturing technology the potential of the following processes is being realised: rapid proto typing, laser processing, high-speed machining, and high-speed machine tool design. And, at the same time in the area of controls and automation, the flexibility and integration ability of open architecture computer controllers are creating a wide range of opportunities for novel solutions. Up-to-date research results in these and other areas are presented in this volume. The Proceedings reflect the truly international nature of this Conference and the way in which original research results are both collected and disseminated. The volume does not, however, record the rich debate and extensive scientific discussion which took place during the Conference. I trust that you will find this volume to be a permanent record of some of the research carried out in the last two years; and.

MATADOR is an extremely well respected conference, with internationally respected contributors, covering a vast range of topics

Klappentext

This book contains approximately 100 refereed papers presented at the 33rd MATADOR conference held at UMIST in July 2000. The MATADOR series of conferences cover the topics of Manufacturing, Automation, and Systems, Technology, Applications, Design, Organisation and Management, and Research. The 33rd proceedings contain original papers contributed by researchers from over 20 countries. The papers cover both the technological aspect of the manufacturing processes; and the systems, business and management features of manufacturing enterprise. The papers in this volume reflect: the importance of manufacturing to national wealth creation, the necessity of responsiveness and agility of manufacturing companies to meet market-led requirements and international change; the role of information technology and electronic communications in the growth of global manufacturing enterprises; and, the impact of new technologies, new materials and processes on the ability to produce goods of higher quality, more quickly, to meet market needs at lower cost. Some of the major generic developments that have taken place in these areas, which have taken place since the 32nd MATADOR conference was held in 1997, are reported in this volume.

Inhalt
Manufacturing Systems I.- Manufacturing Systems II.- Intelligent Manufacturing Systems I.- Intelligent Manufacturing Systems II.- Computer-Aided Engineering and Process Planning.- Manufacturing Systems and Concurrent Engineering.- Reliability, Quality and Maintenance Engineering.- Automation and Robotics.- Co-Ordinate Measuring Machines.- Machine Tool Accuracy I.- Machine Tool Accuracy II.- Consolidation Processes.- Unconventional Cutting.- Metal Forming I.- Metal Forming II.- Metal Forming III.- Metal Cutting.- Laser Processing I.- Laser Processing II.- Machine Tool Engineering.- Computer-Aided Tolerancing.