Advancement of Intelligent Production

As we move towards the 21st century, industries are compelled to turn from "high productivity and high precision" to "more intelligent and more human-oriented technology". This volume presents the existing state of the art of production/precision engineering and illuminates areas in which future work may proceed.

A Selection. Keynote Papers. Towards the integration of CAD, CAE and fast free form fabrication (M.I.C. Bloor et al.). Future perspective of CIM - proposal of I-CIM concept (I. Ham). Intelligence in machine tools by configuration (H.K. Tönshoff et al.). A perspective on the future of the precision engineering industry (E.R. McClure). On the mechanisms of material removal in fine grinding and polishing of advanced ceramics and glasses (R. Komanduri, T.R. Ramamohan). Advanced Manufacturing System. Recognition of hand-written mechnical drawing by multi-level neural network (MLNN) (Z. Wang, K. Tsumura, Y. Saito). A new method for constructing a software model of sculptured surfaces with C2 continuity from physical model (H. Aoyama et al.). Extraction and recognition of form features in a polyhedral object by using edge loops (M.S. Seo, K. Iwata, M. Onosato). The descriptive partial embedding of form feature models based on typed attributed entity structures in the standard for the exchange of product model date (H.E. Otto, F. Kimura). Hierarchical process model and description architecture of concurrent design and engineering process (Y. Kikuchi, T. Kishinami). Object-oriented intelligent design support system for machine tools (T. Moriwaki, N. Sugimura, T. Miyaji). Design of intelligent machine - distribution of knowledge and control (N. Moronuki et al.). Advanced Machine Tools. Five degrees of freedom axis motion control of active air rotary bearing (K. Sato, O. Horikawa, A. Shimokohbe). Analysis of the least temperature rise on the non concentric hydro dynamic bearing (N. Takeno). Analysis of the static behaviors of rolling guideways (J. Tong et al.). Theoretical and experimental study of oil-film damping technique for rolling slideways system (Q.-Y. Wang, Z. Jiang, W.-M. Qian). Precise tilting control of rotating table for facing lathe (H. Aoyama et al.). Development of hybrid magnetic spindle - characteristics of test spindle (T. Matsubara, S. Murakami, K. Kamiyama). Development of a wheel spindle for a productive type gear grinding machine (H. Nakamura et al.). Theoretical estimation method for alignment errors of vertical milling machine tools (M. Yamada, F. Tanaka, T. Kishinami). Active thermal deformation compensation based on internal monitoring and a neural network (M. Mitsuishi et al.). Development of a system which dynamically determines machining conditions based on real-time machining state detection (M. Mitsuishi et al.). Cutting and Abrasive Machining. Efficient high strength finish grinding of ceramics (J.E. Mayer, Jr., G.-P. Fang). Prevention of strength deterioration of ground ceramics by stiffness-controlled metal-bonded diamond wheel (M. Liu, J. Takagi, Y. Kobayashi). Process design in grinding of advanced ceramics (H.G. Wobker, H.-K. Tönshoff, F. Kroos). Effect of diamond surface modification on its cutting performance (D. Zuo, Y. Dai, M. Wang). Electrocontact discharge dressing of metal-bonded diamond wheel for surface grinding (J. Tamaki, T.R.A. Pearce). Efficient grinding technique utilizing electrolytic in-process dressing for precision machining of hard materials (H. Ohmori, I. Takahashi). Creep feed grinding of nickel-based alloys with advanced corundum and with CBN-grinding wheels (G. Spur, W. Niewelt). High efficiency finish grinding by helical scan grinding method (K. Suzuki, T. Uematsu, T. Nakagawa). Physical and Chemical Machining Process. Boundary characteristics of the guided and nonguided discharge by an excimer laser (Y. Hoshi et al.). Simulated laser texturing using a modified electrical discharge arrangement (J. Simão et al.). The effect of physical parameters on the fabrication of microstructures by photo polymerization (P.A. Abraha et al.). Machining behaviours of a liquid crystal polymer composite using Nd:YAG and excimer lasers (W.S. Lau, T.M. Yue, C.Y. Jiang). Ultra-precision processing of diamond with oxygen ion beams (S. Kiyohara, I. Miyamoto).