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Get the expert advise you need to shrink handling costs, reduce downtime and improve efficiency in plant operations! You'll use this comprehensive handbook during post design, process selection and planning, for establishing quality controls, tests, and measurements, to streamline production, and for managerial decision-making on capital investments and new automated systems.

With the approach of the 21st century, and the current trends in manufacturing, the role of computer-controlled flexible manufacturing an integral part in the success of manufacturing enterprises. will take Manufacturing environments are changing to small batch (with batch sizes diminishing to a quantity of one), larger product variety, produc tion on demand with low lead times, with the ability to be 'agile.' This is in stark contrast to conventional manufacturing which has relied on economies of scale, and where change is viewed as a disruption and is therefore detrimental to production. Computer integrated manufac turing (CIM) and flexible manufacturing practices are a key component in the transition from conventional manufacturing to the 'new' manu facturing environment. While the use of computers in manufacturing, from controlling indi vidual machines (NC, Robots, AGVs etc.) to controlling flexible manu facturing systems (FMS) has advanced the flexibility of manufacturing environments, it is still far from reaching its full potential in the environment of the future. Great strides have been made in individual technologies and control of FMS has been the subject of considerable research, but computerized shop floor control is not nearly as flexible or integrated as hyped in industrial and academic literature. In fact, the integrated systems have lagged far behind what could be achieved with existing technology.

This book 'Basic Mechanical Engineering' has been written to provide knowledge and insight into various aspects of Mechanical Engineering. This book is intended as text book to be used by the students in the technical institutions i.e. Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics. The book covers Syllabi of various Universities on 'Basic Mechanical Engineering', 'Elements of Mechanical Engineering', 'Mechanical Engineering', 'Introduction to Mechanical Engineering' and 'Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering' for the students of all the disciplines of Engineering. Adequate attention has been paid to emphasize on basic principles involved in the subject matter. The explanation in the text has been supported with line diagrams, along with numerous solved problems. The readers will find the book highly useful as a comprehensive text covering basic principles in simple language and easy to grasp formatting.