NSF Grantees' Conference on Production Research and Technology (7th) Held at Ithaca, New York on September 25-27, 1979

摘要

A series of papers report recent developments in production research on automation and new process technology. As an applied science program, this project is concerned with the technical problems which underlie the physical transformations required to understand, model, control, and influence manufacturing operations. The utilitarian goal is to provide a knowledge base needed to generate new production technologies which may yield major increases in industrial productivity. Of special interest is the class of versatile, programmable, computer-based production technologies that will be required for automating the manufacturing of products made in small batches. Specific topics discussed include computer-aided injection molding, computer-aided design systems for casting, optimal planning of computerized manufacturing systems, the Padl-2 Project, advanced industrial robot control systems, machine intelligence research applied to industrial automation, micro-isotope tool wear detection, and the work of a machine tool task force.