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Fixtures are an essential part of manufacturing production. This book covers computer-aided fixture design, fixture clamping synthesis and optimisation, workpiece-fixture interaction, intelligent fixture designed to integrate with processing equipment or machine tools so as to improve productivity and product quality, Internet-enabled fixture design and modular fixture database management. These are the emerging issues central to the development of computer-integrated manufacturing. Covering the established knowledge of fixture design automation and the niche areas of fixture system integration and Internet-enabled design, the book would be a prevalent reference for academics, manufacturing & industrial engineers, and a valuable text for engineering graduate students.
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finfldvancedTreaNse on Fixture Design and Planning SERIES ON MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY Editors-in-Chief: Andrew Y. C. Nee (National University of Singapore, Singapore) J.-H. Chun (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Assistant Editor: S. K. Ong (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Published Vol. 1: An Advanced Treatise on Fixture Design and Planning Andrew Y. C. Nee, Z. J. Tao & A. Senthil Kumar fln Advanced Treatise on Fixture Design and Planning Andrew Y. C. Nee National University of Singapore Z. J. Tao Nanyang Polytechnic A. Senthil Kumar National University of Singapore \[p World Scientific NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TAIPEI • CHENNAI Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401^02, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. AN ADVANCED TREATISE ON FIXTURE DESIGN AND PLANNING Copyright © 2004 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 981-256-059-9 Editor: Tjan Kwang Wei Printed in Singapore by World Scientific Printers (S) Pte Ltd A.Y.C. Nee To my wife Siew Kheng and daughters Joanne, Julianne, Suzanne for their patience and understanding Z.J. Tao To my wife Hongbing for her patience and support A. Senthil kumar To my parents Prof Anantharajan and Ms Vijayalakshmi, and my wife Amutha and son Saravan for their help and understanding Preface The primary goal of this book is to cover, as much as possible, the state-of-the-art development in the domain of computer-aided fixture design and planning. The text concentrates on key issues central to the development of computer-integrated manufacturing, such as fixture design automation, fixture clamping layout synthesis, clamping intensity optimisation, workpiece-fixture interaction, intelligent fixtures which are integrated with processing equipment or machine tools, Internetenabled fixture design and modular fixture database management. This book is intended to be a reference text for academics, manufacturing and industrial engineers. It may also be used as a text for engineering graduate students in the discipline. The organisation of the book is arranged in a topical manner. It begins with