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Item Open Access Design project 1968/9: management report(College of Aeronautics, 1969) College of Aeronautics, (Cranfield)1. INTRODUCTION The design of an automatic assembly machine with versatility in application was undertaken as a group project by post-graduate students attending a course in production technology. This report summarises the work clone and conclusions reached during the project. In addition there are available five other reports which describe the designing of different areas of the machine in full detail (refs. 1 to 6). There is also the report of a technical survey which was carried out to investigate industrial requirements for automatic assembly. In order that this report may serve as a guide, a summary of the content of each of the other reports is included.Item Open Access Design project 1968/9: report of assembly process committee(College of Aeronautics, 19) College of Aeronautics, (Cranfield)This report describes the approach to the design of an automatic versatile assembly machine of modular construction. Details of the design of the conveyor module, the platen upon which the assembly is mounted and the platen motivation mechanisms are included. It also includes the assembly system that has been applied to the assembly of an electrical contact block. This entailed a machine layout, the re-design of a component and the design and specification of appropriate fixing heads.Item Open Access Some preliminary suggestions on the standardisation of data collection procedures from U.K. commercial hovercraft operators and an initial study into the derivation of a standard method for estimating the operating costs of hovercraft(College of Aeronautics, 1968-08) College of Aeronautics, (Cranfield)INTRODUCTION This report is a summary of the ground covered during a 6 month pilot study encompassing a number of aspects of hovercraft operations. It is hoped that the experience gained. during this period of study will enable more specific tasks involving much more detailed analysis of particular aspects of operations to be carried out. a) the nature of data available on past operations; b) expected future data; c) topics expected to yield the greatest benefits to all parties concerned (i.e. Cranfiela, Mintech., the Operators and the Manufacturers, present and prospective) both in the short and long term: and a) manpower available. Unfortunately the latter restriction proved more severe than had been initially envisaged. Fields of study considered were as follows: (i) A study of the Problems involved in the derivation of a Standard Method for Estimating the Operating Costs of Hovercraft. (ii) An attempt to Standardise the data collection proceedures from the various current U.K. Operators. iii) An analysis of all currently available data. iv) An investigation into the possible use of Automatic Data Processing techniques for the collection and analysis of operating data. (v) An analysis of the causes and effects of delays and cancellations in current scheduled operations. (vi) A study of the traffic carried on and the demand for current scheduled services, and the effect of varying fare structures on this.