The work presented in this thesis considers the issues related to the design and implementation of the rotor blade production facility at Rolls-Royce. The volume production of this component will be significantly higher ...

Workers in today’s manufacturing environments have to cope with a greater variety of complex and rapidly changing tasks than ever before. To ensure consistent high quality of products and manufacturing processes, workers ...

The changing manufacturing environment is putting pressure on shop floor operators. To help them cope with the pressures and support them in their tasks an industrial hypermedia application, a computerised information ...

As information technology (IT) capabilities increase, manufacturing businesses are realigning their information systems infrastructure to remain competitive. This has resulted in substantial increases in IT use in technical ...

A model is presented, which allows a machine tool in a service arrangement to be simulated. The impact of machine tool downtime and the sensitivity of machine performance to the services provided may be modelled and ...

The lamination process is the core in the manufacture of carbon fibre composites. This thesis is a detailed study of the manner in which in-process inspection can be organised so that process flaws that subsequently ...

With increasing competitive pressures in a global economy, manufacturing organisations are constantly looking for new methods to maximise efficiency and effectiveness, and hence profitability. Philosophies like Total ...