This research proposes a generic decision making system structure for real time
despatch control in small Flexible Manufacturing Systems. This is to satisfy the requirement for low cost control systems that can be flexibly ...
Increased demands for precision components made of brittle materials such as
glasses and advanced ceramics, are such that conventional (free abrasive) grinding
and polishing techniques can no longer meet the requirements ...
This thesis proposes a workable application philosophy for
state of the art tools operating at the
Design/Manufacturing interface. It promotes an
organisational approach in developing a framework for a
strategic Design ...
'Low density polyethylene has been oriented into a state of
transverse isotropy by cold-drawing an originally isotropic blank in
uniaxial tension, and the non-linear creep behaviour of the material
has been completely ...