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Volume 27 Issue 4

Published: 2007 | Start Page: 285


Special Issue: Design for assembly
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Articles

Articles
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1630732 Design for disassembly: a critical twenty-first century discipline
Robert Bogue (pp. 285-289)
Keywords: Assembly, Legislation, Materials handling, Recycling
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1630733 AMTRI accelerates assembly automation
Christine Connolly (pp. 290-296)
Keywords: Automation, Composite materials, Simulation
ArticleType: Case study
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1630734 When your assembly system controller can be more than just a controller
Richard Bloss (pp. 297-301)
Keywords: Assembly, Computer software, Quality
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1630735 Leading UK manufacturer probes the potential of six sigma
Andrew Lee-Mortimer (pp. 302-308)
Keywords: Manufacturing industries, Organizational culture, Six sigma
ArticleType: Case study
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1630736 Linking product design in CAD with assembly operations in CAM for virtual product assembly
Chi-haur Wu, Yujun Xie, Swee Mean Mok (pp. 309-323)
Keywords: Assembly, Computer aided design
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1630914 Prediction of geometrical variations in Airbus wingbox assembly
Mozafar Saadat, Roy Sim, Farid Najafi (pp. 324-332)
Keywords: Aerospace industry, Assembly, Automation, Finite element analysis
ArticleType: Research paper
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1630738 A software framework for coping with heterogeneity in the shopfloor
Juan-Antonio Fernández-Madrigal, Cipriano Galindo, Ana Cruz-Martín, Javier González (pp. 333-342)
Keywords: Computer aided manufacturing, Fault tolerance, Manufacturing industries
ArticleType: Research paper
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1630739 Automated assembly of fuselage skin panels
N. Jayaweera, P. Webb (pp. 343-355)
Keywords: Aerospace industry, Assembly, Lasers, Measurement, Robotics
ArticleType: Research paper
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1630737 Prediction of geometrical variations in Airbus wingbox assembly
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Editorial

Disassembling planet Earth
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1630740 Disassembling planet Earth
Journal: Assembly Automation
Vol : 27 Issue: 4
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Author(s): Clive Loughlin
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Viewpoint

Principal barriers to the future of autonomous assembly
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1630741 Principal barriers to the future of autonomous assembly
Journal: Assembly Automation
Vol : 27 Issue: 4
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Author(s): Gordon Lowe
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News

Inventor of numerical control for machine tools – dead at 93
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1630742 Inventor of numerical control for machine tools – dead at 93
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ESI Group and Chengdu Aircraft Industry form strategic collaboration
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1630743 ESI Group and Chengdu Aircraft Industry form strategic collaboration
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Ramsis Ergonomic Software Launched in UK
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1630744 Ramsis Ergonomic Software Launched in UK
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Dairy

Dairy
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1630745 Dairy
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New products

Schneeberger MINISCALE miniature linear motion guide bearings include position feedback
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1630746 Schneeberger MINISCALE miniature linear motion guide bearings include position feedback
Journal: Assembly Automation
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Universal instruments launch world's fastest quad-gantry machine
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1630747 Universal instruments launch world's fastest quad-gantry machine
Journal: Assembly Automation
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Contax Launches New Essemtec FLX2010-LCV
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1630748 Contax Launches New Essemtec FLX2010-LCV
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New ANT-LX miniature translation stage delivers 2.5nm resolution with 5g acceleration and 500mm/s velocity
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1630749 New ANT-LX miniature translation stage delivers 2.5nm resolution with 5g acceleration and 500mm/s velocity
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Patents

Patents
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1630750 Patents
Journal: Assembly Automation
Vol : 27 Issue: 4
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Author(s): Jessica Mytum-Smithson
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Book reviews

Integral Mechanical Attachment: A Resurgence of the Oldest Method of Joining
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1630751 Integral Mechanical Attachment: A Resurgence of the Oldest Method of Joining
Journal: Assembly Automation
Vol : 27 Issue: 4
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Author(s): Juhani Heilala
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Mini features

Fieldbus calibrator cuts commissioning time and maintenance costs of plant fieldbus systems
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1630752 Fieldbus calibrator cuts commissioning time and maintenance costs of plant fieldbus systems
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New Hiperdrive Hub reduces cost of automatic size change by up to 30 per cent
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1630753 New Hiperdrive Hub reduces cost of automatic size change by up to 30 per cent
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Production upgrade through vision solution
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1630754 Production upgrade through vision solution
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Innovative stamp-handling machine provides high-speed solution for philatelic industry
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1630755 Innovative stamp-handling machine provides high-speed solution for philatelic industry
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OGP ZIP 250 improves measurement capability at Stanley Tools
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1630756 OGP ZIP 250 improves measurement capability at Stanley Tools
Journal: Assembly Automation
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Top design agency appoints modular automation to build assembly equipment for new windscreen repair system
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1630757 Top design agency appoints modular automation to build assembly equipment for new windscreen repair system
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New electrical cylinder provides programmable positioning
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1630758 New electrical cylinder provides programmable positioning
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Web sites

Web sites
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1630759 Web sites
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