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Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
By
Zhuming Bi,
Zhuming Bi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Xiaoqin Wang
Xiaoqin Wang
Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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ISBN:
9781119534211
No. of Pages:
640
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2020
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7. Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing
By
Zhuming Bi
,
Zhuming Bi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Xiaoqin Wang
Xiaoqin Wang
Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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Page Count:
47
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Published:2020
Modern products are becoming more and more complex and the variety and number of the resources required to manufacture products in a plant are increasing continuously. Planning and scheduling of manufacturing activities are more and more complicated and challenging. The physical plant must be organized to run manufacturing businesses efficiently to avoid unnecessary messes such as the machine shop shown in Figure 7.1.
7.1
Introduction
7.2Manufacturing System and Components
7.3Layouts of Manufacturing Systems
7.4Group Technology (GT)
7.5Cellular Manufacturing
7.6Summary
7.7Design Problems
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