Issues

Special Issue: Flexible manufacturing and Small Batch Production. Guest Editor: Mozafar Saadat

Book review

Kaizen Assembly: Designing, Constructing, and Managing a Lean Assembly Line June 28, 2006

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Is six sigma a management fad or fact?

Jiju Antony
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Eighteen “monozukuri‐focused” assembly line design and visual factory management principles with DENSO industrial examples

Paul G. Ranky
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Maybe the world's largest automated assembly system?

Richard Bloss
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Machine tools become much more than just a lathe or milling machine

Richard Bloss
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The cost of flexibility

Johannes Van Biesebroeck
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Selecting the right system ‐ assembly system comparison with total cost of ownership methodology

Juhani Heilala; Jari Montonen; Kaj Helin
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Alignment of parts in automatic assembly using vibrations

Bronius Baksys; Nomeda Puodziuniene
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PARVUS – miniaturised robot for improved flexibility in micro production

Arne Burisch; Jan Wrege; Annika Raatz; Jürgen Hesselbach; Reinhard Degen
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Novel design and development of an active feeder

Patrick S.K. Chua
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An image processing approach for jigsaw puzzle assembly

Ni Fei; Fu Zhuang; Liu Renqiang; Cao Qixin; Zhao Yanzheng
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Diary

Diary

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Editorial

Brick walls do not a prison make

Clive Loughlin
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Mini features

ERP systems can achieve up to 50 percent higher return on investment when used with RFID mobile data capture systems

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Aerotech's Nmark™ brings integrated galvo head control to A3200 Automation Platform

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Better bottling thanks to Cognex vision

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Sports car parts finished with KMT routing systems at Peguform

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New products

ABB Robotics launches simple programming tool

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ImageID Unveils the Visidot™ 2.0 automatic identification and data capture solution

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Affordable and highly accurate digital dispensing from OK International

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Olympus analySIS family launched to meet exacting industrial quality requirements

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ESSEMTEC launch new HLX8200 Pick&Place

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News

Modular Automation International focuses on the Emerald Isle

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Simulation cuts robotic assembly cell build time

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Güdel work handling solution selected by Ultraseal International for major export order

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Note from the publisher

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh
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Patent abstracts

Patent abstracts

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Viewpoint

Flexible manufacturing and small batch production

Mozafar Saadat
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Web sites

Web sites

Jessica Mytum-Smithson
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