Issues

Special Issue: Design for assembly. Guest Editor: Gordon Lowe

Book reviews

Integral Mechanical Attachment: A Resurgence of the Oldest Method of Joining

Juhani Heilala
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Leading UK manufacturer probes the potential of six sigma

Andrew Lee‐Mortimer
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When your assembly system controller can be more than just a controller

Richard Bloss
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Design for disassembly: a critical twenty‐first century discipline

Robert Bogue
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A software framework for coping with heterogeneity in the shopfloor

Juan‐Antonio Fernández‐Madrigal; Cipriano Galindo; Ana Cruz‐Martín; Javier González
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AMTRI accelerates assembly automation

Christine Connolly
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Prediction of geometrical variations in Airbus wingbox assembly

Mozafar Saadat; Roy Sim; Farid Najafi
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Linking product design in CAD with assembly operations in CAM for virtual product assembly

Chi‐haur Wu; Yujun Xie; Swee Mean Mok
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Automated assembly of fuselage skin panels

N. Jayaweera; P. Webb
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Dairy

Dairy

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Editorial

Disassembling planet Earth

Clive Loughlin
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Mini features

Fieldbus calibrator cuts commissioning time and maintenance costs of plant fieldbus systems

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New electrical cylinder provides programmable positioning

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Top design agency appoints modular automation to build assembly equipment for new windscreen repair system

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Production upgrade through vision solution

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New Hiperdrive Hub reduces cost of automatic size change by up to 30 per cent

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OGP ZIP 250 improves measurement capability at Stanley Tools

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Innovative stamp-handling machine provides high-speed solution for philatelic industry

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New products

Contax Launches New Essemtec FLX2010-LCV

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Universal instruments launch world's fastest quad-gantry machine

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Schneeberger MINISCALE miniature linear motion guide bearings include position feedback

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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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News

Inventor of numerical control for machine tools – dead at 93

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Ramsis Ergonomic Software Launched in UK

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ESI Group and Chengdu Aircraft Industry form strategic collaboration

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Patents

Patents

Jessica Mytum-Smithson
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Viewpoint

Principal barriers to the future of autonomous assembly

Gordon Lowe
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Web sites

Web sites

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