Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems [electronic resource] / edited by Hoda A. ElMaraghy.

Definitions and Strategies -- Changeability – An Introduction -- Changing and Evolving Products and Systems – Models and Enablers -- Focused Flexibility in Production Systems -- Physical Enablers – Manufacturing Machinery and Hardware -- Control of Reconfigurable Machine Tools -- Reconfigurable Machine Tools for a Flexible Manufacturing System -- Reconfigurable Machine Tools and Equipment -- Changeable and Reconfigurable Assembly Systems -- Logical Enablers – Reconfigurable Control Systems for Robots -- Unified Dynamic and Control Models for Reconfigurable Robots -- Reconfigurable Control of Constrained Flexible Joint Robots Interacting with Dynamic and Changeable Environment -- Logical Enablers – Process Planning -- Reconfiguring Process Plans: A New Approach to Minimize Change -- Logical Enablers – Production and Capacity Planning and Control -- Adaptive Production Planning and Control – Elements and Enablers of Changeability -- Component Oriented Design of Change-Ready MPC Systems -- Dynamic Capacity Planning and Modeling Its Complexity -- Managing and Justifying Change in Manufacturing – Products and Systems Design, Planning and Management -- Design for Changeability -- Changeability Effect on Manufacturing Systems Design -- Managing Change and Reconfigurations of CNC Machine Tools -- Managing and Justifying Change in Manufacturing – Cost and Quality Management -- Economic and Strategic Justification of Changeable, Reconfigurable and Flexible Manufacturing -- Quality and Maintainability Frameworks for Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing -- Maintenance Strategies for Changeable Manufacturing -- Future Directions -- The Cognitive Factory -- Migration Manufacturing – A New Concept for Automotive Body Production -- Changeable Factory Buildings – An Architectural View.

Change, in products and systems, has become a constant in manufacturing. Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems discusses many key strategies for success in this environment. Changes can most often be anticipated but some go beyond the design range. This requires providing innovative change enablers and adaptation mechanisms. Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems presents the new concept of changeability as an umbrella framework that encompasses many paradigms such as agility, adaptability, flexibility and reconfigurability. The book provides the definitions and classification of key terms in this new field, and emphasizes the required physical/hard and logical/soft change enablers. Over 22 chapters, the book presents cutting edge technologies, the latest thinking and research results, as well as future directions to help manufacturers stay competitive. It contains original contributions and results from senior international experts, experienced practitioners and accomplished researchers in the field of manufacturing, together with industrial applications. Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems serves as a comprehensive reference and textbook for industrial professionals, managers, engineers, specialists, researchers and academics in manufacturing, industrial and mechanical engineering; and general readers who are interested to learn about the new and emerging manufacturing paradigms and their potential impact on the workplace and future jobs.