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The Art of Manufacturing

By : Ninad Deshpande, Sivaram Pothukuchi
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The Art of Manufacturing

By: Ninad Deshpande, Sivaram Pothukuchi

Overview of this book

Engineering disciplines focus mainly on programming control systems, while the challenges they overcome or their industry applications largely go uncovered, leaving a huge gap between the theory and industry practices. This leads to engineers learning about subjects without actually understanding their purpose and entering the industry needing months of training. The Art of Manufacturing cuts across pedantic theory and reaches practical applications. You’ll begin your learning journey by starting from the product and moving backward to the manufacturing landscape, factories, machines, and finally to the automation and control challenges faced in manufacturing. The book builds on the authors’ valuable on-field experience, providing a detailed view of the manufacturing of real-world products, while simultaneously providing various analogies and references to daily tasks. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll work on interesting control problems and find out how to overcome them in applications. The concluding chapters offer you a sneak peek into the future of automation and factories. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to relate a real-world product with an associated control challenge and discover ways to overcome these challenges.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to the Manufacturing Landscape and Innovative Automation in Everyday Life
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Part 2: Automation and Humans

Part 1: Introduction to the Manufacturing Landscape and Innovative Automation in Everyday Life

By the end of this section, you will understand the manufacturing landscape, supply chains, and basic elements of a factory and a machine, moving from larger parts such as a factory and machine to the smallest element such as a sensor or an actuator. We will also explore the topics of control challenges across a selection of industries and try to provide insights into how automation and control helps us overcome these challenges.

This part has the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Automation Is a Part of Our Daily Lives
  • Chapter 2, The Art of Temperature Control
  • Chapter 3, Tension Control – Managing Material Tension
  • Chapter 4, Level Control – Controlling the Level of Liquid to Avoid Drying Up or Spilling Over
  • Chapter 5, Motion Control – Control, Synchronization, and Interpolation of Axes for Accuracy and Precision
  • Chapter 6, Material Dispensing...