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MIKELL P. GROOVER is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, where he also serves as Director of the Manufacturing Technology Laboratory. He holds the following degrees all from Lehigh: B.A. (1961) in Arts and Science, B.S. (1962) in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. (1966) and Ph.D. (1969) in Industrial Engineering. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania (since 1972). His industrial experience includes full-time employment at Eastman Kodak Company as a Manufacturing Engineer. Since joining Lehigh, he has done consulting, research, and project work for a number of industrial companies including Ingersoll-Rand, Air Products & Chemicals, Bethlehem Steel, and Hershey Foods.
His teaching and research areas include manufacturing processes, metal cutting theory, automation and robotics, production systems, material handling, facilities planning, and work systems. He has received a number of teaching awards, including the Albert Holzman Outstanding Educator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). His publications include over 75 technical articles and papers which have appeared in Industrial Engineering, IIE Transactions, NAMRC Proceedings, ASME Transactions, IEEE Spectrum, International Journal of Production Systems, Encyclopaedia Britannica, SME Technical Papers, and others. Professor Groover's avocation is writing textbooks on topics in manufacturing and automation. His previous books are used throughout the world and have been translated into French, German, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese. His book Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing received the 1996 IIE Joint Publishers Award and the 1996 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Textbook Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Dr. Groover is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI). He is a Fellow of IIE and SME.
| Introduction | |
| Production Systems | |
| Automation in Production Systems | |
| Manual Labor in Production Systems | |
| Automation Principles and Strategies | |
| Organization of the Book | |
| Overview of Manufacturing | |
| Manufacturing Operations | |
| Manufacturing Industries and Products | |
| Manufacturing Operations | |
| Production Facilities | |
| Product/Production Relationships | |
| Lean Production | |
| Manufacturing Models and Metrics | |
| Mathematical Models of Production Performance | |
| Manufacturing Costs Appendix A3 Averaging Procedures for Production Models | |
| Automation and Control Technologies | |
| Introduction to Automation | |
| Basic Elements of an Automated System | |
| Advanced Automation Functions | |
| Levels of Automation | |
| Industrial Control Systems | |
| Process Industries Versus Discrete Manufacturing Industries | |
| Continuous Versus Discrete Control | |
| Computer Process Control | |
| Hardware Components for Automation and Process Control | |
| Sensors | |
| Actuators | |
| Analog-to-Digital Converters | |
| Digital-to-Analog Converters | |
| Input/Output Devices for Discrete Data | |
| Numerical Control | |
| Fundamentals of NC Technology | |
| Computer Numerical Control | |
| Distributed Numerical Control | |
| Applications of NC | |
| Engineering Analysis of NC Positioning Systems | |
| NC Part Programming Appendix A7 Coding for Manual Part Programming Appendix B7 Part Programming with APT | |
| Industrial Robotics | |
| Robot Anatomy and Related Attributes | |
| Robot Control Systems | |
| End Effectors | |
| Sensors in Robotics | |
| Industrial Robot Applications | |
| Robot Programming | |
| Robot Accuracy and Repeatability | |
| Discrete Control Using Programmable Logic Controllers and Personal Computers | |
| Discrete Process Control | |
| Ladder Logic Diagrams | |
| Programmable Logic Controllers | |
| Personal Computers Using Soft Logic | |
| Material Handling and Identification Technologies | |
| Material Transport Systems | |
| Introduction to Material Handling Equipment | |
| Material Transport Equipment | |
| Analysis of Material Transport Systems | |
| Storage Systems | |
| Storage System Performance and Location Strategies | |
| Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment | |
| Automated Storage Systems | |
| Engineering Analysis of Storage Systems | |
| Automatic Identification and Data Capture | |
| Overview of Automatic Identification Methods | |
| Bar Code Technology | |
| Radio Frequency Identification | |
| Other AIDC Technologies | |
| Manufacturing Systems | |
| Introduction to Manufacturing Systems | |
| Components of a Manufacturing System | |
| Classification of Manufacturing Systems | |
| Overview of the Classification Scheme | |
| Single-Station Manufacturing Cells | |
| Single Station Manned Workstations | |
| Single Station Automated Cells | |
| Applications of Single Station Cells | |
| Analysis of Single Station Cells | |
| Manual Assembly Lines | |
| Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines | |
| Analysis of Single Model Assembly Lines | |
| Line Balancing Algorithms | |
| Mixed Model Assembly Lines | |
| Workstation Considerations | |
| Other Considerations in Assembly Line Design | |
| Alternative Assembly Systems | |
| Automated Production Lines | |
| Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines | |
| Applications of Automated Producti | |
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