Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Matador Conference

612 Pages·1997·99.611 MB·English

by  A. K. Kochhar, J. Atkinson, G. Barrow, M. Burdekin, R. G. Hannam, S. Hinduja, P. Brunn, L. Li (eds.)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
THIRTY-SECOND INTERNATIONAL
MATADOR
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
THIRTY-SECOND INTERNATIONAL
MATADOR
CONFERENCE
held in Manchester
10th - 11th July 1997
Edited by
A. K. KOCHHAR
Lucas Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Associate Editors
1. ATKINSON, G. BARROW, M. BURDEKIN, R. G. HANNAM, S. HINDUJA, P. BRUNN, L.LI
UMIST
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1997
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THIRTY-SECOND INTERNATIONAL
MATADOR
CONFERENCE
10th - 11th July 1997
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Professor A. K. Kochhar (Chairman)
Dr. J. Atkinson
Dr. G. Barrow
Dr. M. Burdekin
Dr. R. G. Hannam
Dr. S. Hinduja
Dr. P. Brunn
Dr. L. Li
ORGANISING SECRETARY
Mrs C. Collins
CONTENTS
Foreword ix
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS I
CONSOLIDATING INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR COMPUTER NETWORKED MANUFACTURING:
ASOFTWAREENVffiONMENTARCHITECTURE
V. V. KRYSSANOV, V. A. ABRAMOV, Y. FUKUDA, K. KONISHI 3
THE COMBINATION OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION IN THE
SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MACHINE TOOL -A CASE STUDY OF THE HARRISON
ALPHA LATHE
S. LEBEAU 9
AUDITING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
UMIT S BITITCI, ALLAN S CARRIE, LIAM MCDEVITT AND TREVOR TURNER 15
THE BEHAVIOURAL IMPLICATIONS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES
V HANNA, N D BURNS 21
DESCRIPTION, MODELLING AND DESIGN OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
PETER JACOBSON AND CARSTEN RUDOLPH 27
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS II
IDEATION-BASED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A MATERIALS HANDLING AND
TRANSFER (MHT) SYSTEM
TOMASZ ARCISZEWSKI and REUVEN KARNI 35
INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS DESIGN
B.WU 41
HIERARCHICAL FEATURES IN DESIGN ATTRIBUTES OF REGION-AND RACIAL
TRAIT-HARMONIZED PRODUCTS
KATRIN HOFT and YOSHIMI ITO 47
ROBUST PROCESS DESIGN IN SIMULTANEOUS ENGINEERING (PROROSE)
TILO PFEIFER, JORG HOMERING and STEFAN SIEGLER 53
OBJECT-ORIENTED REFERENCE MODEL: THE FUZZY FRONT END OF THE PRODUCT
INTRODUCTION PROCESS
M. A. WILLIAMS and A. K. KOCHHAR 59
FUTURE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
TOWARDS VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING: THE CASE OF THE ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY INDUSTRY
MARGARET WEBSTER, ALAN MUHLEMANN and CHRIS ALDER 67
DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING NEW PRODUCT DESIGN CAPABILITIES: ISSUES FOR SUPPLY
INDUSTRIES
S. K. BANERJEE and AHMAD Z. ABIDIN 73
CAPABILITY EVALUATION IN GLOBAL STEELMAKING
C. PUSHPAKUMARA and E. K. LO 79
PLANNING AND OPTIMISATION TO FACILITATE DISASSEMBLY IN A RECYCLING ORIENTED
MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
TRACYBHAMRA 85
MANUFACTURING STRATEGY AND SYSTEMS
MANUFACTURING STRATEGY FOR SME'S
C. E. R. WAINWRIGHT* and R LEONARD** 93
IN SEARCH OF THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OR HOW STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE
INFLUENCE EACH OTHER
D. MARKFORT and C. BORGMANN 99
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING:
"HOW TO DO IN HIGH COMPETITIVE SURPRESIVE MARKETS"
J. B. ELEJABARRIETA 105
COMPUTERISED METHODOLOGIES FOR MODELLING OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
A. M. A. AL-AHMARI and K. RIDGWAY 111
A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR CO-ORDINATION AND CONTROL OF FMS OPERATIONS
I. A. ORAIFIGE, A. ZAKERI, N. E. GOUGH, G.M. DIMIROVSKI, O. ILIEV 117
MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROL INFORMATION
SYSTEM -A CASE STUDY
M. D. STIRLING, D. J. PETTY, D. J. VENABLES and D. K. HARRISON 125
ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE PERIOD LENGTH IN A PERIOD BATCH CONTROL SYSTEM
J. RIEZEBOS 131
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF A REAL COMPLEX PROCESS-BASED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
A. CALINESCU, J. EFSTATHIOU, 1. BERMEJO and 1. SCHIRN 137
USING THE BIDDING OPTIMISATION APPROACH FOR MANUFACTURING JOB SCHEDULING
J. G. QI, G. R. BURNS and D. K. HARRISON 143
DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY IN MANUFACTURING: THE IMPACT ON SCHEDULING
J. BERMEJO, A. CALINESCU, 1. EFSTATHIOU and J. SCHIRN 149
MODELLING AND SIMULATION
REFERENCE MODELS FOR PROCESS ORIENTED MANUFACTURING SYSTEM MODELLING
K. MERTINS, M. RABE and W. MULLER 157
GRAI METHOD AND SIMULATION: AN APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE PRODUCTION
PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
SUPARNO and A. S. CARRIE 163
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHEN USING SIMULATION MODELS OF
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
U. ERIKSSON and A. KINNANDER 169
SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AN OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING TOOL
N. J. BOUGHTON and D. M. LOVE 175
SIMULATION TOOL FOR REAL TIME SCHEDULING IN MANUFACTURING
S. SIMEONOV 181
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INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
AUTONOMOUS MACHINING CENTER USING INTELLIGENT SUPERVISORY STRATEGY
C. CAMPANA and D. SHETTY 189
A COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM FOR THE SELECTION OF AN ASSEMBLY STRATEGY FOR
TOLERANCE PURPOSES
Y. MOSTEFAI and M. C. BONNEY 195
A KNOWLEDGE-BASED PLANNING SYSTEM FOR THE MULTI-PRODUCT ASSEMBLY LINES
A. KHAN and M. K. KHAN 201
QUALITY GENERATION IN ADDITIONAL FINISHING BY THE APPLICATION OF EXPERT SYSTEMS
N. STOJANOVIC, U. STOIUKOVIC, I. MITIC AND V. STOIUKOVIC 207
A RELIABILITY BASED SIMULATING MODEL OF A MANUFACTURING CELL
F. CAMPEAN, I. POPESCU and D. OSYPIW 213
MANUFACTURING EDUCATION
A VIRTUAL COMPANY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
U. THORSTEINSSON 221
TEACHING INTRODUCTORY MANUFACTURING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN USING TAGUCHI
METHODOLOGY
R. E. THOMPSON 227
MANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND DATA MANAGEMENT USING
VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNIQUES
Z. J. XU, Z. X. ZHAO and R. W. BAINES 233
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING CELL
R. H. A. SEIDEL and X. XU 239
INTEGRATED VIRTUAL REALITY FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MACHINING: A VIRTUAL
LATHE PROTOTYPE
C. R. BOER, A.TARANTINI, E. IMPERIO and M. SACCO 245
METAL CUTTING I
ON THE MECHANICS AND PROPERTIES OF CHIP FORMATION DURING MACHINING OF
HARDENED STEEL
H. A. KISHAWY and M. A. ELBESTAWI 253
ARC SAWING OF NICKEL BASED ALLOY
M. A. PAUL, D. K. ASPINWALL, C. F. WONG, D. J. ANGELL and D. MITCHELL 259
STUDY OF COATINGIWORK MATERIAL INTERACTION IN TURNING WITH CHIP FORMING
INSERTS
W. GRZESIK and P. NIESLONY 265
A NEW APPROACH FOR TOOL PATH PLANNING OF 3D MACHINING SURFACES IN REVERSE
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
Q. PENG and M. LOFTUS 271
MACHINABILITY OF RESIN IMPREGNATED SINTERED IRON
K. OISHI and T. YASUDA 277
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METAL CUTTING II
APPLICATION OF A BACK-PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK TO TOOL CONDITION MONITORING IN
A METAL TURNING PROCESS
D. E. DIMLA, JNR, P. M. LISTER and N. 1. LEIGHTON 287
FORCE AND ACCELERATION IN TURNING USING COATED TOOLS WITH FLAT AND
GROOVED RAKE FACE
J. S. CANABRAVA FILHO and G. BARROW 293
CONDITION MONITORING OF CUTTING TOOLS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
N. GINDY and A. AL-HABAIBEH 299
CHIP DISPOSAL IN INTERMITTENTLY DECELERATED FEED DRILLING
K. SAKURAI and K. ADACHI 305
GRINDING
AN INTRODUCTION TO A GENERIC INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GRINDING
W. B. ROWE, Y. CHEN, J. L. MORUZZI and B. MILLS 313
INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON THE RETAINED STRENGTH OF CREEP FEED GROUND
CERAMICS
G. SATHYANARAYANAN, L. J. PLEBANI and M. K. CHEN 319
AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF DWELL TIME IN CNC PLUNGE GRINDING OPERATIONS
W. B. ROWE, X. CHEN, A. BOYLE and D. R. ALLANSON 325
A COMPARISON OF THE GRINDING OF IMI318 TITANIUM ALLOY AND A GAMMA TITANIUM
ALUMINIDE INTERMETALLIC
S. A. BENTLEY and D. K. ASPINWALL 331
THE COOLANT COUPLING METHOD APPLIED TO TOUCH DRESSING IN HIGH FREQUENCY INTERNAL
GRINDING
W. B. ROWE, X. CHEN and D. R. ALLANSON 337
METAL FORMING
THE APPLICATION OF PROCESS MODELLING IN FORGING
I. KATRAMADOS and F. DUNNE 343
LIMITING ASPECT RATIO OF THE PDZ FOR INJECTION FORGING
Y. QIN and R. BALENDRA 349
ADVANCED DESIGN OF HEXAGONAL CAVITIES FOR BOLT HEADING TOOLS USING OPTIMUM
ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE
A. YOKOYAMA, 1. B. HAWKYARD and T. HIRAI 355
THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL AND ELASTIC EFFECTS OF THE ACCURACY OF COLD-FORMED
COMPONENTS
H. LONG and R. BALENDRA 361
A MORE ACCURATE APPROACH TO MECHANICS OF COLD ROLLING
K. ABHARY, F. T. S. CHAN and L. L. H. S. LOUNG 367
PLASTIC INSTABILITY AND FORMING LIMITS IN ANISOTROPIC SHEET METAL
1. CHAKRABARTY 373
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ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
NON-LINEAR MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF LASER CUTTING AND GROOVING OF FIBRE
REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
G. SPUR, S. APPEL and S. LIEBELT 381
L. A. M. (LASER ASSISTED MACHINING) TURNING TESTS
ON INCONEL 718
A. MOTTA, F. BUSCAGLIA, L. COVELLI and M. POLl 387
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST RAPID PROTOTYPING SYSTEM BASED ON THE LAMINATED
OBJECT MANUFACTURE PROCESS
C. LUCEY, S. GORDON and M. T. HILLERY 393
DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTINUOUS DROPLET GENERATION SYSTEM OF MOLTEN METALS USING
ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES, WITH A VIEW TO ITS USE IN THE RAPID TOOLING INDUSTRY
A. E. W. RENNIE and G. R. BENNETT 399
MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY IN A LOW VOLUME, HIGH PRECISION ENVIRONMENT
K. GARCHA 405
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE ROLL TEXTURING (EDT) USING DIFFERENT GENERATOR AND
DIELECTRIC FLUSHING ARRANGEMENTS
1. SIMAO, I. ONG and D. K. ASPINWALL 411
UNCONVENTIONAL PROCESSES
AN INTELLIGENT CONCURRENT KNOWLEGE-BASED SYSTEM FOR ELECTRODISCHARGE
TEXTURING OF STEEL ROLL
M. SADEGH AMALNIK, H. A. EL-HOFY and J. A. McGEOUGH 419
ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING OF PARTICLE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
F. MULLER and J. MONAGHAN 425
WIRE-ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING OF LOW CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS
G. SPUR, S. LIEBELT and S. APPEL 431
FRICTION MEASUREMENT BY UPSETTING WITH ASYMMETRIC INTERFACE FRICTION
C. WOLFF, W. RASP and O. PAWELSKI 437
THE UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF CURVILINEAR SURFACE MACHINING
A. RUSZAJ, M. ZYBURA-SKRABALAK and M. CHUCHRO 443
CHARACTERISATION OF MOULDED PAPER PULP FOR PROTECTIVE PACKAGING
H. Y. YEONG, S. W. LYE and S. S. G. LEE 449
MACHINE TOOL PROCESSES
INTELLIGENT SUPERVISION OF THERMAL DEFORMATIONS IN HIGH PRECISION MACHINE TOOLS
1. JEDRZEJEWSKI and W. MODRZYCKI 457
APPLICATION OF URETHANE ROLLS FPR PRODUCING SECTIONS WITH HOLES AT REGULAR
INTERVALS
H. WATARI and H. ONA 463
OPTIMIZATION OF DAMPING CONSTANTS OF THE ROLLING GUIDEWAY DAMPERS
M. KRAL and J. HOUSA 469
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