**部分介绍计算机在制造中的作用并对因特网的诞生,历史沿革和发展作了初步介绍;第二部分主要介绍CAD/CAM,数控加工,柔性制造系统,计算机集成制造和高速切削加工;第三部分是全书**,系统介绍了近年来发展的敏捷制造,增材制造。,绿色制造,纳米技术和微纳制造以及生物制造。

目录
Part Ⅰ Computers in Manufacturing
1 Computer—aided Production and Control Systems (计算机辅助生产与控制系统 )
1.1 Automation Concepts
1.2 Evolution of Automation
1.3 Goals of Automation
1.4 Engineering
1.5 Business
1.6 Computer Control of Manufaeturing Systems
2 Internet (因特网)
2.1 Services Supported by Internet
2.2 Who Uses the Internet?
2.3 lnternet Origins
3 The Role of the World Wide Web (WWW) in Manufacturing (万维网在制造中的作用)
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Globalization for Customer Oriented Manufacturing
3.3 The Role of the World Wide Web
3.4 Global Collaborative Manufacturing and WWW
3.5 Web and Manufacturing Practices
3.6 Global Manufacturing on the Web
3.7 Cloud Computing & Cloud Manufacturing
Part Ⅱ Automated Manufacturing
4 Computer—aided Design and Computer—aided Manufacturing (计算机辅助设计与制造)
4.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM
4.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM
4.3 Computers and Design
4.4 CAD—to—CAM Interface
4.5 CAD/CAM Hardware
4.6 CAD/CAM Software
4.7 CAD/CAM Database
4.82—D Versus 3—D Software
4.9 CAD System Examples
4.10 Animation and CAD/CAM
4.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria
5 Numerical Control (数控技术)
5.1 Historical Background
5.2 Computer Numerical Control
5.3 Principles of NC Machines
5.4 Types of Control Systems
5.5 Accuracy in Numerical Control
5.6 Advantages and Limitations of NC
5.7 Programming for Numerical Control
5.8 Machining Centers
6 Flexible Manufacturing (柔性制造)
6.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing
6.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing
6.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components
6.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control
7 Computer Integrated Manufacturing (计算机集成制造)
7.1 Historical Development of CIM
7.2 The CIM Wheel
7.3 Benefits of CIM
7.4 CIM—related Standards
7.5 Group Technology and CIM
7.6 Process Planning and CIM
7.7 Computer—aided Process Planning
7.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning and CIM
8 High Speed Cutting (HSC) (高速切削)
8.1 Definition
8.2 Introduction to High Speed Cutting
8.3 Applications of High Speed Cutting
Part Ⅲ Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century
Introduction
9 Agile Manufacturing (敏捷制造)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 AM——a New Manufacturing Strategy
9.3 AM is a Production Mode of the 21st Century
9.4 Summary
10 Additive Manufacturing (增材制造)
10.1 Introduction
10.2 AM Processes and Materials
10.3 Applications of Additive Manufacturing
10.4 Advantages of AM for Production
10.5 Conclusions
11 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing (具有环境意识的设计与制造)
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Overview
11.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
11.4 Environmental Engineering
11.5 Summary
12 Nanotechnology and Micromaehine (纳米材料与微机械)
12.1 Nanotechnology
12.2 Micromachines
12.3 Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices
12.4 Summary
13 Biofabrieation (生物制造)
13.1 Introduction
13.2 A 21st Century Manufacturing Paradigm
13.3 Growing Arsenal of Biofabrication Technologies
13.4 Practical Applications of Biofabrication Technologies
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