Changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems / Hoda A. ElMaraghy, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changeability : an introduction / H. ELMaraghy and H.-P. Wiendahl -- Changing and evolving products and systems : models and enablers / H.A. ElMaraghy -- Focused flexibility in production systems / W. Terkaj, T. Tolio and A. Valente -- Control of reconfigurable machine tools / G. Pritschow [and others] -- Reconfigurable machine tools for a flexible manufacturing system / M. Mori and M. Fujishima -- Reconfigurable machine tools and equipment / E. Abele and A. Wörn -- Changeable and reconfigurable assembly systems / B. Lotter and H.-P. Wiendahl -- Unified dynamic and control models for reconfigurable robots / A.M. Djuric and W.H. ElMaraghy -- Reconfigurable control of constrained flexible joint robots interacting with dynamic and changeable environment / Y. Cao, H. ElMaraghy and W. ElMaraghy -- Reconfiguring process plans : a new approach to minimize change / A. Azab, H. ElMaraghy and S.N. Samy -- Adaptive production planning and control : elements and enablers of changeability/ H.-H. Wiendahl --Component oriented design of change-ready MPC systems / M.A. Ismail and H.A. ElMaraghy -- Dynamic capacity planning and modeling its complexity / A. Deif and H. ElMaraghy -- Design for changeability / G. Schuh [and others] -- Changeability effect on manufacturing systems design / T. AlGeddawy and H. ElMaraghy -- Managing change and reconfigurations of CNC machine tools / R. Hedrick and J. Urbanic -- Economic and strategic justification of changeable, reconfigurable and flexible manufacturing / O. Kuzgunkaya and H.A. ElMaraghy -- Quality and maintainability frameworks for changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing / W.H. ElMaraghy and K.T. Meselhy -- Maintenance strategies for changeable manufacturing / A.W. Labib and M.N. Yuniarto -- The cognitive factory / M.F. Zäh [and others] -- Migration manufacturing : a new concept for automotive body production / T.P. Meichsner -- Changeable factory buildings : an architectural view / J. Riechardt and H-P. Wiendahl.

"Changeable and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems presents the new concept of changeability as an umbrella framework that encompasses many paradigms such as agility, adaptability, flexiblity 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." "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."--Jacket.