Smart Devices and Machines for Advanced Manufacturing

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With increasingly complex manufacturing systems and processes, more intelligent and unique devices and machines are needed to support manufacturing operations. Smart Devices and Machines for Advanced Manufacturing presents a focused collection of quality chapters on the state of the art of research efforts in the area of smart devices and novel machine design, as well as their practical applications to enable advanced manufacturing. The book can be viewed as consisting of two major sections, with the first section presenting a broad-based review of several key areas of research in smart devices and machines, whereas the second section is focused on presenting an in-depth treatment of a particular device or machine, from parallel kinematic mechanism to conventional robotic attachment. Smart Devices and Machines for Advanced Manufacturing will be of interest to a broad readership, from manufacturing and industrial engineers to researchers and postgraduates in computer-integrated manufacturing and computer-aided design and manufacturing.

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Lihui Wang is a professor of virtual manufacturing at the University of SkxF6;vdex2019;s Virtual Systems Research Centre in Sweden. He was previously a senior research scientist at the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute, National Research Council of Canada. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, and a registered professional engineer in Canada. His research interests and responsibilities are in web-based and sensor-driven real-time monitoring and control, distributed machining process planning, adaptive assembly planning, collaborative design, supply chain management, as well as intelligent and adaptive manufacturing systems. Dr Fengfeng (Jeff) Xi, is a Professor at Ryerson University, Canada, and an Adjunct Professor at the East China Jiao-Tong University. His research interests are in the area of manufacturing and automation.