For the past three decades, computer-aided process planning (CAPP) has attracted a large
amount of research interest. A huge volume of literature has been published on this subject …

With widely used concurrent and collaborative engineering technologies, the validity and
consistency of product information become important. In order to establish the state of the …

In recent years, various researchers have come up with different ways and means to
integrate CAD and CAM. Automatic feature recognition from CAD solid systems highly …

For many years, computers have been playing a prominent role in the process of product
design and manufacture. As manufacturing continues to march into the future, there is a …

As industry adopts a consumer focus in its product development strategy, it offers broader
product ranges, shorter model lifetimes, and the ability to process orders in arbitrary lot …

A critical issue facing today's manufacturing companies is to achieve product proliferation
while maintaining an economy of scale in production. The consequence of high product …

The inspection process is one of the most important steps in manufacturing industries
because it safeguards high quality products and customer satisfaction. Manual inspection …

Fixtures are used in manufacturing to secure working devices. They help insure conformity,
accuracy, efficiency, and interchangeability; their reliability is crucial. This book introduces …

Data exchange between Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems is a crucial issue in
concurrent engineering and collaborative design. The paper presents research works and …

Computer aided process planning (CAPP) is generally acknowledged as a significant
activity to achieve Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). In coping with the dynamic …