Part I Computers in Manufacturing
1 Computer-Aided Production and Control Systems（计算机辅助生产与控制系统） 3
1.1 Automation Concepts 6
1.2 Evolution of Automation 7
1.3 Goals of Automation 8
1.4 Engineering 9
1.5 Business 9
1.6 Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems 11
注释 21
2 Internet（因特网） 23
2.1 Services Supported by Internet 25
2.2 Who Uses the Internet? 27
2.3 Internet Origins 27
注释 29
3 The Role of the World Wide Web（WWW）in Manufacturing（万维网在制造中的作用） 31
3.1 Introduction 31
3.2 Globalization for Customer-Oriented Manufacturing 32
3.3 The Role of the World Wide Web 33
3.4 Global Collaborative Manufacturing and WWW 35
3.5 Web and Manufacturing Practice 35
3.6 Global Manufacturing on the Web37
3.7 Cloud Computing & Cloud Manufacturing 39
注释 45
Part II Automated Manufacturing
4 Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing（计算机辅助设计与制造） 51
4.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM 53
4.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM 56
4.3 Computers and Design 57
4.4 CAD-to-CAM Interface 63
4.5 CAD/CAM Hardware 64
4.6 CAD/CAM Software 65
4.7 CAD/CAM Database 67
4.8 2-D Versus 3-D Software 68
4.9 CAD System Examples 71
4.10 Animation and CAD/CAM75
4.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria 75
注释 77
5 Numerical Control（数控技术） 78
5.1 Historical Background 80
5.2 Computer Numerical Control 81
5.3 Principles of NC Machines 82
5.4 Types of Control Systems 84
5.5 Accuracy in Numerical Control 86
5.6 Advantages and Limitations of NC 87
5.7 Programming for Numerical Control 88
5.8 Machining Centers 90
注释 94
6 Flexible Manufacturing（柔性制造）96
6.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing 98
6.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing 99
6.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components 100
6.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control 104
注释 106
7 Computer Integrated Manufacturing（计算机集成制造） 108
7.1 Historical Development of CIM 109
7.2 CIM Wheel 112
7.3 Benefits of CIM 113
7.4 CIM-related Standards 113
7.5 Group Technology and CIM 119
7.6 Process Planning and CIM 124
7.7 Computer-aided Process Planning 125
7.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning and CIM 126
注释 128
8 High-Speed Cutting（HSC）（高速切削）130
8.1 Definition 130
8.2 Introduction to High-Speed Cutting 131
8.3 Applications of High-Speed Cutting 135
注释 143
Part III Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century
Introduction—What will 21st Century Manufacturing Look Like? 149
9 Agile Manufacturing（敏捷制造） 153
9.1 Introduction 153
9.2 AM—a New Manufacturing Strategy 154
9.3 AM is a Production Mode of the 21st Century 157
9.4 Summary169
注释 171
10 Additive Manufacturing（增材制造）174
10.1 Introduction 174
10.2 AM Processes and Materials 178
10.3 Applications of Additive Manufacturing 183
10.4 Advantages of AM for Production 189
10.5 Next-generation Additive Manufacturing 191
注释 198
11 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing（基于环境意识的设计与制造）202
11.1 Introduction 202
11.2 Overview 204
11.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing 206
11.4 Environmental Engineering 209
11.5 Summary215
注释 216
12 Nanotechnology and Micromachine（纳米技术与微机械） 219
12.1 Nanotechnology 219
12.2 Micromachines 227
12.3 Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices 234
12.4 Summary 258
注释 259
13 Biofabrication（生物制造）263
13.1 Introduction 263
13.2 A 21st Century Manufacturing Paradigm 263
13.3 Growing Arsenal of Biofabrication Technologies 266
13.4 Practical Applications of Biofabrication Technologies 272
13.5 Prospects for the Future 276
注释 277
14 AI-Intelligent Manufacturing-Intelligent Robot（人工智能-智能制造-智能机器人） 281
14.1 What is AI? 281
14.2 Intelligent Manufacturing Systems（IMS） 283
14.3 Intelligent Robots 290
注释 294
参考文献 297
世界著名机械工程学会名录 298
总词汇表 299
AMT缩略语词汇表 324
