Author: Kay YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Robotics, 1970-1983
Author: Kay YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Production Engineering
Author: Modern Castings
Author: Computers in Engineering
Author: Public Administration Series--Bibliography
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public administration
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Handbook of Industrial Engineering
Author: Gavriel SalvendyPublisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 2838
Book Description
Covers the entire spectrum of modern industrial engineering from a practical standpoint. This edition adds 36 completely new chapters to provide a more cohesive structure to the discipline which it classifies under the following four areas: technology; human dimensions; planning, design, and control of operations; and quantitative methods for decision making.
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2062
Book Description
CAB, Current Awareness Bulletin
Author: Materials Handling News
Author: Robot Reliability and Safety
Author: B.S. DhillonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461231485
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Robots are increasingly being used in industry to perform various types of tasks. Some of the tasks performed by robots in industry are spot welding, materials handling, arc welding, and routing. The population of robots is growing at a significant rate in various parts of the world; for example, in 1984, a report published by the British Robot Association indicated a robot popula tion distribution between Japan (64,600), Western Europe (20,500), and the United States (13,000). This shows a significant number of robots in use. Data available for West Germany and the United Kingdom indicate that in 1977 there were 541 and 80 robots in use, respectively, and in 1984 these numbers went up to 6600 and 2623, respectively. Just as for other engineering products, the reliability and safety of robots are important. A robot has to be safe and reliable. An unreliable robot may become the cause of unsafe conditions, high maintenance costs, inconvenience, etc. Robots make use of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, and hydraulic parts. This makes their reliability problem a challenging task because of the many different sources of failures. According to some published literature, the best mean time between failures (MTBF) achieved by robots is only 2500 hours. This means there is definite room for further improvement in robot reliability. With respect to safety, there have been five fatal accidents involving robots since 1978.