This combination of handbook and multimedia CD-ROM offers the most up-to-date view of the world of manufacturing technologies, both present and future. It was written by leading experts from the US, Europe, and Asia and spans a wide range of topics: from industrial management and organization to automation and control, from mechanical to electronical technology, and from machine tools to the consumer goods industry. It gives a unique interdisciplinary and global presentation of material and combines, for the first time, recent theoretical and practical results from the most important branches of machine building. Its broad coverage should appeal to the highly skilled scientific expert as well as to the experienced design engineer, and to undergraduate as well as advanced students.
