Initiatives of Precision Engineering at the Beginning of a Millennium

Major subjects covered by this book include:
Advanced manufacturing systems;
Ultra-precision machining and micro machining;
Nanotechnology for fabrication and measurement;
Chemo-mechanical processes;
Rapid prototyping technology;
New materials and advanced processes;
Computer-aided production engineering;
Manufacturing process control;
Planning.
This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Precision Engineering (ICPE), which was held in July 2001, in Yokohama, Japan. ICPE is a well-established conference in the field of production and precision engineering, covering a wide range of topics for future-oriented manufacturing systems and processes; it is organized by the Japan Society for Precision Engineering (JSPE). This book can be used as a reference for graduate and undergraduate courses in precision and production engineering, and also for researchers and industrial engineers to capture current trends in this field.
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