Provide PDF Format
SME TE94-251
- Catching Up And Holding On
- standard by Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 06/01/1994
- Publisher: SME
$9.00$18.00
A METHODOLOGY FOR THE ECONOMICAL DESIGN OF WORKHOLDING SYSTEMS IS PRESENTED. A BACKGROUND IS DEVELOPED BY COMPARING THE GENERAL STATE OF THE ART IN WORKHOLDING TO THAT OF THE EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES TO WHICH IT IS APPLIED AND BY REVIEWING FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. ALTERNATIVE WORKHOLDING MEANS ARE EXAMINED, AND WORKHOLDING TECHNOLOGY IS CATAGORIZED INTO FOUR GENERAL LEVELS. EXAMPLES OF THE DESIGN METHODOLOGY, IN BOTH METALCUTTING AND MULTI-PURPOSE APPLICATIONS, ARE GIVEN.