Advances in manufacturing technology IX : proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on Manufacturing Research, De Montfort University, Leicester, 12-14 September 1995

This volume represents the state-of-the-art knowledge in the area of production and manufacturing engineering and management. The contributions cover such themes as design for manufacture, AMT, manufacturing systems, knowledge-based systems. The text is interspersed with real-life industrial case study experiences, so making explicit the relevance of these research findings to the improvementof current industrial practice.