Industrial Technology category: 2665 books
Foundations & Principles of Distributed Manufacturing
Elements of Manufacturing Networks, Cyber-Physical Production Systems and Smart Automation
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
The book presents a coherent description of distributed manufacturing, providing a solid base for further research on the subject as well as smart implementations in companies. It provides a guide for those researching and working in a range of fields, such as smart manufacturing, cloud computing,...
by Janean Mollet-Van Beckum, Washington County Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2009
The aluminum and cookware industries in Washington County were main employers during the 20th century. Manufacturing competitors West Bend Aluminum Company and Kewaskum Aluminum Company (later Regal Ware, Inc.) began production early in the 20th century only eight miles apart. These company histories,...
by Jeremy Stranks
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2005
Work-related stress and resulting sickness absence costs the UK economy about £3.7 billion every year (HSE research). In this jargon-free guide, Jeremy Stranks explains what stress is and what causes it, how people respond to stress and cope with it, how stress can be evaluated and managed and what...
by Robert Whittingham
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
The Blame Machine describes how disasters and serious accidents result from recurring, but potentially avoidable, human errors. It shows how such errors are preventable because they result from defective systems within a company. From real incidents, you will be able to identify common causes of human...
Safety Cases and Safety Reports
Meaning, Motivation and Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The safety case and its associated reports are quickly becoming not only a mechanism for achieving safety goals, but also a valuable decision-support asset, and a vital industrial liability management tool. Recent developments in industry have led to safety cases being frequently required as contractual...
Creative Engineering Design Assessment
Background, Directions, Manual, Scoring Guide and Uses
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
The Creative Engineering Design Assessment or CEDA is a newly developed tool to assess creativity specific to engineering design which is vital for innovation. The revised CEDA assesses usefulness in addition to originality. Both originality and usefulness are key constructs in creativity but are...
Serviceology for Services
Selected papers of the 1st International Conference of Serviceology
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Services are key activities in the globalization of the economy and also underlie the quality of life of local residents. The advanced work presented in this book was selected from the proceedings of the First International Conference on Serviceology (ICServ2013), held October 16–18, 2013 in Tokyo....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This volume presents selected peer-reviewed, revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers who participated in the World Congress on Engineering 2015, held in London, UK, 1-3 July, 2015. This large international conference covered advances in engineering technologies and...
by Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Hamed Fazlollahtabar
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Availability of a system is a crucial factor for planning and optimization. The concept is more challenging for modern systems such as robots and autonomous systems consisting of a complex configuration of components. As complex systems have become global and essential in today’s society, their...
by Jasbir Singh Arora, Ph.D., Mechanics and Hydraulics
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Introduction to Optimum Design, Fourth Edition, carries on the tradition of the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses. It is intended for use in a first course on engineering design and optimization at the undergraduate or graduate level in engineering departments...
Health and Safety Management
An Alternative Approach to Reducing Accidents, Injury and Illness at Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
At a time when our knowledge and understanding of health and safety at work is at its highest, statistics show that ongoing improvements in accident rates and time taken off work due to injury and ill-health are stagnating. Alongside the fact that around 80% of accidents can be attributed to human...
Project Management, Planning and Control
Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Project Management, Planning and Control, Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards, Seventh Editions an established and widely recommended project management handbook.
Building on its clear and detailed coverage of planning, scheduling and...
by Samira Bagheri, Nurhidayatullaili Muhd Julkapli
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
This book presents a range of nanocatalysts, together with their primary environmental applications and use in chemical production processes. In addition, it describes the nanomaterials used for catalysts and details their performance.
The book introduces readers to the fundamentals and applications...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Defines the psychology of human-computer interaction, showing how to span the gap between science & application. Studies the behavior of users in interacting with computer systems.