Development of upgradable cellular machines for environmentally conscious products

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Kondoh, Shinsuke ^a   Umeda, Yasushi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular; Environment; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE;

CELLULAR MACHINES;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031623584     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-8506(07)62856-x     Document Type: Article

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