Reconfigurable fixtures for automotive engine machining and assembly applications

Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Transformable Factories

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-194

  Shen, C H ^a   Lin, Y T ^a   Agapiou, J S ^a   Bandyopadhyay, P ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 37349082878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29397-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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