PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

3RD BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 3-10, 1986

SESSION 1

Sponsored By The

National Machine Tool Builders' Association

Mclean, Virginia 22102, U.S.A.

UB/TIB Hannover 89117 707 821

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii

TECHNICAL CONFERENCE STAFF iii

NMTBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS/TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM (For all sessions) v

PAPERS (Note: Papers are listed in order of SessionNumber. Not all presenters submitted complete papersfor publication.)

SESSION 01A - The Automated Factory

INTEGRATED CELLULAR MANUFACTURINGMichael Stanislawski, Manager, Engineering Systems 1-1

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING FOR THE MID TO HIGH VOLUME FACILITYNeil P. Coughlin, Vice President, Sales and Marketing 1-23

INTEGRATING THE AUTOMATED FACTORYScott Rhodes, Vice President, Advanced SystemsSteven Stulck, Manager, Human Services 1-41

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION IN THE YEAR 2000Willi'am C. Rolland, Executive Director 1-63

STRATEGIC PLANNING OF COST EFFECTIVE FACTORY AUTOMATION

Don Creighton, Manufacturing Operations Analysis 1-99

SESSION 01B - Modern Workholding Techniques

MODERN WORKHOLDING TECHNIQUESDerek Evans, Manager, Sales and Marketing 1-101WORKHOLDING FOR THE AUTOMATED FACTORYBill Stone, General Manager 1-10311Q"-AXIS ARTICULATIONDennis Mudge, President 1-105

MODERN WORKHOLDING INCREASES PROFITABILITYMike Antochow, Product Manager 1-135

WORKHOLDING FOR FMS AND JIT MANUFACTURINGHelmut J. Steger, PresidentHerbert Antoni, Chief Design Engineer 1-149

SESSION 03B - Statistical Quality Control

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL FOR MACHINE TOOL WORKSTATIONSJohn P. Malloy, Sr., PresidentAnne Malloy-Molzberger, Director, Computer Systems 3-65

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS CAPABILITY USING PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERSTony Matlak, Applications Engineer 3-83

QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR THE SMALL SHOPWilliam Ruxton, Technical Director 3-103

DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROLRichard B. Gibney, Jr., National Sales Manager 3-125

SESSION 03C - New Cutting Tool Techniques

CNC-TOOLING FOR FINISH-MACHINING HIGH-PRECISION BORESDieter Kress, PresidentBert Erdel, Executive Vice President 3-135

ROBOTIC ABRASIVE WATER JET TRIMMING OF AEROSTRUCTURE COMPONENTSGeorge Earle, Lead Manufacturing Technology Engineer 3-159

TiN RECOATING OF HOBS AND SHAPER CUTTERS FOR EXTRA TOOL LIFEDavid C. Bell, Cutting Tools Systems Specialist 3-177

HARD COATINGS FOR CARBIDE MILLING TOOLSDennis T. Quinto, Manager of Coatings TechnologyCharles Petrosky, Manager of Performance TestingJames L. Hunt, Product Manager, Carbide Inserts 3-179

PRECISION MACHINING AND THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENTPhilip R. Hannah, Manager, Turning Machines 3-201

SESSION 03D - Near-Net-Shape Manufacturing

THE FABRICATION OF PRECISION SUPERALLOY FORGINGSWilliam G. Kuhlman, Manager, Advanced TechnologyJ. W. Nelson, Manager, Advanced Technology 3-209

INVESTMENT CASTING—MORE THAN A NEAR-NET-SHAPETimothy L. Coghill, Vice President 3-211

INVESTMENT CAST AND HIGH DENSITY PARTICLE METALLURGY PARTSLeonard Ceriotti, Chief Metallurgist 3-225

SESSION 04A - Financing Working Capital Requirements

FINANCING THE WORKING CAPITAL NEEDS OF MANUFACTURERSPaul Laud, Vice President 4-1

SESSION 04B - Non-Metallic Machine Tool Structures

MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES WITH NON-METALLIC COMPOUNDSJohn Blawski, Vice President, Engineering 4-9

CENTERLESS GRINDING MACHINES WITH EPOXY GRANITE BASESJohn Hasz, Director R & DCornelius Smits, Research AssociateCharles Matson, Research Associate 4-39

NON-METALLIC CASTING MATERIALSPeter J. Koblischek, President 4-61

SESSION 04C - Sensors for Automated Manufacturing

IN-THE-DIE FORCE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE METALWORKING INDUSTRYD. F. Wilhelm, President 4-71

VOLUMETRIC ACCURACY OF COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINESBenjamin R. Taylor, President 4-87

AUTOMATIC TOOL RETRACTION AND RETRACE SYSTEMSPeter Beyer, Senior Project Engineer 4-107

AUTOMATED PRECISION METROLOGY WITH NON-CONTACT GAUGESVictor Burke, President 4-123

THE APPLICATION OF SENSORS TO AUTOMATED MANUFACTURINGPeter Davis, Division General Manager 4-139

SESSION 04D - Lasers in Manufacturing

APPLYING HIGH POWER LASERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRYJohn Ruselowski, Manager, Laser Products 4-141

LASERS IN MANUFACTURINGSteve Medeiros, Sales Manager 4-181

LASERS IN MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY CONTROLGerry Bauer, Senior Project EngineerR. Walker 4-183

NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT USING A LASER PROBE

A. Modjarrad, Systems Engineering Manager 4-185

SESSION 05A - Manufacturing Cells and FMS

MEETING THE FINISHING NEEDS OF FMSEdward H. Tulinski, Regional Manager 5-1GEAR MANUFACTURING CELLSGary J. Kimmet, Director, Gleason Gear Systems 5-3

THE AUTOMATED TURNING WORKSTATIONKang Lee, Electrical EngineerAlkan Donmez, Electrical EngineerCharles Yang, Electrical Engineer 5-15

FLEXIBLE MACHINING CELLSRoger Chernik, Director of Manufacturing 5-37

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Rudy V. Colombi, President 5-45

SESSION 05B - Punching/Shearing/Bending

MODERN PUNCHING AND SHEARINGRonald E. Van Wieringen, Product ManagerJoseph A. Suprenuk, Director of Marketing 5-47COST EFFECTIVE PRECISION TUBE BENDINGRonald R. Stange, President 5-85A PRECISION FORMING SYSTEM

David R. Strothers, Product Manager 5-107

SESSION 05C - Human Factors in Manufacturing

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN FACTORY AUTOMATIONClinton E. Vogus, Multiunit Manager 5-117BUILDING PEOPLE IN MANUFACTURINGPhilip H. Alspach, President 5-129

HUMAN ASPECTS OF STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROLSteven D. Bloom, Senior Project Engineer 5-139

THE HUMAN BODY—THE NEW FRONTIER

Kenneth E. Meyer, Director of Industrial Engineering 5-151

SESSION 05D - High Performance Drive Systems

INDUCTION MOTOR SERVOS AND SPINDLE DRIVESJerry Brown, R & D Engineer 5-171MACHINE TOOL TRENDS TOWARD BRUSHLESS SERVO TECHNOLOGYRalph Anderson, Marketing Manager 5-183

DIGITAL AC SERVOS FOR MACHINE TOOLSMuhammad Mubeen, Product Manager 5-185

BRUSHLESS SERVO/SPINDLE DRIVES FOR MACHINE TOOLSRobert Brennan, Marketing Manager 5-187

SESSION 06A - Personal Computers in Manufacturing

USING PCs FOR MEASURING & CONTROLLING MANUFACTURING ACTIVITYPhilip M. Hall, CMfgE, Vice President of Manufacturing 6-1

MICRO-COMPUTER AIDED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSKishan Bagadia, President 6-19

PRODUCTION MONITORING AND REPORTING USING MICROCOMPUTERSJohn M. McLoughlin, Senior Consultant 6-27

CELL CONTROLLERS—A FRESH VIEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS

Richard F. Schulte, Manager, Market Development 6-29

SESSION 06B - Cutting Tool Management

AUTOMATIC TOOL PRESETTINGMike Brunette, Tool Management Project Engineer 6-57CREATING A TOOL MANAGEMENT NETWORKJames Strycula, Systems Specialist 6-59

TOOL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR CELLS AND FMSBruce Cuppan, Manager, R & D 6-71

A GENERIC TOOL—MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTUREAbraham Ber, Visiting Scholar, Flexible Machining LaboratoryDonald Falkenburg, Vice President, R & D 6-87

USING GROUP TECHNOLOGY FOR TOOL INVENTORY CONTROLCarol Boyle, Project Manager 6-111

SESSION 06C - Processing of Non-Metallic Materials

CUTTING TOOL DESIGN FOR MACHINING THERMOSET PLASTICSGary M. Fischer, Consulting Engineer 6-121

WATERJET CUTTING TODAYRay Jordan, Engineering Manager 6-123

THE UTILIZATION OF INJECTION MOLDING—PRESENT AND FUTURE

Michael Green, Injection Molding Product 6-125

SESSION 06D - Precision Metrology

CMM ACCURACY SPECIFICATIONS AND TEST PROCEDURESJohn J. Egan, III, Manager, R & D 6-127NON-CONTACT INSPECTION OF ROTATING COMPONENTSTerry Nielsen, Product Manager 6-129QUALITY INTEGRATION WITH LASER/OPTICAL MICROMETERSJohn F. Godshall, Project Engineer 6-131

AREA METHODS OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENTDonald G. Risko, Manager, ECM Division 6-143

JUSTIFICATION OF SPHERICAL HYDROSTATIC CENTERS IN GRINDINGFrank Stratton, PresidentJames Bryan, Chief MetrologistDonald CarterRichard Clouser 6-159

SESSION 07A - Cost Justification for Today's Factories

SELECTING AND JUSTIFYING FACTORY AUTOMATIONLawrence T. Michaels, Senior Manager 7-1

ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION OF FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIONKen Cope, Director of Product Development 7-13

A REVIEW OF NEW JUSTIFICATION MODELS

Craig A. Nelson, Senior Managing Associate 7-15

SESSION 07B - Die and Punch Technologies

MAKING THE "PERFECT" STAMPINGEdward D. Bennett, President 7-25THE BALL LOCK TOOLING SYSTEMJames J. Albrecht, Sales Manager 7-35

HOLE PUNCHING WITH UNITIZED TOOLINGPaul Szyjka, Manager of Engineering 7-53

THE USE OF CARBIDE MATERIALS IN STAMPING DIES

Harry J. Walters, Director of Engineering 7-67

SESSION 07C - Production Facilities Planning

VIBRATION CONSIDERATIONS WHEN PLANNING A FACILITYJack Dankowski, Research Project Engineer 7-69MACHINERY INSTALLATION ALTERNATIVESRichard A. Haase, Chief Engineer 7-89

GRAPHIC SYSTEMS ARE THE KEY TO FUTURE MANUFACTURING CONTROLHerb White, President 7-99

ORGANIZING A MANUFACTURING FACILITY USING GROUP TECHNOLOGYDavid F. Kalitzke, Senior Project Manager 7-101

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE FACTORY FLOORSheila Slawiak, Product Engineer 7-149

SESSION 07D - Coordinate Measuring Machines

CMM DESIGN CONCEPTSJohn J. Everhart, Marketing Manager 7-161

COMPENSATION OF COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE ERRORSWalter Beckwith, Senior Design Engineer 7-163

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINESMichael L. Majlak, Manager, Measuring Machines 7-171

ADVANCED INSPECTION SOFTWARE TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESS CONTROLKenneth L. Sheehan, Manager of Software Development 7-187

INTEGRATING CMMs INTO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

E. Mark Kloc, Computer Operations Manager 7-219

SESSION 08A - Factory Communication Networks

THE EPA OF MAPGuy M. Nicoletti, Professor 8-1MAKING FMS COMMUNICATIONS WORKRichard A. Krakowski, P.E., Director, Controls 8-29

THE NEW TECHNICAL AND OFFICE PROTOCOLSVictor Lukasik 8-31

AN IMPLEMENTATION PATH FOR FACTORY COMMUNICATIONSRaj Melville, AssociateGeorge Koshy, Associate 8-33

BUILDING A FACTORY NETWORK—REALITY VS. MYTH

Doug Murphy, Manager 8-35

SESSION 08B - Advanced Composites Manufacturing

ULTRASONIC CUTTING FOR COMPOSITES MANUFACTURINGDonald J. Pilkington, Development Director 8-37MACHINE TOOLS FOR COMPOSITE COMPONENT MANUFACTUREW. Brandt Goldsworthy, President 8-53MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PARTS BY CNC MACHINERY

Leonard Schnell, Engineering Manager 8-55

SESSIONS 08C - Modern Finishing Operations

THE MICRO-FINISHING OF BEARING SURFACESD. Gary Wilcox, Vice President, Sales 8-69FINISHING FOR TOMORROW TODAYEdward H. Tulinski, Regional Manager 8-91

ELECTROLYTIC DEBURRING OF COMPLEX PARTSDavid A. Koelliker, General Manager, Agency Products 8-109

A SUMMARY OF AUTOMATIC FINISHING PROCESSESLawrence Rhoades, President 8-121

SESSION 08D - Voice Recognition and Control

COMPUTERS THAT LISTEN ARE NO LONGER JUST TALKChris Seelbach, President 8-155

SPEECH—A NEW CORNERSTONE FOR FACTORY AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGYDan Fink, Marketing ManagerRoger Holen, Manager, Customer Marketing 8-161

IMPLEMENTATION OF VOICEPaul Gilmartin, Area Sales Manager 8-177

SESSION 09A - Laser Applications

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LASER PROCESSING SYSTEMSPhillip G. Anthony, Technical ManagerJames H. CapazziDonald E. Powers 9-1

FLATNESS TESTING USING LASER INTERFEROMETERSLouis Denes, Manager, Product Marketing . 9-21

LASER CALIBRATION OF MACHINE TOOLSDuane Christy, Product Manager 9-23

THE MULTIPLE ROLES FOR LASER MARKINGDavid Crater, Product Manager 9-25

LASERS AND FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION

Daniel P. Soroka, Program Manager 9-27

SESSION 09B - Advanced Workholding Techniques

HYDRAULIC WORKHOLDING—A POWERFUL TOOL FOR PRODUCTIVITYRoger L. Craft, President 9-49BETTER WORKHOLDING FOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSGary M. Fischer, Consulting Engineer 9-73SOLUTIONS FOR PALLETIZED WORKHOLDINGRoss Smith, Marketing Development Manager 9-75

THE ADVENT OF ELECTRIC CLAMPINGWood M. Geist, President 9-85

FIXTURE SYSTEM FOR STRESS-FREE CLAMPING

Dieter Mengemann, Sales Manager 9-103

SESSION 09C - Automated Assembly

COMPETITIVE AUTOMATED ASSEMBLYNorman Naidish, President 9-105ASSEMBLY MACHINES FOR THE COMPUTER AGERichard P. Bodine, Jr., Vice President 9-119

DEDICATED AND FLEXIBLE SMALL PART ASSEMBLY SYSTEMSGerald Lauer, President 9-121

THE ECONOMICS OF AUTOMATED ASSEMBLYRonald R. Barris, Vice PresidentSteve Kruger, Partner in Charge 9-123

ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION IN MODERN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Leo Grant, Manager, Sales and Marketing 9-125

SESSION 09D - Advanced Metal Cutting Technologies

EXPERT OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR HIGH SPEED MACHININGC. Ronald Aarts, President, Marketing Sales DivisionGregory Home, President 9-145MACHINING OF AEROSPACE MATERIALSKarl Ziegler, Engineer 9-147ADVANCED CHIP REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY OF METAL SAWINGTed A. Slezak, Consultant 9-149

HIGH VELOCITY COOLANT SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED CHIP DISPOSALAlan G. Ringler, Manager of Product Marketing 9-169

POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND AND CUBIC BORON NITRIDE CUTTING TOOLSThomas J. Broskea, Application Technology Operations 9-183

SESSION 10A - Software for Manufacturing

SOFTWARE FOR DISCRETE PARTS MANUFACTURINGDwayne Borg, President 10-1

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: THE BIGGEST PAYBACK FROM COMPUTERSH. Richard Alexander, President 10-21

COMPUTERS IN THE SMALL MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTJ. Michael Nelson, Vice President 10-29

THE BENEFITS OF GROUP TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE FOR MANUFACTURINGCarol Boyle, Project Manager 10-41

A MODULAR APPROACH TO FMS CONTROL SOFTWARE

Dan D'Amore, Industry Marketing Manager 10-51

SESSION 10B - Industrial Robots

FORCE/TORQUE SENSORS FOR ROBOTIC APPLICATIONSJay Lee, Mechanical Engineer 10-69APPLICATION OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE END-OF-ARM TOOLINGDennis Wolfe, Field Sales Manager 10-85

THE HEAVYWEIGHT ARENA IN ROBOTICSRick Clendenen, National Sales Manager 10-95

MACHINE LOAD/UNLOAD SYSTEMSJeffrey Reiche, Applications Engineer 10-97

SESSION IOC - Chip Management

THE ROLE OF CLEANING/CHIP FLUSHING IN THE FMSJoseph J. Palus, Chief Engineer 10-99

CHIP CONTROL FOR BAR CUTOFF AND GROOVING OPERATIONSKeith Konet, Chief Engineer 10-129

CUTTING CHIP CONTROL

Dean Dudley, President 10-137

SESSION 10D - Modern Punching and Shearing

AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRESS ROOM SPRINGS AND AIR CUSHIONSH. Arlan Heiser, PresidentRegis C. Reeping, Sales Manager 10-141AUTOMATING MECHANICAL STRAIGHT-SIDE PRESS OPERATIONSDavid Wnuck, Engineer 10-161MODERN PUNCHING AND SHEARINGRonald E. Van Wieringen, Product Manager 10-175

PRESENCE SENSING INITIATION OF MECHANICAL POWER PRESSESDennis Ebens, President 10-217

SESSION 11A - Factory Cost Accounting Systems

REALISTIC COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMSThomas J. Duvall, Senior Management 11-1

COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSJim Brimson, Vice President, Business Development 11-11

COST MANAGEMENT IN TOMORROW'S FACTORIESRobert Chovanec, Partner 11-13

THE USE OF PC DATABASES FOR EFFECTIVE COST ESTIMATING

William Stocker, Director of Market Development 11-15

SESSION 11B - High Speed—High Accuracy Servos

AC SERVO AMPLIFIERS FOR INDUCTION MOTORSJack Levi, Director of Sales & Marketing 11-17THREE PHASE, ASYNCHRONOUS SERVO DRIVE SYSTEMSLudwig Gall, Applications Engineer 11-31

HIGH PERFORMANCE SERVOR MOTORS FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITYTom England, Manager, Brushless Servo Engineer 11-49

APPLICATIONS OF 3RUSHLESS SERVO DRIVES TO MACHINE TOOLSScott C. Hibbard, Engineering Manager, Indramat Division 11-51

SESSION 11C - New Welding Technologies

THE USE OF FRICTION WELDING IN PRODUCING NET SHAPE PARTSDietmar Spindler, General Manager 11-53

LASER WELDING OF EXOTIC MATERIALSStan Potempa, Midwest Regional Sales Manager 11-71

AUTOMATIC WELDING OF AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS

Thomas J. Glynn, Manager, Arc Welding Systems 11-85

SESSION 11D - Non-Conventional Machining

ULTRASONIC IMPACT GRINDINGDavid O. Moore, Vice President 11-91CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ABRASIVE FLOW MACHININGLarry Rhoades, President 11-93

COMBINING EDM AND INSPECTION FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITYHarry Kern, President

NEW GENERATION ECM SYSTEMSDonald G. Risko, Manager, ECM Division

ADVANCED GRAPHITE EDM ELECTRODE FORMING PROCESSESLarry Rhoades, President

SESSION 12A - Computer-Aided Manufacturing

BUILDING TOWARD CIMPaul Brauninger, Administrative Manager 12-1

LINKING CAD/CAM SYSTEMS TO CMM'SJoseph H. Zink, Supervisor, Software Development 12-7

SOFTWARE FOR AN AUTOMATED MACHINING WORKSTATIONThomas Kramer, Guest WorkerJau-Shi Jun, Guest Worker 12-9

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC PART PROGRAMMINGRanga Komanduri, Program DirectorJoseph Bakel, Senior PlannerCharles Carder, Manager 12-45

BCL STANDARDIZES PART PROGRAMMING FORMATS

Garland T. Smith, Chief Metalworking Specifications Branch 12-47

SESSION 12B - Identification Systems for Manufacturing

BAR CODE USAGE ON THE FACTORY FLOORJohn H. Leckenby, System Development Specialist 12-53TOOL SELECTION VERIFICATION SYSTEMSVito Brigida, Sales Manager 12-67

RF IDENTIFICATION FOR FACTORY AUTOMATION

Ron Ames, Director of Marketing 12-73

SESSION 12C - Machine Tool Standards

COMPLIANCE WITH MACHINE TOOL SAFETY CODES AND STANDARDSPeter Barroso, Senior Engineer 12-87MACHINE TOOL MECHANICAL STANDARDSAnthony M. Bratkovich, Engineering Director 12-89

THE COORDINATING ROLE OF ANSI IN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENTCarvin DiGiovanni, Assistant Safety Director 12-103

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION STANDARDSWilliam Rolland, Executive Director 12-115

SESSION 12D - Precision Engineering and Machining

BENEFITS OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PRECISION MACHINES IN FMSJames D. Axelson, Sales Manager 12-131

PRECISION MACHINING USING EDMRandell L. Bormann, National Product Manager 12-133

PRECISION TURNINGSteve Patterson, Associate Program Leader for Research 12-147

DIAMOND TURNING AS A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR MICROINCH MACHININGDavid Youden, Manager of R & D 12-163

PROBING FOR PRECISION AND PRODUCTIVITY

John Roe, Marketing Manager 12-171

SESSION 13A - Machining of Exotic Materials and Alloys

THE USE OF CERAMIC TOOLS ON EXOTIC ALLOYSKeith H. Smith, Director of Training and Development 13-1FLAT PRECISION MACHINING OF CERAMIC MATERIALSJohn H. Indge, Vice President, Sales 13-3

MACHINING OF TITANIUM AND NICKEL-BASED ALLOYSJoseph Giessler, Ing., R & D Manager 13-17

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF SUPERALLOY GRINDINGJoseph Kovach, Manager, Machining Technology 13-37

CUTTING WITH DIAMOND WIREMatthias Vogel, Project Manager 13-39

SESSION 13B - Programmable Controllers

PROGRAMMABLE LIMIT SWITCHES FOR THE FACTORY OF THE FUTUREJim Westburg, Training Director 13-41

CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING WITH PCsFrank Dyke, Industrial Marketing Manager 13-53

A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ASSEMBLY USING PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERSTony Matlak, Applications Engineer 13-65

PREVENTING ERRORS IN PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERSJoseph Benedetto, Product Line Marketing Manager 13-79

SESSION 13C - Artificial Intelligence/Adaptive Controls

ADVANCED ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHININGJay Lee, Mechanical Engineer 13-81

ADAPTIVE PROCESS CONTROL OF GEAR SHAPERSDonald Chabot, Director of MarketingErich Tlaker, Director of Engineering 13-105

ADAPTIVE VELOCITY CONTROL IN REAL-TIMERichard Melton, Senior Electronics Engineer 13-107

CONTROL FLEXIBILITY FOR TODAY'S MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

Ernest Nemeth, Senior Application Engineering Specialist 13-123

SESSION 13D - Machine Tool Accessories

FLUID RECOVERY: A NEW MANAGEMENT TOOLJames A. Geraghty, Vice President 13-143IMPROVING TOOL-IN-THE-CUT TIME WITH CNC ACCESSORIESDave Poling, Sales Manager 13-149INTEGRATING CMMs INTO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSE. Mark Kloc, Computer Operations Manager 13-151

LOADING/UNLOADING ROBOTS: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR GT WORK CELLSThomas Slavinsky, Project ManagerJames Yuan, Electrical Engineer 13-161

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS xxi