IT Based Manufacturing

Editors

Surender Kumar

S.K. MukherjeeVinay Sharma

TECHNISCHE

INFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK

UNIVERSITATSB1BLIOTHEKHANNOVER

Narosa Publishing HouseNew Delhi Chennai Mumbai Kolkata

Contents

Preface v

Section A: Machining Processes and Machine Tools 1-206

1. On Dry Machining of Aluminium with Coated Carbide Tool 3

P. Roy, A. Ghosh, S.K. Sarangi and A.K. Chattopadhyay

2. Craterisation of Ceramic Tools During Finish Machining of Centrifugally Cast Iron 9

V. Sivasankaran and R. Krishnamurthy

3. Some Studies on Effect of Process Variables on Hardness and 14

Case Depth in Pack Bonding Process

N.B. Hirlekar and P.M. Khodke

4. The Effect of Preheating of Work Material on Improved 20

Machinability of Materials

A.K.M.N. Amin andM. Abdelgadir

5. Chip Formation Mechanism in Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRPs) 28

Composites: A Finite Element ApproachD. Nayak, I. Singh, N. Bhatnagar and P. Mahajan

6. Effect of Fiber Orientation and Feed Rate on the Drilling of GFRP Composite 35

Dineshsingh Thakur and P.K. Brahmankar

7. Drilling of FRP Composite Laminates: A FE Approach 42

/. Singh, D. Nayak andN. Bhatnagar

8. Experimental Study on Burr Formation in Face Milling 49

N. C. Nayak and S. Paul

9. Development of Self Propelled Round Inserts Milling Cutter 55

UdayA. Dabade, S.S. Joshi andN. Ramakrishnan

10. Selection of Optimal Conditions in Multi-Pass Face Milling Using 61

Non-Conventional Methods

N. Baskar, P. Asokan, R. Saravanan and G. Prabakaran

11. A Generalized ANN Based Model for Prediction of Cutting Forces in 70

Machining of Al/SiC Composites

Dattatray M. Pendse and Suhas S. Joshi

12. Optimization of Milling Operations Using Nelder Mead Simplex and 76

Simulated Annealing AlgorithmsS. Rajakarunakaran, V. Janakiraman, R. Saravanan and

K.N. K.S.K. Chockalingam

x Contents

13. Optimization of Turning Process Parameters Using Artificial Neural Network 83

N. V. Lakal and S.S. Mohite

14. Formulation of a Cutting Fluid for Hard Turning with Minimal Cutting Fluid 89

A.S. Varadarajan, B. Ramamoorthy and P.K. Philip

15. Cutting Fluid Selection Using Analytic Hierarchy Process 97

R. Venkata Rao, O.P. Gandhi and S. Jindal

16. Effects of Applying Soluble Oil, Sodium Nitrite and Liquid Nitrogen on 104

Grindability of Inconel-718

S. Dasgupta, M. Kirtania, A.K. Nandy, S. Ghosh and A.B. Chattopadhyay17. Development of Machine Tool for in-situ Internal Machining of a 111

Hardened Tube from a Long Distance

A.K. Sinha, S. Bhatt, P.I. Hadagali, H.B. Parise, T.L.G. Kulty,D.S. Rao, R.L. Suthar and A. Manjunatha

18. Synthetic Composite: A Non-Conventional Material for Machine Tool Structures 117

K.P. Roysarkar and M.K. Banerjee

19. Error Analysis in Three-Axes Machining Centre in Jig Manufacturing 125

Binit Kumar Jha and Anjali Kumar

20. Effect of In-Feed on Vibration Behaviour of Cylindrical Grinding Machine 130

5. Saha, A. Bandyopadhyay, P.K. Pal and D.K. Bandyopadhyay

21. Design Parameters for Double Containment Adhesive Joints for Machine Tool Structures 136

Avdhesh Hans, A.K, Jha and J.N. Dube

22. Free Vibration Analysis of Laminated Composite Plate by FEA Using 145

Nonconforming Elements

V.B. Tungikar; S.R. Kajale and S.K. Basu

23. Influence of Grinding Parameters on Surface Finish and Damage of 152

Ground Silicon Carbide

Anne Venu Gopal and P. Venkateswara Rao

24. Selective Grinding : A New On-Line Heat Treatment Process for 158

Surface Hardening of HSS Tools

S.N. Ami Saravanapriyan andL. Vijayaraghavan

25. Performance Study of Rubber Coated Regulating Wheel in Centreless Grinding 165

P. Hariharan and PR. Nakkeeran

26. Grinding Performance Improvement by Using Floating Nozzle 170

Kiyoshi Suzuki, Shin 'ichi Ninomiya, Tetsutaro Uematsu and Manabu Iwai

27. Polishing of Inner-Surface of Long Stainless Steel Pipe by Using 176

Magnetic Lapping Tape with Fixed Abrasive

K. Kitajima, S. Kato, T. Tottori and K. Tsuzuki

28. Study of Grind Hardening Effect on Various Materials 181

V.S.K. Venkatachalapathy andB. Rajmohan

29. Temperature Determination on the Workpiece Surface

During Diamond Surface Grinding: FEM ApproachVinod Yadava, Vijay K. Jain and Prakash M. Dixit

30. Extrude Honing of Internal Features

H.P. Raju, K. Narayanasamy and Y.G. SHnivasa

31. Influence of Residual Stress and Microstrain on the Corrosion Behaviour of

Ground Finished Medium Carbon Steel

B. Srinivasa Kumar Reddy, B. Ramamoorthy and P. Kesavan Nair

Section B: Non-Traditional Manufacturing

32. Performance Evaluation of Focusing Nozzles in Abrasive Waterjet CuttingJ. John Rozario Jegaraj and N. Ramesh Babu

33. Parametric Studies on an Abrasive Jet Machining SetupA.S. Kakad, Santosh Kumar and J.N. Dube

34. Effects of Operating Parameters on the Performance of Abrasive Flow

Machining Process

R.K. Jain and V.K. Jain

35. Electrochemical Micromachining: A Review

Pradeep Dixit, N. Ramakrishnan and S.S. Joshi

36. Shaped Tube Electrochemical Machining of Cooling Holes in Inconel for

Turbine ApplicationsD.S. Bilgi, V.K. Jain, R. Shekhar and S. Mehrotra

37. Development of Electrochemical Micromachining (EMM) Setup for

Experimental AnalysisB. Bhattacharyya and J. Munda

38. Response Surface Methodology Based Parametric Analysis on

Electrochemical Discharge Machining of Silicon Nitride Ceramics

B.N. Doloi, B. Bhattacharyya and B.R. Sarkar

39. Advances in Manufacturing of Trubine Blade for Aircraft EngineP.N. Tengli

40. Electro-Discharge Trueing/Dressing of Super-Abrasive GrindingWheel for Fine Groove GrindingKiyoshi Suzuki, C.S. Sharma, Tetsutaro Uematsu and Manabu Iwai

41. Analysis of Characteristics Features of EDM Surfaces

V.S.R. Murti, P. Laxminarayana and G. V. Ramana Reddy

42. Studies on Electrical Discharge Machining of Deep Narrow Slots

in Critical Aero-Engine Components Made of Titanium Alloy

K. Srinivasulu, S. Sudhakar Reddy, D.R.S.V. Varma and K.J. Mathew

xii Contents

43. Analysis of Electrical Discharge Machining of 6061 AL,03 CompositesH.S. Payal andB.L. Sethi

44. Effect of Wire Erosion Rate on Performance in Wire-EDMB.J. Ranganath andA.S. Srikantappa

45. Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Machining Parameters in

Wire-Cut EDM of Inconel-718

K. Srinivasulu, D.R.S. V. Varma and S. Sudhakara Reddy46. Study for Optimization of CNC-Wire Cut EDM Parameters During

Machining of Al/SiC-MMC Using Design of ExperimentsA. Manna andB. Bhattacharyya

47. Multi-Variate Analyses of Wire-Cut Electro Discharge Machining ProcessShajan Kuriakose, D. Srikanth and M.S. Shunmugam

48. Wire Cut EDM: Artifical Neural Network ModelingR. Ramakrishnan, L. Karunamoorthy and S. Ramesh

49. A Model to Estimate Transient Thermal Loads on an EDM Wire ElectrodeUnder Randomly Located Multiple Discharge Condition

Simul Banerjee and B. V.S.S.S. Prasad

50. Microgrooving on Miniature Nozzle by Laser Lithography and

Chemical MachiningV.K. Suri, G.L. Goswami, G. Gouthaman and B. Bhattacharjee

51. Parametric Analysis of Nd:YAG Laser Machining System During ProfileGeneration Based on Taguchi MethodologyA.S. Kuar, B.N. DoloiandB. Bhattacharyya

52. Micro Phenomena in Laser CuttingArvind Bharti

53. A Feasibility Study of Microwelding of Stainless Steel Thin Sheets

Using Pulsed Nd-YAG Laser

J. Ganesh, D. Misra, P. Saha and P.K. Mishra

54. Laser Drilling: A Qualitative ApproachJ. Rana, D.K. Panda and R.K. Bhoi

55. Study on Temperature During Cutting of Low Carbon Steel Specimens in

CO, Laser

P.K. Kundu, S.P. Chaudhuri andS. Chakraborty

Section C: Forming and Joining

56. Effect of Resistance Welding Variables on the Strength of Resistance

Spot Welding Joints

B.K. Singh

Contents xiii

57. Development of Microwelding System Using Electrochemical Discharge 363

A. Sengupta, A. Choudhury, P.K. Mishra and Amitabha Ghosh

58. Effect of Transverse Oscillation on Tensile Properties of Medium Carbon 369

Steel Welds of Different Thickness

S.P. Tewari

59. An Improved Algorithm for Analysis of Heat Flow During Arc Welding 375

Using Finite Element Method

O.P. Gupta, A.N. Sinha andN.R. Mandal

60. Cold Forging of Sintered Steel Polygonal Discs 382

S. K. Rana, G. Sutradhar and S. Kumar

61. Hot Compression Testing of Metal Matrix Composites Produced Through 386

Power MetallurgyS. Ramanathan, R. Karthikeyan, S. Mukhilan and B.C. Pai

62. Optimization of Hot Machining of Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composites 392

Using Instability MapsB. Mohan, K. Somasundara Vinoth, A. Rajadurai, R. Nagarajan,S. Vemtgopal and K. G. Satyanarayana

63. Compaction and Sintering Studies of Rapidly Solidified High Carbon 398

Content Iron Powders for Structural ComponentsB.B. Pani, P.G. Mukunda and O.N. Mohanty

64. Computer Aided Metal Flow Analysis in Off-Centric Extrusion Dies 403

R. Ponalagusamy, R. Narayanasamy and R. Venkatesan

65. Effect of Punch Parameters on Double Cup Extrusion Test: A Finite 408

Element AnalysisM. Gopal, A. Rajadurai and S. Vengataswamy

66. Forging of a Truncated Cone: An Upper Bound Analysis 414

S.K. Sahoo andN.S. Das

67. Studies on Hydroforming of Tubular Parts 421

V. Krishnaraj, G. Chandramohan and M. Sivakumar

68. Superplastic Blow Forming of Light Alloys 427

Abhijit Dutta

69. Effect of Heat Treatment on Forming Limit Strains in Aluminium Alloy Sheets 432

K. Kalaichelvan, R. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Murugaraj and A. Joseph Stanley

70. Simulation of Metal Flow During Hot Upsetting of a Mild Steel Ring 437

Sanjay Kumar and Pramod Kumar Mahato

71. Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials Under Hydrostatic 442

Backpressure and TemperatureV. Anil Kumar, Sammeta and A.S, Deshpande

72. Experimental Investigation on Hydraulic Counter-Pressure Deep Drawing 449

Swadesh Kumar Singh and D. Ravi Kumar

xiv Contents

73. Optimization of Operations in Sheet Metal Processes Using Genetic

Algorithms for Different Objective Functions

D. Sakthivel, D. Kingsly Jeba Singh and C. Jebaraj

Section D: Manufacturing Mechatronics

74. Computer Aided Simulated Annealing Approach for Optimum Design of

Cellular Manufacturing System: A Case StudyP.M. Khodke and S.B. Barve

75. On Feature Based Modeling Techniques and Concurrent Engineering in

Commercially Available CAD Software

Pralay Pal, A.M. Tigga and Anjani Kumar

76. Computer Aided Geometric Design and Manufacturing of Freeform

Surfaces Related to Saddletrees

T. V.K. Gupta, S.G. Dhande and G. Srihari

77. Study on Strength and Warpage of Stereolithography Model

PS. Banerjee, P.K. Maji, M.K. Banerjee,R.N. Banerjee and T.K. Chatterjee

78. Computer Aided Analysis of Mechanism Considering the Effect of

Wear at Joints: ANN ApproachAM. Kuthe

79. Scheduling Decisions in Two Machine Flexible Manufacturing Cell: Simulation

Modeling and AnalysisV.B. Sawant and S.S. Mohite

80. Modeling and Simulation Studies of FMS Layouts for Optimum

Layout Selection

Basheer Ahmed, M. Komaraiah and P. Jagannathan81. Cell Formation Using Artificial Neural Network

P. Venkumar, K. Chandra Sekar, R. Sudhakarapandian and

A. Noorul Haq

82. Mathematical Model Based Integrated Approach for Evaluation of Workstation

Flexibility and Machine FlexibilityD. Mishra and B.B. Biswal

83. Machine Selection in a Flexible Manufacturing Cell UsingAnalytic Hierarchy Process

R. Venkata Rao and O.P. Gandhi

84. Facility Layout Design in Cellular Manufacturing: An Approach to Minimize

MakespanM. Chandrasekaran, C. Murali Krishna, Menguzelie Suhu andArenbo Peter

Contents .w

85. Built-in-Diagnosis to a Future Technology for Micro-Manufacturing: A 529

Case Study on an Indian Rubber Product Making Unit

Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Surender Kumar and Pankaj Mishra

86. On Processing Technique of Raw 3D Point Cloud Data for Accurate 535

Reverse Engineering Exercise

Pralay Pal, Raj Ballav and Anjani Kumar

87. Development of a 60 kg Payload 4-Axes SCARA Configuration Manipulator 543

G. Purkayastha, S. Datta, S.N. Nandy and S.N. Shome

88. Sub-Optimal Path Planning of 3R Robot Manipulator with Collision 549

Detection and Avoidance

G. Sanyal, R.N. Mukherjee and J. Saha

89. Offline Path Planning of Cooperative Manipulators Using Genetic Algorithm 555

M.S. AjmalDeen Ali, N. Rainesh Babu and Koshy Varghese

90. Design, Development and Control of Multi-Degrees of Freedom 563

Instrumented Dextrous GripperS. Pal, M. Kumar and S.R. Deb

91. Some Aspects of Parallel Manipulator for Machining Applications 569

Jagannath De, Ranjit Ray, Nimai Chandra Barai and Subhasis Bhaumik

92. Design and Development of an Intelligent Mobile Vehicle for Stair Navigation 575

Ranjit Ray, Nimai Chandra Barai and Subhasis Bhaumik

93. Development of Low Cost Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) 581

A.A. Pande, N. Ramakrishnan andD.K, Sharma

94. Modelling, Simulation and Analysis of Stress and Kinematics of 587

6 Degrees of Freedom Pick and Place Parallel ManipulatorR. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Kalaichelvan and R. Dhanaraj

95. Analysis of Reference Lines Established by Standard Electrical and Gaussian Filters 593

K. Lingadurai and M.S. Shunmugam

Section E: Intelligent Manufacturing 599-734

96. A Cost Effective Approach for Software Development 601

Aclitya Shah andAnshu Agarwal

97. Collaborative Product Design Based on an Open Architecture Approach 607

A. Hari Hara Ganesh and P. Radhakrishnan

98. Development of Model for High Speed Milling Using Neural Networks 613

5. Saikumar, P, Kiran, D.R. Yadav andl.K. Kaul

99. A New Approach for Direct Metal Rapid Prototyping 619

Akula Sreenathbabu, K.P, Karunakaran and C. Amarnath

xvi Contents

100. A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Optimize the Process Parameters to 625

Improve the Accuracy of RP Parts by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)

Y. Ravikumar, B. Susila, C. Gajendran and P. Radhakrishnan

101. Recognition and Inspection of Machine Parts Using PC Based Vision 631

System for Robotised Assembly of Gear Box

Debananda Das Gupta, Ajoy Kumar Dutta and Subir Kumar Debnath

102. Development of Expert System for Non-Traditional Machining 639

S. Senthil Velan

103. Supply-Chain Management as a Total System Approach of Manufacturing Strategy 645

C. Pandey

104. Clustering of Manufactured Parts Using Data Obtained from Image Projection Method 652

Runumi Bordoloi and S. Chakraborty

105. Application of Finite Element Model Updating Using Simulated Experimental Data 660

Rajeev Srivastava, R.K. Srivastava and B.B. Sahay

106. Computer Aided Design and Virtual Manufacturing of Spur Gear 668

5. Roy, G. Pohit and K.N. Saha

107. Virtual Foundry Modeling and Its Applications 676

R.G. Chougule, MM. AkarteandB. Ravi

108. A Multilevel Modeling Framework to Assess the Agility of Manufacturing Systems 682

P.G. Saleeshya and A. Subash Babu

109. Dynamic Modeling for Process Improvement 691

Thleswar Nath, V.N.A. Naikan and B. Mahanty

110. A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Tabu Search for Production Plan Optimization 697

G. Mohan Kumar and A. Noorul Haq

111. Application of Fault Tree (FT) for the Management of Quality in FHP Motor Industry 703

R.R. Mohanty and A. Subash Babu

112. Low Cost Manufacturing of Textile Composites Using Vacuum Assisted Resin 712

Transfer Molding

Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate

113. Self-Organizing Fuzzy Controller for Constant Force Control in Turning Process 717

A. Muniappan, B. Mohan and A. Rajadurai

114. Solid Modeling and Stiffness Analysis of some Precision Hydraulic Components 723

Through Finite Element Method

Somashekhar S. Hiremath, M, Singaperumal and R. Krishnakumar

115. Development of Feature Recognition Algorithms for Prismatic Components 729

Dasharath Ram, P. Kiran and P.V. Mohanram

Section F: Related Topics 735-826

116. Design and Development of Underwater Thruster for 1000 m Depth at Sea 737

S. Nandy, D. Banerjee and S.N. Shome

Contents xvii

117. Thermomechanical Treatment of 7010A1 Alloy for Achieving Fine Grain Size 743P. Prahhakar Reddy, Abhijit Dutta, Amit Kumar and M. Komaraiah

118. Musculoskeletal Discomforts in Ready Made Garment (RMG) Industry 748

Workers in BangladeshMd. Golam Mohiuddin and Md. M. Islam

119. Devlopments in Quenching Techniques of the Welded Drill Pipes in 755

Austenizing Process

R. Venkat Reddi, T.A. Janardhan Reddy and G.C.M. Reddy

120. Establishing the Induction Hardening Process Parameters of a 6-CylinderDiesel Engine Crankshaft for Improving the Quality 762

A. K. Goel, U.K. Paswan and B.N. Prasad

121. Experimental and Theoretical Estimation of Structural Rigidity of 768Core Support Structure (CSS) in PFBR

M. Saimurugan, P. Krishnakumar and P. Chellapandi

122. Economics of Vacuum Casting as a Prototyping Method: A Case Study 776

Kaushik Kumar and M. Mukherjee

123. A Cost Effective Approach for Improving Productivity of Rural Artifacts 781

Manufacturing: With Special Reference to Jharkhand State

Sanjay Kumar Jha, Ritesh Kumar Singh and S. Kumar

124. ROMELT: An Alternate Iron Making Process for India 787

K.K. Prasad

125. Types and Assessment of Multivariate Quality Control Charts 795

K.R.G. Kishore and S.S.N. Murty

126. An Integrated Model for Technoeconomic Life Based on Life Cycle Costing 803

M.A. Venkatesh, D.K. Pal andS.K. Basil

127. A Novel Device for Filling Frames with Splints for the Manufacture of Safety Matches 811

G. Balamurugan, N.P. Mukherjee andAvijit Singha

128. Effect of Fiber Orientation and Reinforcement Content on Strength of Metal Matrix 816

Composite: A Finite Element ApproachT. V. Moorthy, S. Balasivanandha Prabu and P. Manikandan

129. Erosion Wear Behaviour of Alumina-Titania Composites in the As-sprayed and 823

Microwave Glazed Conditions

Apurhba Kr. Sharma and R. Krishnamurthy

Section G: Abstracts (Papers accepted for presentation) 827-852

130. Optimization of Cutting Parameters Used in High Speed Turning of Inconel 718 829

Material with Whisker Reinforced Ceramic Tools

D.R.S.V. Varma, B.G. Nandagopal, K. Shrinivasulu and S. Sudhakar Reddy

xviii Contents

131. Vibration Prediction of a Vertical Milling Machine by the Application of 829

Neural Networks

C.S. Chowdhury ,T.K. Chatterjee, R.N. Banerjee and A. Roy

132. On some Aspects of Dynamic Characteristics of Radial Drilling Machine 829

P.K. Pal, G. Nandi, A. Bandyopadhyay and J. Hemwani

133. Development of a Machine Tool and Machining Process for In-situ 830

Precision Boring & Grooving Operations

S.Bhatt, A.K. Sin/ut and R.L. Suthar

134. On the Anti-Loosening Characteristics of Fasteners 830

M.K. Mondal, N.K. Peyada, S. Patra, S.Pradhan, S. Banerjee and S. Das

135. Performance of Ball Bearings in Motorized High Speed Spindles 831

V. Prabhu Raja, J. Kanchana, R.M. Valliappan and P. Radhakrishnan

136. An Experimental Study of Effect of Cutting Fluid on Tool Wear in Metal Machining 831

N.R. Dhar

137. Gripping Performance Analysis of Centre Lathe Chuck 832

M.D. Batgeri, M.Y. Khire andP.G. Ramdasi

138. Machinability Evaluation Using Analythic Hirarchy Process 832

R. Venkata Rao and O.P. Gandhi

139. Machining Characterstics of Ultrasonic Machining 832

B. Naga Prasad Rao, V.S.R. Murti and K. Sudhakar

140. Effect of Material Properties on the Machining Characteristics in EDM 833

P. Laxminarayana, B. Naga Prasad Rao and S.A. Hassan

141. An Experimental Study on Wire Cut Electrical Discharge Machining for Precision 833

Machining ApplicationsA run Datta, R. Balasubramaniam, H.B. Panse, A. Mohan Rao and A. Manjunatha

142. An Experimental Study on Electro-Chemical Machining to Enhance the 834

Quality of the Edge and Corner Radius Generated

R. Balasubramaniam, D.J. Derose, J. Krishnan, A. Mohan Rao and A. Manjunatha

143. Determination of Material Removal Rate for a Brittle Workpiece Material 834

in Abrasive Jet MachiningJ. Rana, D.K. Panda and R.K. Bhoi

144. Study of Crater in Electro-Discharge, Machining of Infinite Workpiece 835

D.K. Panda, N. Dash, J. Rana and R.K. Bhoi

145. An Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Grain Size on the Deep Drawing Process 835

P.V.R. Ravindra Reddy and G. Chandra Mohan Reddy

146. Low Cost Automation for Productivity Improvement: A Case Study 835

M. Y. Khire

147. Factories of Future: IT Based Manufacturing 836

R.S Pawade, H.N. Warhatkar and B.F. Jogi

Contents via

Agine and Lean Manufacturing : Recent Trends Finding Roots in Japanese Concepts 836

M.G. Bhatt and L.N. Patel

A Multi-Criteria Decision Aid for RP Process Selection 837

MM. Akarte, B.M. Dabade and S.S. Deshmukh

Total Productive Maintance: Tool of Productivity Improvement 837

A.S. Relkar, K.N. Nandurkar and V.K. Khare

PLC Based Stepper Motor Driven Linear Micro Indexing Mechanism 838

G. Balamurugan, N.P. Mukherjee, U.Datta and J. Roy Chowdhury

Development of a Vision Controlled Mobile Manipulator 838

N. C. Barai, Ranjit Ray and Subhasis Bhaumik

Microcontroller Based Automatic Wetgrinder 839

A. Palani, K. Kalaichelvan and G. Muralidharan

Performance Evaluation of an FMS Using Discrete Event System Simulation 839

D. Banerjee and R. Bhattacharya

Application of Clustering Algorithms in Cellular Manufacturing 840

Anshul Gangele and Jayant Negi

Multi-Objective Cell Formation in Cellular Manufacturing : A Pareto-Based Genetic 840

Algorithm ApproachD. Agarwal, S. Sahu and P.K. Ray

Computer Aided Analysis of the Dome of a Blast Furnance 841

Alok Kumar

A Computer Aided Analysis of Front Slide CAM of Automatic Screw Machine 841

R. Basak, T.K. Chaterjee and R.N. Banerjee

Scheduling Optimization of Flexible Manufacturing System 842

Using Tabu Search Method

S. Saravana Sankar, R. Karthikeyan and S.G. Ponnambalam

Multilevel Scheduling Decisions in a Class of FMS Using Heuristic Approach 842

A. Noorul Haq, T. Karthikeyan andM. Dinesh

Study of Supply Chain in a Manufacturing Industry and Focus on its 843

Improvement-Distribution LogisticsL. Karuna Moorthy, M. Govindarajan, M. Janakiramanan,

T. Karthik, P. Norman, Jaisingh and M. Karthik Yuvaraj

Computational Fluid Dynamics in Manufacturing: A State-of-the-art Survey 843

Vinod Yadav, Jeeoot Singh and VS. Chauhan

Evaluation of CNC Machine Tool Errors 844

Mitsali Narasimhulu and S.S.N. Murty

Feature Based Computer Aided NC Part Program Generation for 844

Critical Aerospace ComponentJ.P. Singh

xx Contents

165. Computer Aided Robot Selection 845

S. Siddiqui, S. Kumar and B. Kumar

166. Influence of Longitudinal Oscillation of Tensile Properties of Medium Carbon Steel 845

Weld of Different Thicknesses

S.P. Tewari

167. Friction Welding of Stainless Steel 846

P. Sathiya, S. Aravindan and A. Noorul Haq

168. Antiwear Surface Treatment Using High Cyanates, Low Sulphur Bath 846

Prashant P. Parhad

169. Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Light Weight Circular Surface Plates 847

T.S.R. Murthy, V.V. Ramana Murky and A.K. Saxena

170. Fabrication and Characterization for the Manufacturing Technology Step of VLSI Circuit 847

S. Paul, A. Bandyopadhyay and G. Majumdar

171. Expert System for Mould Design in Automated Die Casting Process 847

Rajesh Kr. Porwal, Vijay Prakash and Vinay Shartna

172. Study and Evaluation of Friction Stir Welding 848

V. Sivanathan, S. Aravindan and R. Krishnamurthy

173. Fixturing Concepts for Small Batch Production and Job Shops 848

Using Stand Alone CNC Machines

/V. Balashanmugam and J. Thyagarajan

174. Influence of Austempering Temperature on Mechanical Properties and 849

Wet Abrasive Wear of IS 700/2 Grade Ductile Iron CastingN.D. Prasanna, Murlidara and K. Radhakrishna

175. Effective Method of Identification of an Errant Variable in 850

Multivariate T2 Chart

P.K. Talapatra and S.S.N. Murty

176. Stress Analysis in Flow Formed Components Using Finite Element Technique 850

C.S. Krishna Prasad Rao, G. Venkata Rao and M. Komaraiah

Author Index 853