Product Description
Features
- Written as a textbook, this work is a modern examination of precision engineering in all its aspect
- Provides extensive coverage of kinematic principles and design procedures
- Surveys dimensional metrology concepts and analysis
- Brings in coverage of uncertainty and Monte Carlo methods
- Examines the micro- and nanotechnology aspects of precision instruments and machines
Summary
Advances in engineering precision have tracked with technological progress for hundreds of years. Over the last few decades, precision engineering has been the specific focus of research on an international scale. The outcome of this effort has been the establishment of a broad range of engineering principles and techniques that form the foundation of precision design.
Today’s precision manufacturing machines and measuring instruments represent highly specialised processes that combine deterministic engineering with metrology. Spanning a broad range of technology applications, precision engineering principles frequently bring together scientific ideas drawn from mechanics, materials, optics, electronics, control, thermo-mechanics, dynamics, and software engineering. This book provides a collection of these principles in a single source. Each topic is presented at a level suitable for both undergraduate students and precision engineers in the field. Also included is a wealth of references and example problems to consolidate ideas, and help guide the interested reader to more advanced literature on specific implementations.
