Condition Monitoring and Control for Intelligent Manufacturing

Manufacturing systems and processes are becoming increasingly complex, making more rational decision-making in process control a necessity. Better information gathering and analysis techniques are needed and condition monitoring is gaining attention from

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Lihui Wang, Ph.D., P.Eng. Senior Research Officer Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute National Research Council of Canada London, Ontario N6G 4X8 Canada

Robert X. Gao, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA

Series Editor: Professor D. T. Pham Intelligent Systems Laboratory WDA Centre of Enterprise in Manufacturing Engineering University of Wales Cardiff PO Box 688 Newport Road Cardiff CF2 3ET UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Condition monitoring and control for intelligent manufacturing. - (Springer series in advanced manufacturing) 1.Machinery - Monitoring 2.Manufacturing processes Automation I.Wang, Lihui II.Gao, Robert X. 670.4’2 ISBN-10: 1846282683 Library of Congress Control Number: 2006924638 Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing ISSN 1860-5168 ISBN-10: 1-84628-268-3 e-ISBN 1-84628-269-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-268-3

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Preface

With its history dating back to the 18th century, manufacturing has propelled civilization to its modern age around the world, and has influenced the development of the entire infrastructure upon which industrial societies are based. From power generation and machine tools to transportation and information distribution to consumer electronics – the influence of manufacturing is ubiquitously seen. While globalization continuous to shift and relocate the center of activities worldwide, manufacturing has maintained its central role in the economy of most industrial nations, accounting fo