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The welding workplace : technology change and work management for a global welding industry / Richard Boekholt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Woodhead Publishing series in welding and other joining technologiesPublisher: Cambridge, England : Abington Pub., 2000Description: 1 online resource ( xv, 207 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781855738850
  • 1855738856
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Welding workplace.DDC classification:
  • 338.4567152 21
LOC classification:
  • HD9697.W432 B644 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; The Welding Workplace: Technology Change and Work Management for a Global Welding Industry; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction to the project; 1.1 How to create a good work environment; 1.2 The welding workplace beyond 2000; Chapter 2. Mechanization and automation in the welding workplace; 2.1 The change from manual to machine and automated welding; improved working conditions; 2.2 Manual welding of transportation pipelines for oil and gas; replacement by mechanized and automated welding.
2.3 Welding mechanization and automation in medium-size and small shipyards2.4 The effect of robotization in shipbuilding; 2.5 Flexible manufacturing systems; 2.6 On-line and off-line robot programming techniques; References; Chapter 3. Production organization in advanced workplaces; 3.1 Observed trends in modern work organizations; 3.2 Modern work organization demands decentralized technical solutions; 3.3 Knowledge management to develop distinctive competencies and gain competitive advantages; 3.4 Outsourcing of production -- a standard procedure for production management.
3.5 The use of computers for an efficient decentralized organization3.6 Mastering the art of kaizen; References; Chapter 4. Working conditions and human aspects in shop floor environments; 4.1 Is it possible to be a welder for life?; 4.2 The design of a model welding workstation; 4.3 A model for assessment and design of workplaces for manual welding; 4.4 Design criteria for larger welding workplaces; 4.5 Ergonomic research; 4.6 Implementation of ergonomics at the workplace; 4.7 Environmental management of industrial processes in European shipyards.
4.8 User oriented production support in distributed shop-floor environment (UPSIDE)References; Chapter 5. Welding and cutting systems, tools and supporting equipment and their influence on the workfloor environment; 5.1 Process gases and their influence on fume and gas emission; 5.2 Source extraction; the solution to many problems with airborne pollutants; 5.3 Fixtures and manipulators as a support for mechanized and automatic welding systems; 5.4 Environmental trends in the use of cutting systems; 5.5 The automated welding workplace beyond 2000; 5.6 Work environment for the welder.
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Front Cover; The Welding Workplace: Technology Change and Work Management for a Global Welding Industry; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction to the project; 1.1 How to create a good work environment; 1.2 The welding workplace beyond 2000; Chapter 2. Mechanization and automation in the welding workplace; 2.1 The change from manual to machine and automated welding; improved working conditions; 2.2 Manual welding of transportation pipelines for oil and gas; replacement by mechanized and automated welding.

2.3 Welding mechanization and automation in medium-size and small shipyards2.4 The effect of robotization in shipbuilding; 2.5 Flexible manufacturing systems; 2.6 On-line and off-line robot programming techniques; References; Chapter 3. Production organization in advanced workplaces; 3.1 Observed trends in modern work organizations; 3.2 Modern work organization demands decentralized technical solutions; 3.3 Knowledge management to develop distinctive competencies and gain competitive advantages; 3.4 Outsourcing of production -- a standard procedure for production management.

3.5 The use of computers for an efficient decentralized organization3.6 Mastering the art of kaizen; References; Chapter 4. Working conditions and human aspects in shop floor environments; 4.1 Is it possible to be a welder for life?; 4.2 The design of a model welding workstation; 4.3 A model for assessment and design of workplaces for manual welding; 4.4 Design criteria for larger welding workplaces; 4.5 Ergonomic research; 4.6 Implementation of ergonomics at the workplace; 4.7 Environmental management of industrial processes in European shipyards.

4.8 User oriented production support in distributed shop-floor environment (UPSIDE)References; Chapter 5. Welding and cutting systems, tools and supporting equipment and their influence on the workfloor environment; 5.1 Process gases and their influence on fume and gas emission; 5.2 Source extraction; the solution to many problems with airborne pollutants; 5.3 Fixtures and manipulators as a support for mechanized and automatic welding systems; 5.4 Environmental trends in the use of cutting systems; 5.5 The automated welding workplace beyond 2000; 5.6 Work environment for the welder.

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