Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Robot Motion Economy Principles

Principles of motion economy for human effort industrial engineering. Principles of machine economy for machine effort industrial engineering.

1. Minimize the number of grippers needs and consider adding a simple feature for easier more secure gripping

2. Simpler Robots - Minimize the complexity of robots.  Reduce number of arms and joints.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2DvSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false

Friday, December 2, 2016

Methods improvement - The Current Role of the Foreman - Supervisor



Methods improvement and the foreman, by J. W. Roberts and Clem Zinck.

Main Author: Roberts, John William, 1901-
Published: New London, Conn., National Foremen's Institute [1951]
Subjects: Supervisors, Industrial.
Physical Description: 174 p. illus. 21 cm.

Good and detailed content on work simplification is there in this book

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005735775

The Training Within Industry Report, 1940-1945: A Record of the Development of Management Techniques for Improvement of Supervision, Their Use and the Results
War Manpower Commission, Bureau of Training, Training within Industry Service, 1945 - Employees - 330 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=E_s-DCnFvLYC


Training Within Industry Individual Manuals

Scans of the original manuals. Each manual has color covers, front and back. All manuals setup for duplex printing. Single sided printouts will have some blank pages. See Printing Notes for details.

Bulletin Series --- Original Text, 5.9MB
JI: Job Instruction Manual --- Original Text, 2.6MB
JM: Job Methods Manual --- Original Text, 4.0MB
JR: Job Relations Manual --- Original Text, 3.7MB
UJR: Union Job Relations Manual --- Original Text, 4.1MB
PD: Program Development Manual --- Original Text, 4.0MB
JS: Job Safety Manual --- Original Text (from Canadian Department of Labor, Found at National Archives), 2.1MB
Individual Manual Printing Notes
http://chapters.sme.org/204/TWI_Materials/TWI_Manuals/TWIManuals.htm