Automation in Manufacture-Its Character and Growth.- Industry Application 1-A: Evolution to Automation.- Industry Application 1-B: The Automated Egg.- 2 Automation of Materials Production Processing.- Industry Application 2-A: Computer Makes Precise Purlins.- Industry Application 2-B: Automated Cleaning of Rim Stock.- Industry Application 2-C: Textile Automation.- 3 In-Process Handling Operations.- Industry Application 3-A: Multi-Floor Automated Delivery.- Industry Application 3-B: Deep Lane Storage.- Industry Application 3-C: Job Lot Production.- Industry Application 3-D: Robot Loads Air Conditioners.- Industry Application 3-E: High Tech, In-Line Bag Making.- 4 Controlling Production Automatically.- Industry Application 4-A: Producing on the Ocean Floor.- Industry Application 4-B: Computerized Open-Die Forging.- Industry Application 4-C: Automatic Batching Systems.- Industry Application 4-D: Automated Can Production.- 5 Manufacturing Information Systems.- Industry Application 5-A: Automated Carousels Feed Typewriter Assemblers on MRP Diet.- Industry Application 5-B: Automating Manufacturing Information.- 6 Integrating the Manufacturing System.- Industry Application 6-A: Computer Integrated Manufacturing.- Industry Application 6-B: Machining System for Diesel Engine Cam Followers.- Industry Application 6-C: Aircraft Component Manufacture.- 7 The FMS Alternative.- Industry Application 7-A: Fuser Rolls for Xerox Duplicators.- Industry Application 7-B: Automated Tractor Assembly.- Industry Application 7-C: Grinding Turbine Blades in Automated Cells.- Industry Application 7-D: System Automates Midvolume Production.- 8 Manufacturing Engineering and the System.- Industry Application 8-A: Semiconductor Circuit Production.- 9 R & D for Manufacturing Automation.- Industry Application 9-A: Flexible Manufacturing System.- Industry Application 9-B: Computerized Gear Generating.- 10 The Product and Design Engineering.- 11 Design for Automated Assembly.- Industry Application 11-A: Assembling Motor Armatures.- Industry Application 11-B: Automotive Assembly Respot Welding.- 12 Designing for N/C Production.- 13 Management Philosophy for Automation.- Industry Application 13-A: Automotive Automation.- 14 Industrial Relations Policy for Automation.- Industry Application 14-A: Training for Automation.- 15 Automation Systems Accounting.- 16 Roadblocks to Automation.