Date of Award

11-1972

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Automation, thrust upon the world of industry by rising labor costs and the need for increased productivity to meet consumer demand, has created many new and varied engineering challenges. Both commercial and industrial manufacturers are now producing parts by the million or at least hundreds of thousands where twenty or thirty years ago production of ten thousand pieces annually was considered "high volume". With giant corporations like General Motors producing a fantastic number of automobiles each year and requiring an even more fantastic number of parts to build these cars it becomes obvious that a real opportunity exists in the area of material handling.

Comments

An essay submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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