TY - CHAP AU - L.Norberto Lopez de Lacalle AU - Aitzol Lamikiz AU - E. Amezua AU - J.A. Sanchez AU - E.Maidagan ED - Laszlo Dudas Y1 - 2010-11-02 PY - 2010 T1 - Knowledge-based Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, the Basque Country Experience N2 - This book pilots the reader into the future. The first three chapters introduce new materials and material processing methods. Then five chapters present innovative new design directions and solutions. The main section of the book contains ten chapters organized around problems and methods of manufacturing and technology, from cutting process optimisation through maintenance and control to the Digital Factory. The last two chapters deal with information and energy, as the foundations of a prospering economy. BT - Engineering the Future SP - Ch. 17 UR - https://doi.org/ DO - SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -