{"product_id":"9789401171229","title":"CAD\/CAM in Practice: A Manager’s Guide to Understanding and Using CAD\/CAM","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCAD\/CAM in Practice: A Manager’s Guide to Understanding and Using CAD\/CAM\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMedland, A.J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eLittle more than a decade ago computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD\/CAM) was a very esoteric field indeed, not one that was of much practical concern to a manager or industrialist unless his business was on the scale of, say, a major automobile manufacturer or in a field of high technology such as aerospace. Like so much else, this situation was revo­ lutionized by the invention of the silicon chip, the arrival of the micro­ processor and the dramatic fall in the cost of computer hardware. Today, CAD\/CAM has spread down the market, and down the price scale, to the point at which it is both a feasible and an affordable technology for a wide range of small-and medium-sized companies in areas as various as architec­ ture and general engineering, plastic moulding and consumer electronics. But the explosion - there is no other word for it - in the variety and capabilities of CAD\/CAM systems, and their spectacular climb to the top of the hi-tech hit parade, has placed the potential purchaser and user of the new technology in a difficult position. On the one hand he is assured, not least by the manufacturers of CAD\/CAM equipment, that a failure to invest in it will leave his company stranded in the industrial Stone Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-03-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401171229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-7120-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 228\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44421812191372,"sku":"9789401171229","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401171229.jpg?v=1775819598","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789401171229","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}