机电专业英语 教学课件 作者 姚永玉 常云朋 周丽丹 20186 Part5 Mechatronics Technology.pptVIP

Part5 Mechatronics Technology Unit 1Mechatronics Reading Target 1．Understand the importance of integrating electronic and mechanical engineering. 2．Know how to achieve mechatronics between electronic and mechanical engineering. Text The success of industries in manufacturing and selling goods in a world market increasingly depends upon an ability to integrate electronics and computing technologies into a wide range of primarily mechanical products and processes. The performance of many current products-cars, washing machines, robots or machine tools-and their manufacture depend on the capacity of industry to exploit developments in technology and to introduce them at the design stage into both products and manufacturing processes. The result is system which are cheaper, simpler, more reliable and with a greater flexibility of operation than their predecessors. In this highly competitive situation, the old divisions between electronic and mechanical engineering are increasingly being replaced by the integrated and interdisciplinary approach to engineering design referred to as mechatronics[1]. In a highly competitive environment, only those new products and processes in which an effective combination of electronics and mechanical engineering has been achieved are likely to be successful. In general, the most likely cause of failure to achieve this objective is an inhibition on the application of electronics. In most innovative products and processes the mechanical hardware is that which first seizes the imagination, but the best realization usually depends on a consideration of the necessary electronics, control engineering and computing from the earliest stages of the design process[2]. The integration across traditional boundaries lies at the heart of a mechatronic approach to engineering design and is the key to understanding the developments that are taking place. To be successful, a mechatronic approach needs to be established from the very earliest stage