The 33 papers presented in this book were selected from amongst the 97 papers presented during the sixth edition of the International Conference on Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering during 28 sessions. Two keynote papers, one presented by Professor Stephen Lu, from the IMPACT Research Laboratory, University of Southern California, USA, on ¿Supporting participative joint decisions in integrated design and manufacturing teams¿, and one written by Professor Stefan Rudolph from Stuttgart University about ¿Know-How Reuse in the conceptual design phase of complex engineering products or: ¿Are you still constructing manually or do you generate already automatically¿, introduce the subject of the Conference and are followed by the different themes highlighted during the conference:The design/manufacturing interface; Integrated design of manufacturing processes; Life cycle design and manufacturing approaches; Agility in design and manufacture; Knowledge in engineering; and Management in production systems.

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Plenary Talks.- Supporting Participative Joint Decisions in Integrated Design and Manufacturing Teams.- Know-How Reuse in the Conceptual Design Phase of Complex Engineering Products.- Forming Technologies and Design.- Numerical Optimization of an Industrial Multi-Steps Stamping Process by Using the Design of Experiment Method.- Validation Problems of Virtual Prototyping Systems Used in Foundry for Technology Optimization of Ductile Iron Castings.- Simulation of Forming Processes, with Friction, Coupling Finite Elements and Boundary Elements.- Experimental and Numerical Study of the Tool in Water Jet Incremental Sheet Metal Forming.- Mechanical Systems Design and Optimization.- Hybrid (Bolted/Bonded) Joints Applied to Aeronautic Parts: Analytical One-Dimensional Models of a Single-Lap Joint.- Precision Study of a Decoupled Four Degrees of Freedom Parallel Robot Including Manufacturing and Assembling Errors.- Numerical Simulation of Parallel Robots with Decoupled Motions and Complex Structure in a Modular Design Approach.- Constraints Automatic Relaxation to Design Products with Fully Free Form Features.- Design and Communication.- Rapid and Accurate Data Integration Method for Reverse Engineering Applications.- Observations on Data Relating to User Browsing Behaviour and Usage of Electronic Information.- ICT System Requirements in Collaborative Design with Suppliers.- Improved ComputationalModels.- Direct Measurement of Dynamic Structural Deformations in Order to Improve Dynamic Models of PKM.- Mechanical Behavior Analysis of Flexible Parts in a Real-Time Virtual Environment for Aided Design.- Knowledge Base Formulation for Aided Design Tool.- Calibration Accuracy of a Parallel Structure Machine Tool with Respect to Machined Part Quality.- Design and Manufacturing Knowledge Modelling and Handling.- An Ontology Architecture for Standards Integration and Conformance in Manufacturing.- Knowledge Loss in Design Reviews.- Internet/Intranet/Extranet-Based Systems in the CESICED Platform for Virtual Product Development Environment.- Which Representation for Sets of Product and Associated Services during the Design Process?.- Knowledge Management Aspects for Business Process Management: An Approach through the Information Management within and between Processes - Case Study at STMicroelectronics.- Process Planning.- Machining Strategy Choice: Performance Viewer.- Towards an Approach for Rapid Copying of Free-Form Surfaces in 5-Axis Machining.- Manufacturing Plant Layout Supported with Data Mining Techniques.- Empowering CAPP Systems with Human-Computer Interaction Study.- Tolerancing Methods.- Optimization of Gear Tolerances by Statistical Analysis and Genetic Algorithm.- Modal Tolerancing - Application to Gap and Flush Analyses.- Evaluation of Machining Dispersions for Turning Process.- Metal Cutting and High Speed Machining.- Fundamental Understanding of the Segmented Chip Genesis for Smart Machining. A Contribution in Hard Material Turning.- Identification of Plunge Milling Parameters to Compare with Conventional Milling.- Agility in High Speed Machining: Optimization between Tool and Holder.- Kinematic Performances in 5-Axis Machining.- Dynamic Analyses and Design Optimization of High-Speed Spindle-Bearing System.- Identification of Cutting Relations in High Speed Milling.- Using 3D CAD Models for Programming High Speed Machining.