ME1037 - COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING

PURPOSE
To familiarize with the components of computer aided manufacturing and production planning.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1. Basics of manufacturing and CNC machines .
2. Constructional features of CNC machines.
3. System of automation.
4. Material handling systems .
5. Computer aided production planning .
UNIT I - MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND CNC MACHINES (9 hours)
Manufacturing systems - types, current trends. Group technology - part families, coding and
classification. Production flow analysis, FMS and CIM principle. Fundamentals of CNC machines-
principles of operation - features - Classification - Developments, Machining Centers, its Economics.
UNIT II - ELEMENTS OF CNC MACHINES (9 hours)
Interpolations - Open loop and closed loop control systems - CNC controllers Direct Numerical
Control, Adaptive Control - Machine structures, slide ways, linear bearings, Recirculating ball screws,
Drives - spindle and feed drives - Feed back devices, ATC and automatic pallet system.
UNIT III - AUTOMATION AND AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY (9 hours)
Automated manufacturing system - historical development and future trends. Automation - need, basic
elements, levels, strategies, advantages and limitations. Automated assembly Fundamental, system
configuration, part delivery at workstation, design for automated assembly.
UNIT IV - MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS (9 hours)
Automated material handling systems-conveyor, automated guided vehicles, pallets- Automated
storage and retrieval systems. Introduction to Industrial Robots, Robot physical Configuration, Basic
Robot motions, Technical features-work volume, precision, movement, speed, movement, weight
carrying capacity, type of drive systems.
UNIT V - COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL (9 hours)
Introduction to Computer aided production planning - Application of computers Shop floor
monitoring - Materials requirement planning - Inventory control-simple problem, JIT approach and
Case studies.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Rao.P.N, Tewari.N.K and Kundra.T.K, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi, 2008.
2. Mikell P. Groover, Emory W. Zimmers Jr., CAD/CAM:Computer Aided Design and
Manufacturing, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2008.3. Mikell P. Groover,
Automation, Production systems and computer integrated manufacturing, Prentice Hall of India
Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2007.
REFERENCES
1. Ibrahim Zeid, CAD/CAM Theory and Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2010.
2. James Madison, CNC Machining Hand Book, Industrial Press Inc., New York, 1996.
3. Barry Hawkes, The CAD/CAM Process, Wheeler Publishing, 1992.
4. Hans B. Kief and Frederick Waters, T., Computer Numerical Control - A CNC Reference Guide,
Macmillan / McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992.
5. Mikell P. Groover, Industrial Robotics Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2005. 6.
6.Radhakrishnan.P, Subramanyan.S and Raju.V, CAD/CAM/CIM, New Age International Publishers,
2000.
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SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SESSION PLAN
Course Code: ME1037
Course Title: Computer Aided manufacturing
Year/ Sem: IV year- 7th semester (Odd) - Mechanical
Sl.No No of Title/Details of Chapter Reference code of text book
Hours
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND CNC MACHINE
1 1 Manufacturing system Definition, components T3,Chapter 13
2 1 Types & current trends in manufacturing system T3, Chapter 13
Group technology definition and purpose- Part families, design and T3, Chapter 18
3 1
manufacturing attributes
4 1 Coding and classification system Opitz , Multi-class T3, Chapter 18
5 1 Production flow analysis T3, Chapter 18
Analysis in cellular manufacturing - Rank order clustering T3, Chapter 18
6 1
technique, holier method - Calculation
FMS definition components Types of FMS layout - CIM T3,Chapter 19
7 1
principles CIM wheel (CASA/SMEs)
NC definition components, NC coordinate system ,Classification T3, Chapter 7
8 1
of CNC machines
9 CNC definition, components, Principles of operation T3, Chapter 7
10 1 CNC features - classification T3, Chapter 7
11 1 Machining Centers and its types - economics T3, Chapter 14
ELEMENTS OF CNC MACHINE
11 1 Types of Interpolations, (linear, circular, helical, parabolic & cubic) T3,Chapter 7
Open loop and closed loop systems
12 1 CNC controllers (data processing unit & control loop unit) T1,Chapter 4
13 1 Direct Numerical Control (DNC) T3,Chapter 7
14 1 Adaptive Control and its types (AC) T1,Chapter 5
15 1 Machine structures and its slide ways with types T1,Chapter 4
16 1 Linear bearings, Recirculating ball screws T1,Chapter 4
17 1 Drives Spindle and Feed drives T1,Chapter 4
18 2 Feedback devices Velocity and Position feed back T1,Chapter 4
19 1 ATC and automatic pallet system T1,Chapter 4
AUTOMATION AND AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY
20 2 Automated manufacturing system - historical development and T3, chapter 4
future trends.
21 3 Automation - need, basic elements, levels, strategies T3, chapter 4
22 1 advantages and limitations of automation T3, chapter 4
23 1 Automated assembly Fundamental T3, chapter 17
24 1 Various configuration, part delivery at workstation T3, chapter 17
25 1 Design for automated assembly T3, chapter 17
MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS
26 2 Automated material handling systems-conveyor(belt, roller, T3,Chapter 10
chain, skate wheel & overhead trolley), automated guided
vehicles (working & types), pallets etc.
27 3 Automated storage and retrieval systems components types T3, Chapter 11
- Applications
28 1 Introduction to Industrial Robots, Robot T3, Chapter 8
physical Configuration
29 1 Basic Robot motions, Technical features,work volume T3, Chapter 8
30 1 precision, movement, speed, weight carrying capacity T3,Chapter 8
31 1 Types of drives, Hydralic,pneumatic,electrical drives T3, Chapter 8
COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCTION PLANNING AND
CONTROL
32 2 Introduction to Computer aided production planning T3, Chapter 25
33 1 Shop floor monitoring T3, Chapter 25
34 1 Materials requirement planning and Case study T3, Chapter 25
35 1 Management Resource planning and case study T3,Chapter 25
36 1 Inventory control EOQ calculation T3, Chapter 25
37 1 JIT approach and Case study T3, Chapter 26