IL4003 Industrial Automation and Robotics Syllabus:
IL4003 Industrial Automation and Robotics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Justify the high cost of investment in automation through production economics concepts.
Summarize the fundamental concepts and elements of computer-integrated manufacturing.
Articulate various aspects of automated manufacturing such as fixed automation and programmable automation.
Familiarize the automated material handling and storage systems
Discover computerized planning, lean and agile systems.
UNIT I AUTOMATION
Types of production – Functions – Automation strategies – Production economics – Costs in manufacturing – Break-even analysis.
UNIT II AUTOMATED FLOW LINES
Transfer mechanism – Buffer storage – Analysis of transfer lines – Automated assembly systems.
UNIT III NUMERICAL CONTROL AND ROBOTICS
NC-CNC – Part programming – DNC – Adaptive control – Robot anatomy – Specifications – End effectors – Sensors – Robot cell design – CAD/CAM.
UNIT IV AUTOMATED HANDLING AND STORAGE
Automated material handling systems – AGV- AS/RS – carousel storage – Automatic data capture – bar code technology- RFID
UNIT V MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Product design and CAD, CAD/CAM and CIM, Computer aided process planning- variant and generative approaches, Concurrent engineering and design for manufacture, Lean production, Agile manufacturing.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Select automated equipment based on break-even quantity and compute cost per component.
CO2: Analyze an automated flow line without and with buffer for its performance measures.
CO3: Acquire knowledge in Numerical control programming.
CO4: Identify the elements of manufacturing automation; these include CNC, Robotics, automated assembly and material handling.
CO5: Understand manufacturing planning and control systems.
REFERENCES:
1. Mikell P.Groover, “Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing” PHI, 2003. 24
2. Weatherall, “Computer Integrated Manufacturing – A total company strategy”, 2nd edition, 1995.