CC4102 Computer Aided Tools for Manufacturing Syllabus:

CC4102 Computer Aided Tools for Manufacturing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The main learning objective of this course is to prepare the students for computer aided tools that can be implemented in various industrial applications

UNIT– I COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing Processes – Removing, Forming, Deforming and joining – Integration equipments. Integrating CAD, NC and CAM – Machine tools – Point to point and continuous path machining, NC, CNC and DNC – NC Programming – Basics, Languages, G Code, M Code, APT – Tool path generation and verification – CAD/CAM NC Programming – Production Control – Cellular Manufacturing

UNIT– II COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING

Role of process planning in CAD/CAM Integration – Computer Aided Process Planning – Development, Benefits, Model and Architecture – CAPP Approaches – Variant, Generative and Hybrid – Process and Planning systems – CAM-I, D-CLASS and CMPP – Criteria in selecting a CAPP System.

UNIT–III COMPUTER AIDED INSPECTION

Engineering Tolerances – Need for Tolerances – Conventional Tolerances – FITS and LIMITS – Tolerance Accumulation and Surface quality – Geometric Tolerances – Tolerances Practices in design, Drafting and manufacturing – Tolerance Analysis – Tolerance synthesis – Computer Aided Quality control – Contact Inspection Methods – Non Contact Inspection Methods – Non optical.

UNIT– IV REVERSE ENGINEERING

Scope and tasks of Reverse Engineering – Domain Analysis – Process Duplicating – Tools for RE – Developing Technical data – Digitizing techniques – Construction of surface model – Solid part model – Characteristic evaluation – Software’s and its application – CMM and its feature capturing – surface and solid modeling.

UNIT– V DATA MANAGEMENT

Strategies for Reverse Engineering Data management – Software application – Finding renewable software components – Recycling real time embedded software – Design experiments to evaluate a RE tools – Rule based detection for RE user interface – RE of assembly programs

REFERENCES:

1. Catherine A. Ingle, “Reverse Engineering”, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication, 1994
2. David D. Bedworth, Mark R. Henderson, Philp M. Wolfe, “Computer Integrated Design and manufacturing”, Mc Graw Hill International series, 1991
3. Donald R. Honra, “Co-ordinate measurement and reverse Engineering, American Gear Manufacturers Association.
4. Ibrahim Zeid and R. Sivasubramanian, “CAD/CAM Theory and Practice”, Revised First special Indian Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication, 2007
5. Ibrahim Zeid, “Mastering CAD/CAM”, special Indian Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication, 2007
6. Linda Wills, “Reverse Engineering” Kluwer Academic Press, 1996