CD4001 Advanced Computer Manufacturing Syllabus:

CD4001 Advanced Computer Manufacturing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To understanding the impact of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) on productivity, product cost, and quality.
2. To Obtain an overview of computer technologies for factory management and factory floor operations
3. To understand the industrial applications of Computer integrated manufacturing
4. To understand evolution of cloud based design and manufacturing

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Product life cycle management. Need of CAD/CAM integration through computers, Benefits of integration, Types of production systems and their automation, CAD/CAM integration. Concept of FMS and CIMS. DNC based factory management and control, Integrated CAD/CAM system and shared database.

UNIT II ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL CIM SYSTEM

Types of CIM systems, CAD-CAM link for CIMS, Benefits of CAM, FMS and CIMS, Automated material handling systems, equipment and their functions. Integration of Robots in CIMS, automated guided vehicle navigation system, Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), Carousel storage system, design of automatic material handling system, KWO analysis, work-part transfer mechanisms

UNIT III APPLICATION OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING (CIM) SYSTEMS

Concept and terminology, Part family formation, Classification and coding systems for components, Group technology machine cells. Group technology applications for computer integrated manufacturing, Computer-aided Tooling Design for Manufacturing Processes-Industrial Applications

UNIT IV INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING

Current Developments and Future Prospects-Artificial intelligence techniques and the components of an intelligent manufacturing system. Concept of Artificial Intelligence, Conceptual Learning, Artificial Neural Networks – Biological Neuron, Artificial Neuron, Types of Neural Networks, Applications in Manufacturing. key artificial intelligence technologies (fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, expert systems and genetic algorithms)

UNIT V CLOUD-BASED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

Evolution of design and manufacturing systems, Characteristics and requirements for cloud based design and manufacturing systems, Cloud-based design and manufacturing example scenario, Cloud-Based Desktop Factory.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 To understand the basics of CAD/CAM integration, PLM management and need of process planning in manufacturing
 To apply the knowledge of Expert systems, Group technology and part representation for various applications
 To analyze the use of CIM for the various industrial applications
 To know the use of AI in manufacturing
 To know the latest trends in the cloud based design and manufacturing and its contemporary issues

REFERENCES:

1. MikellGroover, (2016), Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 4th. Ed., ISBN # 0-13-349961-8, Pearson, New Jersey
2. Intelligent Manufacturing Systems/ Andrew Kusiak/Prentice Hall.
3. Artificial Neural Networks/ Yagna Narayana/PHI/2006 3. Automation, Production Systems and CIM / Groover M.P./PHI/2007
4. Groover, M. P., Automation, Production systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Pearson Education Asia (2009).
5. Rao, P. N., Tewari, N. K. and Kundra, T. K., Computer Integrated Manufacturing, McGraw Hill (1998)