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Computer Integrated Manufacturing

This document outlines the units of study for the subject "Computer Integrated Manufacturing". The 5 units cover: 1) introduction to CAD, CAM, CIM and automation trends, 2) principles of computer graphics including transformations, curves and solid modeling, 3) computer aided manufacturing including CNC machines and programming, 4) group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, robotics and programmable logic controllers, 5) data management, material handling, and rapid prototyping techniques. References for further reading on each topic are provided.

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Computer Integrated Manufacturing

This document outlines the units of study for the subject "Computer Integrated Manufacturing". The 5 units cover: 1) introduction to CAD, CAM, CIM and automation trends, 2) principles of computer graphics including transformations, curves and solid modeling, 3) computer aided manufacturing including CNC machines and programming, 4) group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, robotics and programmable logic controllers, 5) data management, material handling, and rapid prototyping techniques. References for further reading on each topic are provided.

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Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Subject Code: KME 051)

Unit 1
Introduction to Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM): Introduction to CAD, CAM,
CIM, Automated Manufacturing system; Need of automation, Basic elements of automation,
Levels of automation, Automation Strategies, Advantages & disadvantages of automation,
Historical development and future trends. Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computers in
manufacturing industries.
Unit 2
Principles of Computer Graphics:
Point plotting, drawing of lines, Bresenham’s circle algorithm.
Transformation in Graphics:
2D transformations – rotation, scaling, translation, mirror, reflection, shear – homogeneous
transformations – concatenation, 3D transformations.
Curves: Introduction to Hermite cubic splines, Bezier curves, B‐spline curves, NURBS
Surface Modeling: Polygon surfaces, Quadric surfaces, Superquadric surfaces and blobby
objects
Solid modeling: Boolean set operations, Primitive instancing, Sweep representation,
Boundadry representation, Constructive solid geometry,
Unit 3
Computer Aided Manufacturing:
NC in CAM – Principal types of CNC machine tools and their construction features – tooling for
CNC – ISO designation for tooling – CNC operating system Programming for CNC machining –
coordinate systems – manual part programming – computer assisted part programming.
Unit 4
Group Technology: Group technology, Cellular Manufacturing, CAPP – Variant and
Generative systems‐ Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacturing.
Flexible Manufacturing System: characteristics – economics and technological justification
– planning, installation, operation and evaluation issues – role of group technology and JIT in
FMS – typical case studies future prospects, Industry 4.0.
Robotics: Classification and specification – drive and controls – sensors ‐ end effectors ‐
grippers‐ tool handling and work handling – machine vision – robot programming concepts –
case studies in assembly. Introduction to Programmable logical controller
Unit 5
Data and information in CIM: Management information system in CIM environment, MRP –
MRP II – ERP ‐ Capacity planning.
Material handling in CIM environment: Types – AGVS – AS/RS – Swarf handling and
disposal of wastes – single and mixed mode assembly lines – quantitative analysis of assembly
systems.
Rapid prototyping: Need for rapid prototyping, Basic principles and advantages of RP,
General features and classifications of different RP techniques with examples.
Books and References:
1. Mikell P.Groover ‐ Automation , Production Systems and Computer
IntegratedManufacturing, Second edition, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Ibrahim Zeid ‐ CAD/CAM theory and Practice, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.,Company
Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Yoram Koren,Control of machine tools,McGraw‐Hill.
4. Hearn & Baker, Computer Graphics, Prentice Hall of India
5. Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Computer Aided Design: A Basic and Mathematical Approach, I K
International Publishing House
6. P.Radhakrishnan, ‐ CAD/CAM/CIM, New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi

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