Anna University – ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Regulation 2021 Notes Book, Syllabus , Important Questions, Question Paper with Answers Previous Year Question Paper.
UNIT – I INTRODUCTION ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Question Paper
Introduction to CAD, CAM, CAD/CAM and CIM – Evolution of CIM – CIM wheel and cycle – Production
concepts and mathematical models – Simple problems in production models – CIM hardware and software
– Major elements of CIM system – Three step process for implementation of CIM – Computers in CIM –
Computer networks for manufacturing – The future automated factory – Management of CIM – safety aspects
of CIM– advances in CIM
UNIT – II AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Automated production line – system configurations, work part transfer mechanisms – Fundamentals of
Automated assembly system – System configuration, Part delivery at workstations – Design for automated
assembly – Overview of material handling equipments – Consideration in material handling system design
– The 10 principles of Material handling. Conveyor systems – Types of conveyors – Operations and features.
Automated Guided Vehicle system – Types &applications – Vehicle guidance technology – Vehicle
management and safety. Storage system performance – storage location strategies – Conventional storage
methods and equipments – Automated storage/Retrieval system and Carousel storage system Deadlocks
in Automated manufacturing systems – Petrinet models – Applications in Dead lock avoidance – smart
manufacturing – Industry 4.0 – Digital manufacturing – Virtual manufacturing
UNIT – III GROUP TECHNOLOGY AND FMS ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Important Questions
Part families – Visual – Parts classification and coding – Production flow analysis – Grouping of parts and
Machines by rank order clustering method – Benefits of GT – Case studies. FMS – Components –
workstations – FMS layout configurations – Computer control systems – FMS planning and implementation
issues – Architecture of FMS – flow chart showing various operations in FMS – Machine cell design –
Composite part concept, Holier method, Key machine concept – Quantitative analysis of FMS – Bottleneck
model – Simple and complicated problems – Extended Bottleneck model – sizing the FMS ─ FMS
applications, Benefits.
UNIT – IV PROCESS PLANNING ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Notes
Process planning – Activities in process planning, Informations required. From design to process planning
– classification of manufacturing processes – Selection of primary manufacturing processes – Sequencing
of operations according to Anteriorities – various examples – forming of Matrix of Anteriorities – case study.
Typical process sheet – case studies in Manual process planning. Computer Aided Process Planning –
Process planning module and data base – Variant process planning – Two stages in VPP – Generative
process planning – Flow chart showing various activities in generative PP – Semi generative process
planning- Comparison of CAPP and Manual PP.
UNIT – V PROCESS CONTROL AND DATA ANALYSIS ME3792 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Introduction to process model formulation – linear feedback control systems – Optimal control – Adaptive
control –Sequence control and PLC& SCADA. Computer process control – Computer process interface –
Interface hardware – Computer process monitoring – Direct digital control and Supervisory computer control
– Overview of Automatic identification methods – Bar code technology –Automatic data capture
technologies.- Quality management (SPC) and automated inspection
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TEXT BOOKS:
1. Shivanand H K, Benal M M and Koti V, Flexible Manufacturing System, New Age, 2016.
2. CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Computer Steered Industry Book by August-Wilhelm
Scheer
REFERENCES:
1. 1Alavudeen and Venkateshwaran, Computer Integrated Manufacturing‖, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2013.
2. Gideon Halevi and Ronald D. Weill, Principles of Process Planning‖, Chapman Hall, 1995.
3. James A. Retrg, Herry W. Kraebber, Computer Integrated Manufacturing‖, Pearson Education,
Asia,3rdEdition,2004.
4. Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Production system and Computer integrated Manufacturing,
Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 4thEdition, 2014.
5. 2Radhakrishnan P, Subramanian S and Raju V, CAD/CAM/CIM, New Age International Publishers,
3rd Edition, 2008.