Indicative contents

• Introduction to CIM
  Manufacturing – Types, Manufacturing Systems, CIM Definition, CIM wheel, CIM components, Evolution of CIM – Development of computers needs of CIM, Benefits of CIM. CIM Hardware & Software.
  CNC machine tools-Principle of CNC, types of CNC machine tools, programming and applications of CNC machine tools, Data base and DBMS- requirement, features and architecture of DBMS.
  
• CAD and CAM
  Computer Aided Design – benefits, cost of CAD, Graphic Standards.
  CAM: System architecture of CAM, Fundamentals of Computer controlled machines, Measuring System sensors and their integration, automated tool changing and pallet changing mechanism, automated material handling system. Integration of CAD/CAM/CIM.
  
• Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  FMS concept, Components of FMS, Computer control and function, FMS planning, scheduling and control, knowledge based scheduling, FMS operation control, Hierarchy of computer control, supervisory control, material handling and storage systems, types of software used in FMS. Agile manufacturing.
  
• Automated Process Planning
  Structure of a Process Planning, Process Planning function, CAPP – Methods of CAPP, Computer generated time standards. CAD based Process Planning, Inventory management – Materials requirements planning – basics of JIT, Shop floor control, Group Technology - coding and classification, PFA, Benefits of OPTIZ, MICLASS, Machine cell design.
  
• Computer Monitoring
  Types of production monitoring system – structure model of a manufacturing process – process control & strategies – Direct digital control – Supervisory computer control – computer aided quality control – contact, non contact inspection methods, CMM – Integration of CAQC with CAD / CAM.

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. Kant Vajpayee. S., ‘Principles of Computer Integrated Manufacturing’, Prentice Hall of India, 1999.
     
  2. Radhakrishnan.P, Subramanyan. S, ‘CAD/CAM/CIM’, New Age International publishers, 1994
     
  3. Daniel Hunt.V., ‘Computer Integrated Manufacturing Hand Book’, Chapman & Hall, 1989
     
  4. Yorem Koren, ‘Computer Control of Manufacturing System’, McGraw Hill, 1986.
     
  5. Ranky Paul .G., ‘Computer Integrated Manufacturing’, Prentice Hall International, 1986
• Journals
• Magazines
• Internet Sites
• Multimedia CDs
• Laboratory