Computer Aided Manufacturing


COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING 

Group A
Basic definitions of manufacturing systems: Definitions, design, planning and control.
Part design and CAD: Engineering design, design drafting and its interpretation, inspection
and measurement. A brief history of CAD, CAD hardware and software. Fundamentals of
geometric modeling. CAD data exchange.
Process engineering: Experience-based planning, process capabil ity analysis, basic machining
and other manufacturing process calculations, process optimisation.
Hard automation: Introduction to automated manufacturing, fixed au tomated manufacturing
systems, workpiece handling hardware fo r automation and economics of automation.
Programmable logic controllers: Function of cont rollers, control devices, programmable logic
controllers.
Data communication and local area networks  in manufacturing: Fundamentals of data
communication and local area networks. 


Group B
Fundamentals of numerical control: Historic al developments and principles of NC,
classification of NC, NC part progra mming, manual and computer-assisted part
programming.
Introduction to industrial robots: Power sources, actuators and  transducers. Robot
applications. Economic considerations of robotic systems.
Group technology: Introduction, coding and classification, benefits of group technology.
Process planning: Introduction, manual proce ss planning, computer aided process planning,
variant and generative appr oaches, simple examples.

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