Automation in Manufacturing (BME515B)

Automation in Manufacturing

Course Code BME515B 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 hr 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 3
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module­ 1

Introduction: Production system facilities, Manufacturing support systems, Automation in

production systems, Automation principles &strategies Manufacturing Operations: Manufacturing

operations, Product/production relationship, Production concepts and Mathematical models

&costs of manufacturing operations. Problems on mathematical models

Module­ 2

Line Balancing: Methods of line balancing, Numerical problems on largest candidate rule,

Kilbridge’s and Wester’s method, and ranked positional weights method, computerized line

balancing methods. Automated Assembly System: Design for automated assembly, types of

automated assembly system, Parts feeding devices, Analysis of single and multi station assembly

machines.

Module­ 3

Computerized Manufacture Planning and AGVS: Computer aided process planning (CAPP),

Retrieval and Generative systems, and benefits of CAPP. Material requirement planning, Inputs to

MRP system, working of MRP, Outputs and benefits. Automated Guided Vehicles System:

Applications, Guidance and routing, Industrial Robotics: Definition, Robot anatomy, Joints and

links, Robot configurations, Robot control systems, Accuracy and repeatability, End effectors,

Sensors in robotics. Industrial robot applications: Material handling, Processing, assembly and

inspection.

Module ­4

Inspection Technologies: Automated inspection, coordinate measuring machines construction,

Operation &programming, Software, application &benefits, Flexible inspection system, Inspection

probes on machine tools, Machine vision, Optical inspection techniques & Non­contact Non­optical

inspection technologies. Shop Floor Control and Automatic Identification Techniques: Shop floor

control, Factory data collection system, Automatic identification methods, Bar code technology,

Automatic data collection systems. An Introduction to QR Code Technology

Module ­5

Additive Manufacturing Systems: Basic principles of additive manufacturing, Slicing CAD models

for AM, Advantages and limitations of AM technologies, Recent trends in manufacturing, Hybrid

manufacturing. Future of Automated Factory: Trends in manufacturing, the future automated

factory, Human workers in future automated factory, Social impact.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Automation, Production Systems and Computer­Integrated Manufacturing, by Mikell P

Groover, 3rd Edition, 2009, PHI Learning.

2. Automation, Production Systems and Computer­Integrated Manufacturing, by Mikell P

Groover, 1999, Prentice­Hall of India.

3. CAD / CAM Principles and Applications by P N Rao, 3rd Edition, 2015, Tata Mc Graw

Hill.

4. Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing,

2nd Ed. (2015), Ian Gibson, David W. Rosen, Brent Stucker 98

5. “Understanding Additive Manufacturing”, Andreas Gebhardt, Hanser Publishers, 2011

Reference Books:

1. Systems Approach to Computer­Integrated Design and Manufacturing by Dr. Nanua

Singh,Wiley, 1996.

2. CAD/CAM/CIM P. Radhakrishnan, S. Subramanyan, U. Raju, New Age International

Publication Revised Third Edition 2007. Delhi.