Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
Course Code: ME-308
Instructor
Dr. Deepak Kumar
Room No: 116, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: deepakkumar@[Link]
M#8059931047
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Plan For Today
Introduction to Computer Integrated
Manufacturing
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Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
WHAT IS CIM?
Basically Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is
the manufacturing approach of using computers to control
the entire production process.
CAD CAM CIM
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In a CIM system, functional areas such as design, analysis, planning,
purchasing, cost accounting, inventory control, and distribution are linked
through the computer with factory floor functions such as materials handling
and management, providing direct control and monitoring of all the operations.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CIM?
CIM allows individual processes to exchange information
with each other and initiate actions.
Through the integration of computers, manufacturing can be
faster and less error-prone, although the main advantage is
the ability to create automated manufacturing processes.
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As a method of manufacturing, three components distinguish CIM from
other manufacturing methodologies:
Means for data storage, retrieval, manipulation and presentation;
Mechanisms for sensing state and modifying processes;
Algorithms for uniting the data processing component with the
sensor/modification component.
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CIM is an example of the implementation of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in manufacturing.
CIM implies that there are at least two computers exchanging
information, e.g. the controller of an arm robot and a micro-
controller of a CNC machine.
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Some factors involved when considering a CIM implementation are;
The production volume,
The experience of the company or personnel to make the
integration,
The level of the integration into the product itself and the
integration of the production processes.
CIM is most useful where a high level of ICT is used in the company
or facility, such as CAD/CAM systems, the availability of process
planning and its data.
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KEY CHALLENGES:
INTEGRATION OF COMPONENTS FROM DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS:
When different machines, such as CNC, conveyors and robots, are
using different communications protocols. In the case of AGVs, even
differing lengths of time for charging the batteries may cause
problems.
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Data integrity:
The higher the degree of automation, the more critical is the integrity
of the data used to control the machines.
While the CIM system saves on labor of operating the machines, it
requires extra human labor in ensuring that there are proper
safeguards for the data signals that are used to control the machines.
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Process control:
Computers may be used to assist the human operators of the
manufacturing facility, but there must always be a competent
engineer on hand to handle circumstances which could not be
foreseen by the designers of the control software.
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SUBSYSTEMS IN COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING:
A computer-integrated manufacturing system is not the
same as a "lights-out" factory, which would run
completely independent of human intervention,
although it is a big step in that direction.
Part of the system involves flexible manufacturing, where
the factory can be quickly modified to produce different
products, or where the volume of products can be
changed quickly with the aid of computers.
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Some or all of the following subsystems may be found in a CIM operation:
COMPUTER-AIDED TECHNIQUES:
CAD (computer-aided design)
CAE (computer-aided engineering)
CAM (computer-aided manufacturing)
CAPP (computer-aided process planning)
CAQ (computer-aided quality assurance)
PPC (production planning and control)
ERP (enterprise resource planning)
A business system integrated by a common database.
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TECHNOLOGIES:
FMS, (flexible manufacturing system)
ASRS, (automated storage and retrieval system)
AGV, (automated guided vehicle)
Robotics
Automated conveyance systems
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Summary
Learned about Computer Integrated
Manufacturing
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