10ME757 Automation in Manufacturing syllabus for ME


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction 5 hours

Production System Facilities, Manufacturing Support systems, Automation in Production systems, Automation principles & Strategies

Unit-2 Manufacturing Operations 7 hours

Manufacturing Operations, Product/Production Relationship, Production concepts and Mathematical Models & Costs of Manufacturing Operations

Unit-3 Industrial Control System 7 hours

Basic Elements of an Automated System, Advanced Automation Functions & Levels of Automation, Continuous versus Discrete control, Computer Process control, Forms of Computer Process Control.

Unit-4 Automated Manufacturing Systems 7 hours

Components of a Manufacturing systems, Classification of Manufacturing Systems, overview of Classification Scheme, Single Station Manned Workstations and Single Station Automated Cells.

Part B
Unit-5 Group Technology & Flexible Manufacturing Systems 8 hours

Part Families, Parts Classification and coding, Production Flow Analysis, Cellular Manufacturing, Flexible Manufacturing Systems: What is an FMS, FMS Components, FMS Applications & Benefits, and FMS Planning & Implementation Issues.

Unit-6 Quality Control Systems 4 hours

Traditional and Modern Quality Control Methods, Taguchi Methods in Quality Engineering. Introduction to SQC Tools.

Unit-7 Inspection Technologies 6 hours

Automated Inspection, Coordinate Measuring Machines Construction, operation & Programming, Software, Application & Benefits, Flexible Inspection System, Inspection Probes on Machine Tools, Machine Vision, Optical Inspection Techniques & Non-contact Non-optical Inspection Technologies

Unit-8 Manufacturing Support System 8 hours

Process Planning, Computer Aided Process Planning, Concurrent Engineering & Design for Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Planning, Just-in Time Production System, Basic concepts of lean and Agile manufacturing.

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