Unit 1 Introduction

8 lecture hours

• Mathematical Models of Production Performance: Production rate
• Production capacity
• Utilisation and availability
• Lead time, and Work Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Subject Code: ME02000941 Subject Name: Flexible Manufacturing System in progress
• Economic Differentiation and justification of traditional manufacturing to flexible manufacturing system
• Concept of FMS, Types and Components of FMS, Integration in Data Processing Systems
• Examples of FMS installations

Unit 2 Group Technology

4 lecture hours

• part families
• algorithms and models for G.T. - Rank order clustering
• Bond energy
• mathematical model for machine – component cell formation
• Design and manufacturing attributes
• Parts classification and coding
• concept of composite job machine group
• cell group tooling
• design rationalization

Unit 3 Computer Aided Process Planning

4 lecture hours

• Traditional Process planning
• Data required for Process Planning
• computer Aided Process Planning types
• Backward and Forward approach
• feature based CAPP and CAD based CAPP

Unit 4 Distributed data processing in FMS

8 lecture hours

• DBMS and their applications in CAD/CAM and FMS, Distributed systems in FMS, Integration of CAD and CAM, Part programming in FMS, tool data base
• Clamping devices and fixtures data base

Unit 5 Interfacing of computers - Machine tool controllers and handling systems

6 lecture hours

• communications standards - programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's)
• Computer aided Project planning
• dynamic part scheduling

Unit 6 Material Transport system and Storage

• Industrial robots in material handling

Unit 7 FMS Planning and Implementation issues, Quantitative analysis of FMS

• Bottleneck model
• Extended Bottleneck model and sizing the FMS. 08 14