Code: 4351906
Credits: 4
Semester 5
MECHANICAL
Advance Manufacturing System
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The official GTU curriculum for Advance Manufacturing System (subject code 4351906) as prescribed for MECHANICAL · Semester 5 divides the course into 7 units, covering 48 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4351906)Unit 1 Introduction.
- 1.1. Manufacturing system definition & Features of Manufacturing system.
- 1.2. History of the industrial revolution and Manufacturing evolution.
- 1.3. Components and types of manufacturing system.
- 1.4. Role of computers and information technology in manufacturing and manufacturing systems.
- 1.5. Product life cycle its importance &Technology life cycle.
- 1.6. Scope, trends and challenges in Indian and global market. Unit – II 2a. Select type of production layouts for given parts.
- 2.1. GT - concept, definition, need, scope, & benefits.
- 2.2. Production layout-types, Advance Manufacturing System course code: 4351906 Group Technology (GT) & Cellular Layout.
- 2.3. GT Layout -concept, need, benefits, comparison with conventional layout with examples.
- 2.4. GT- codification systems- types, method of coding and examples.
- 2.5. Part features- concept, types and examples.
- 2.6. Part family- concept, method to form and approach to form cell using part families.
- 2.7. Types and comparison of cell: manual and automatic cell, assembly cell.
- 2.8. Cell layout.
Unit 2 Flexible Manufacturing Cell and System.
- 3.1. Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) System (FMS) a – concept, definition and comparison with other manufacturing systems.
- 3.2. Major elements of F M C / FMS and their functioning: i. Tool handling system. ii. Material handling system. iii. Automated guided Vehicles (AGV). iv. Automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). v. Main frame computer.
- 3.3. FMS layout - concept, types and applications.
- 3.4. Data required developing an FMS layout.
- 3.5. Signal flow diagram and line balancing in FMS.
- 3.6. Alternatives Approaches to flexible manufacturing system.
Unit 3 Automation and control technology
- 4.1. Introduction to Automation &Basic elements of Automated System.
- 4.2. Level of Automation.
- 4.3. Introduction to Industrial Advance Manufacturing System course code: 4351906 system.
- 4.4. Process industries verses discrete manufacturing.
- 4.5. Continuous verses discrete control.
- 4.6. Sensors and Actuators used in Automation.
Unit 4 Robotics.
- 5.1. Robots-concept, definition, benefits and various areas of application in Manufacturing systems.
- 5.2. Terminology used in Robotics. Robots-types, physical configuration, classification and selection criterion.
- 5.3. Axes nomenclature of Robots. Types and uses of Manipulators & Grippers.
- 5.4. Sensors- types, classifications, working principle and applications of position, force & torque, proximity, vision, velocity & acceleration sensors.
- 5.5. Overview of robot programming methods & languages.
Unit 5 Discrete control Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
- 6.1. Introduction to Discrete Process Control.
- 6.2. Logic Control.
- 6.3. Sequence Control.
- 6.4. Introduction and need of Programmable Logical Controller (PLC).
- 6.5. Components of PLC. .
Unit 6 Industry 4.0
- 7.1. Historical evolution, origin and key understandings of Industry 4.0
- 7.2. Need, Design principal Advance Manufacturing System course code: 4351906 Industrial 4.0 7c Identify and aware with various technologies of Industry 4.0 and current and future trends in Industry 4.0
- 7.3. .Industry 4.0 Technologies
- 7.4. Environmental Management and its technology in Industry 4.0
Unit 7 Recent Trends in manufacturing system.
- 8.1. Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) – concept, types, features, methods and importance and introduction to concurrent engineering.
- 8.2. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM): need, block diagram, functional areas covered and their importance. Computer Aided Inspection (CAI) – concept, benefit, types, working and examples. Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) - its working and applications. Concept of reverse engineering.
- 8.3. Factory of future (FOF) and smart factory.
- 8.4. Artificial intelligence concept, definition and application areas.
- 8.5. Lean Manufacturing and waste reduction, Toyota Production System principles and Methodologies.
- 8.6. Just in Time (JIT) manufacturing – Pull and push types of manufacturing systems.
- 8.7. Green Manufacturing.
- 8.8. Additive manufacturing: concept and types
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