Advance Manufacturing System
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Advance Manufacturing System Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advance Manufacturing System (subject code 3362007) as prescribed for Production · Semester 6 divides the course into 6 units, covering 29 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 (3362007)Unit 1 Advanced Manufacturi ng Systems
- 1.1. AMS in industries.
- 1.2. Evolution of transformation and manufacturing systems.
- 1.3. Components, working and features of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine.
Unit 2 Group Technology
- 2.1. Group technology - concept, need, scope, and benefits, codification systems, types, importance, part families, part classification and coding systems.
- 2.2. Group technology Layout -concept, need, importance, comparison with conventional layout with examples/case study, benefits.
- 2.3. Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) – conventional process planning and examples, CAPP- concept, types, features, methods and importance.
Unit 3 Cellular Manufacturi ng
- 3.1. Cellular Manufacturing- concept, definition, application and benefits.
- 3.2. Part family and cell formation.
- 3.3. Composite component and key machine concepts.
- 3.4. Cell layout and design: Job and tool movement within cell.
- 3.5. Types of cell: manual and automatic cell, assembly cell, comparison of cell and Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC).
- 3.6. Common troubles and remedies in sensor operations.
Unit 4 Flexible Manufacturi ng System
- 4.1. Flexible Manufacturing Unit (FMU), turn-mill centers, multiple centers, advanced machining centers, etc.
- 4.2. Transfer line- concept, meaning, features and examples.
- 4.3. Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) -concept, meaning and benefits, major elements and their role.
- 4.4. FMS: layout concept, types and their benefits.
- 4.5. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) in Advanced Manufacturing System Course Code: 3362007 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14 Gujarat State 3 Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in cognitive domain) Topics and Sub-topics FMS- concept, definition, types, functions.
- 4.6. Signal flow diagram, line balancing, Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS), case examples of FMS for specific components/group of components.
- 4.7. Flexible assembly system (FAS)
Unit 5 Just In Time and Concurrent Engineering
- 5.1. JIT concept, need and reasons to include this concept in AMS.
- 5.2. Unnecessary elements in conventional manufacturing system with reference to JIT.
- 5.3. JIT implementation requirement.
- 5.4. Concurrent engineering.
- 5.5. Concept, terminology, definitions and objective in Concurrent engineering.
Unit 6 Computer Integrated Manufacturi ng (CIM)
- 6.1. CIM: concept, need, definition, block diagram and explanations, importance and features of each terms involved.
- 6.2. Computer Aided Inspection- concept, types, working and application examples and benefits.
- 6.3. Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) - its working and applications.
- 6.4. Material requirement planning (MRP)
- 6.5. Protocols in CIM- their features, functions and applications.