Fundamentals Of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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For courses in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, CAD/CAM, Innovations in Technology, and Advances in Manufacturing. For Community College students or 4 year college students. A unique new text whose emphasis on the underlying principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) creates a treatment that is effectively balanced between the needs of the technologist and management considerations of CIM. After an introduction to the basics of CIM, coverage addresses its three enabling technologies computers, communications, and databases Metals and Alloys followed by discussion of CIM technologies for discrete- parts production. A final chapter looks at emerging technologies and management innovations and their impact on the field.

Deals with planning and implementation of a CIM system including understanding information flow in CIM, CIM architectures and standards, industrial local area networks, new initiatives, and implementing the total CIM system. Case studies and a glossary are also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

It is, therefore, essential for engineering students to have sound knowledge of basics of computer aided manufacturing and robotics. This book is designed to meet the needs of such a course to provide a fundamental understanding of NC machines, NC part programming, system devices, computer integrated manufacturing system and robotics. The present book presents a systematic explanation of the basic concepts of the subject matter. The book is written in question - answer format. It presents succinct coverage of theory, definitions, formula and examples. It has plenty of diagrams and worked problems to make the underlying principles easily comprehensible.

This up-to-date and accessible text deals with the basics of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and the many advances made in the field. It begins with a discussion on automation systems, and gives the historical background of many of the automation technologies. Then it moves on to describe the various techniques of automation such as group technology and flexible manufacturing systems. The text describes several production techniques, for example, just-in-time (JIT), lean manufacturing and agile manufacturing, besides explaining in detail database systems, machine functions, and design considerations of Numerical Control (NC) and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines, and how the CIM system can be modelled. The book concludes with a discussion on the industrial application of artificial intelligence with the help of case studies, in addition to giving network application and signalling approaches. Intended primarily as a text for the undergraduate and graduate students of mechanical, production, and industrial engineering and management, the text should also prove useful for the professionals in the field.

Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) has become the key concept in future company strategy. Highly accessible, up-to-date, well-illustrated and practical, it begins with the historical emergence of the manufacturing integration and goes on to thoroughly examine the technical concepts as well as evaluate the economic significance of CIM. Demythologizes the most recent jargon and fashionable concepts in management, fitting all these isolated concepts into an ordered package and, in a futuristic version, puts forth a new approach to production.