JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Introduction Types and strategies of automation, pneumatic and hydraulic components circuits, Automation in machine tools. Mechanical feeding and too changing and machine tool control transfer the automaton.

UNIT - II

Automated flow lines: Methods or work part transport transfer Mechanical buffer storage control function, design and fabrication consideration. Analysis of Automated flow lines: General terminology and analysis of transfer lines without and with buffer storage, partial automation, implementation of automated flow lines.

UNIT - III

Assembly system and line balancing: Assembly process and systems assembly line, line balancing methods, ways of improving line balance, flexible assembly lines. Automated material handling: Types of equipment, functions, analysis and design of material handling systems conveyor systems, automated guided vehicle systems.

UNIT - IV

Automated storage systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, work in process storage, interfacing handling and storage with manufacturing. Adaptive control systems: Introduction, adaptive control with optimization, Adaptive control with constraints, Application of A.C. in machining operations. Use of various parameters such as cutting force, Temperatures, vibration and acoustic emission.

UNIT - V

Business process Re-engineering: Introduction to BPE logistics, ERP, Software configuration of BPE, concurrent Engineering, Techniques of Rapid Proto typing.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing/M.P. Groover. / Pearson
• 2. Computer control of Manufacturing Systems by Yoram Coreom / Mc Graw Hill

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. CAD / CAM/ CIM / Radhakrishnan / New Age
• 2. Advanced Manufacturing Technology/ K Vara Prasada Rao / Kanna Publications R16 B.TECH AUTOMOBILE ENGG.