JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Production Technology, Machine Tools, Operations Research

Course Objectives:

• Lower Cost and Improve Time-to-Market
• Automation investment life-cycle analysis
• Empowered teams of talented employees
• Partnering with automation suppliers
• On-line process analysis
• Procedural process control
• Information integration and data warehousing

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Illustrate the basic concepts of automation in machine tools.
• Analyze various automated flow lines, Explain assembly systems and line balancing methods.
• Describe the importance of automated material handling and storage systems.
• Interpret the importance of adaptive control systems, automated inspection systems.

UNIT - I

Introduction to Automation: Automation in Production Systems-Automated Manufacturing Systems, Computerized Manufacturing Support Systems, Reasons for Automation, Automation Principles and Strategies. Manufacturing operations, Production Concepts and Mathematical Models. Costs of Manufacturing Operations, Basic Elements of an Automated Systems, Advanced Automation Functions, Levels of automation.

UNIT - II

Introduction to Material Handling: Overview of Material Handling Equipment, Considerations in Material Handling System Design, the 10 Principles of Material Handling. Material Transport Systems, Automated Guided Vehicle Systems, Monorails and other Rail Guided Vehicles, Conveyor Systems, Analysis of Material Transport Systems. Storage Systems, Storage System Performance, Storage Location Strategies, Conventional Storage Methods and Equipment, Automated Storage Systems, Engineering Analysis of Storage Systems. Automatic data capture-overview of Automatic identification methods, bar code technology, other ADC technologies.

UNIT - III

Manual Assembly Lines - Fundamentals of Manual Assembly Lines, Alternative Assembly Systems, Design for Assembly, Analysis of Single Model Assembly Lines, Line balancing problem, largest candidate rule, Kilbridge and Wester method, and Ranked Positional Weights Method, Mixed Model Assembly Lines, Considerations in assembly line design.

UNIT - IV

Transfer lines, Fundamentals of Automated Production Lines, Storage Buffers, and Applications of Automated Production Lines. Analysis of Transfer Lines with no Internal Storage, Analysis of Transfer lines with Storage Buffers.

UNIT - V

Automated Assembly Systems, Fundamentals of Automated Assembly Systems, Design for Automated Assembly, and Quantitative Analysis of Assembly Systems - Parts Delivery System at

R19 M.Tech. Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Work Stations, Multi- Station Assembly Machines, Single Station Assembly Machines, Partial Automation.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Automation, Production systems and computer integrated manufacturing by Mikel P. Groover, Pearson Education.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. CAD CAM: Principles, Practice and Manufacturing Management by Chris Mc Mohan, Jimmie Browne, Pearson edu. (LPE)
• 2. Automation by Buckinghsm W, Haper & Row Publishers, New York, 1961
• 3. Automation for Productivity by Luke H.D, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1972. R19 M.Tech. Advanced Manufacturing Systems M. TECH. I Year I Sem. (AMS)