(a) CNC Machine Tools CNC concepts; hardware, input-output systems and interfacing in CNC machine tools. Principles of CNC machine tool elements; actuators, feedback devices, interpolators, machine control unit, micro-electromechanical devices. Control systems of CNC machine tools; point to point system, contouring system, adaptive control., Case study of a CNC machine tool. (b) IT in Manufacturing Database Concepts, Network and data communications, Networking Architecture, Mobile and Wireless communications, Internet, MIS, E - commerce, Scope of IT in Manufacturing, Information regarding the products, Production processes, Manufacturing facilities, Material handling facilities, Material flow and storage facilities, E - manufacturing, Future implication of IT in Manufacturing. (c) AI and Neuro -Fuzzy Theory AI: Introduction, Nets and Basic search methods Depth -first, breadth first, Hill climbing beam search, best search, branch and bound search, game tree. Neuro -fuzzy: Neuron model, transfer functions, network architectures, perceptron, Hebb rule Backpropagation, Fuzzy sets, membership functions, Fuzzy Numbers, Fuzzy logic, Fuzzy controller applications. (d) Energy Management Energy systems: commercial - noncommercial, rural – urban, renewable – nonrenewable energy; Energy planning, Energy generation and distribution systems management; generation mix, dispatch system Energy policy; national energy policy and tariff policy. (e) Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Introduction to automation; Manufacturing model and matrices; Industrial control system: computer process control; Automated production lines: fundamentals, applications and analysis of automated production lines; Group technology and Computer aided process planning: Cellular manufacturing, Flexible manufacturing, CAPP; Automated quality inspection and its technologies; Factory of the future. Industrial Robotics: Introduction to robotics; Geometric configurations: structural elements, linkages, arms and grippers; Robot motion analysis and controls: manipulator kinematics, robot dynamics; Actuators, end effectors, and sensors for robots; Robot programing: and languages; Application of industrial robots: material transfer, processing operations, assembly and inspection etc.; Teleoperators, Mobile robots and Special purpose robots
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