MTech (CAD/CAM)-I, 2017-18, SBD

MEL 502: Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computer Integrated

Manufacturing

Assignment No. 1

1. Define Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and describe the

need for it.
2. Explain the main elements of CIM systems.
3. Discuss the development of CIM.

P. Radhakrishanan, S. Subramanyan, V. Raju, CAD/CAM/CIM, New Age International

Publications, Delhi.

Assignment No. 2

1. Define Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Numerical Control

(NC) machine tools.
2. Classify NC machine tool systems and explain any three of them.
3. Discuss the various steps involved in NC manufacturing.
4. What are the advantages, limitations and applications of NC machine
tools?
5. What are CNC machine tools? Classify and explain any four CNC
machine tools.
6. What are the advantages, limitations and applications of CNC
machine tools?

Class-notes and/or M. Groover, E. Zimmers, CAD/CAM: Computer Aided Design and

Manufacturing, Pearson Publications, Delhi.

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 MTech (CAD/CAM)-I, 2017-18, SBD

MEL 502: Computer Aided Manufacturing and

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Assignment No. 3

7. What id Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)? What are the

benefits of CIM?
8. Discuss and classify Manufacturing Systems.
9. What is Process Planning? Discuss the manual approach, variant
approach Generative approach and Hybrid approach of process
planning.
10. Write a note on:
a) Basics of NC Programming.
b) NC Programming languages.

Zeid, I., Sivasubramanian, R. CAD/CAM Theory and Practices, McGraw Hill.

Alavala CR, CAD/CAM Concepts and Applications, PHI, New Delhi

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