“S MEAI1 USN I _ “FF ~ Time: 3 Hrs (Autonomous Scheme) Seventh Semester BE Degree Examination, December 2010 a Computer Integrated Manufacturing & Max. Marks: 100 Note: Answer any FOUR questions, two each from Part- A and Part-B, Part - C is compulsory. Part With a block diagram explain the information processing functions in computer integrated manufacturing. ‘The average part produced in a certain batch manufacturing plant must be processed through an average of six machines. There are 20 new batches of parts launched each week. The average operational time = 6 min, average setup time = 5 hr, average batch size = 25 acceptable parts and average non-operation time/batch = 10hrs. There are 18 machines in the plant. The plant operates an average of 10 production hours/week. Scrap rate is 10%, Determine a) MLT of an average part b) Plant capacity c) Plant utilization d) Average level of WIP in the plant e) The WIP ratio and TIP ratio Briefly explain the different methods of transporting work pieces on flow lines. A rotary indexing table is driven by a five slotted Geneva mechanism. The driver rotates at 5Orev/min. Determine the cycle time, available process time and the time spent in each cycle to index the table (Repositioning time). List the objectives of the use of flow lines. Briefly explain the lower bound approach used for analyzing a production line. A 16 station automatic transfer line has following operating characteristics. Te =0.75 min; Ta~3.0 min (constant) P= 0.01 for all work stations. A proposal has been submitted to place a storage buffer between stations 8 and 9 to improve the over all efficiency of the transfer line, what is the current line efficiency (use the upper bound approach), and what is the maximum possible efficiency that would result from the use of a storage buffer? If the capacity of the storage buffer is to be 10 work parts, calculate the line efficiency and the average production rate of the two stage transfer line. Briefly explain the reasons for the use of storage buffers. Part-B Define the following terms: i) Minimum rational work element ii) Balance delay iii) Line balance efficiency 12 10b) The following list defines the precedence relationships and element times for an 5.a) b) 6.a) b) assembly line: Determine the assignment of work elements to stations using ranked positional weight Element Tek(Min) eee 1 1.0 e 2 05 = A 08 12 4 03 2 5 1.2 3 6 02 34 7 0.5 4 15 56,7 method. Assume a cycle time of 1.5 min. a) Construct the precedence diagram for this job. b) How many stations are required ) Computer balance delay. An eight station automatic assembly machine has an ideal cycle time of 10 sec. Down time is caused by defective parts jamming at the individual assembly stations. The average down time/occurrence is 3 min, The fraction defect rate is 1% and the probability that a defective part will jam at a given station is 0.6 for all stations. The cost to operate the assembly machine is Rs. 90.00/hr, other cost can be ignored. Determine a) Average production rate of all assemblies (assy/hr). b) Yield of good assemblies. ©) Average production rate of good product. 4) Uptime efficiency of the assembly machine. ©) Cost unit. List the factors that are to be considered in the planning of a fully automated FMS. Briefly explain the principles that can be applied in product design to accomplish automated assembly. With a block diagram explain retrieval CAPP systems. With a block diagram explain the three phases of shop floor control systems. List the benefits of CMM 6 106 7. i) ii) iii) vi) vy) vi) vii) viii) ix) x) Part-C apt we er Answer the following questions briefly; 10x2=20 Differentiate between flexible automation and programmable automation. Enumerate the typical features that characterize flexible automation, List the reasons favouring segmented inline over inline configurations. What do you understand by sequence control? Schematically represent the effect of apportioned down time on cycle time. Define'a flexible manufacturing cell. Enumerate the conditions which are more appropriate for Random order FMS. Name any four short term capacity adjustments. Distinguish between contact and non-contact inspection methods. List different non contact inspection methods.