B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Eighth Semester (C.B.S.

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Automation in Production
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Time : Three Hours *1349* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Solve Question 1 OR Questions No. 2.
3. Solve Question 3 OR Questions No. 4.
4. Solve Question 5 OR Questions No. 6.
5. Solve Question 7 OR Questions No. 8.
6. Solve Question 9 OR Questions No. 10.
7. Solve Question 11 OR Questions No. 12.
8. Due credit will be given to neatness and adequate dimensions.
9. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
10. Illustrate your answers whenever necessary with the help of neat sketches.
11. Use of non programmable calculator is permitted.

1. a) What is automation in production. Explain various automation strategies. 6

b) A dial indexing machine has 6 stations that performs assembly operations to the base part. 7
The element times 'q' and 'm' values for the components added are given. The indexing time
for the components added are given. The indexing time for the dial table is 3 sec. When Jam
occurs, it takes 1.5 min to release the Jam. Determine
i) The production rate for the machine
ii) The yield of good products
iii) The proportion of uptime & downtime of the system.
Station Process Te (sec.) q m
1 Add part A 5 0.016 0.5
2 Fasten part A 4 - -
3 Assemble part 6 0.01 0.7
4 Add part B 5 0.03 1.0
5 Fasten part B 4 - -
6 Assemble part 7 0.012 0.6
OR
2. a) Explain with neat sketch information processing cycle in manufacturing. 6

b) The table given below defines the precedence relationship and element time for a model 7
toy. If the cycle time is 1.1 min, what is the theoretical number of workstations required.
Solve by RPW method of line balancing and calculate balance delay.
Elements Time (min) Preceded By
1 0.5 -
2 0.3 1
3 0.8 1
4 0.2 2
5 0.1 2
6 0.6 3
7 0.4 4,5
8 0.5 3,5
9 0.3 7,8
10 0,6 6,9

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3. a) What are the basic components of an N. C. system. Explain closed loop N. C. 5

b) Write a complete APT program for end milling of part shown. cutter size 20mm finish 8
allowance 5mm, thickness 15mm speed 500 rpm, feed 100 mm/min. Inside tolerance
0.025 mm.
25

10
0
R1

50

30

30º
50 20

OR
4. a) Explain various types of APT statements with examples in detail. 7

b) Explain the following types of NC systems. 6

i) Point to point NC ii) Continuous path NC iii) Closed loop NC.

5. a) Define industrial Robot and explain various types of Robotic joints with neat sketches. 7

b) Explain different types of Robot programming. Describe lead through programming 7

stating typical applications.

OR

6. a) Explain with neat sketch various robotic configurations also mention their advantages and 8
applications.

b) Write short notes on: 6

i) Work volume ii) End effector
iii) Robot industrial applications.

7. a) What is AGVS. What are its types. Also explain various application areas of AGVS. 6

b) An AGVS must be capable of making 40 deliveries per hour. The system specifications 7
are as follows.
Vehicle speed = 60 m/min,
Average loaded travel distance per delivery = 180 m
Average empty travel distance per delivery = 120m
Pick up time = 0.60 min
Drop off time = 0.60 min
Traffic factor = 0.80
Calculate
i) Number of vehicles required to satisfy delivery demand
ii) Handling system efficiency

OR

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8. a) What is AS/RS. What are its types. Also explain Major components of AS/RS. 6

b) A unit load AS/RS uses an S/R machine for each aisle of the system. The length of the 7
storage aisle is 80m and height is 10m. Horizontal and vertical travel speeds of the S/R
machine are 45 m/min and 8 m/min respectively. The S/R machine requires 40 second to
accomplish a P & D operation. Determine the single command and dual command cycle
transaction times for the storage system. What is the vertical travel speed to make the system
'square in time'?

9. a) Define Group technology and explain the production flow analysis in detail. 6

b) What is machine vision system? Explain its constructional and operational details. 7

OR

10. a) Explain with neat sketch construction and working of various co-ordinate measuring 7
machine.

b) What do you mean by cellular manufacturing. Explain various types of cell design used in 6
cellular manufacturing

11. a) What is flexible manufacturing system. Explain with neat sketch various FMS layout. 7

b) What is CAPP? What are its types explain variant CAPP. 7

OR

12. Write short notes on any three. 14

a) Shop Floor control

b) FMS data files and system Reports.

c) C.I.M.

d) Opitz coding system

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