Smart Manufacturing detailed syllabus for Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the EIE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit EIE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to EIE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of smart manufacturing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SENSORS IN SMART MANUFACTURING
Introduction – Role of sensors in manufacturing automation – operation principles of different sensors – electrical, optical, acoustic, pneumatic, magnetic, electro-optical and vision sensors. Condition monitoring of manufacturing systems – principles – sensors for monitoring force, vibration and noise, selection of sensors and monitoring techniques. Automatic identification techniques for shop floor control – optical character and machine vision sensors – smart / intelligent sensors – integrated sensors, Robot sensors, Micro sensors, Nano sensors.
Unit II
DATA ANALYTICS
Introduction to Data and Analytics in a Digital Context (Internet of Things), Product Data Management for Design and Manufacturing (PLM Tools), Typical data challenges (data quality, enrichment, integration of ERP & PLM data), Preparing data for analytics (techniques to improve data quality, integration – ETL) Advances in data visualization & related tools-Statistical Techniques for Analytics, Descriptive Statistics ,Inferential statistics, Regression and ANOVA
Unit III
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Unit IV
E- MANUFACTURING
Introduction of Agent based manufacturing- agent based Manufacturing, Cloud Based Manufacturing Information technology-based Supply chain, Concept of agile manufacturing and E-manufacturing.
Unit V
INDUSTRY 4.0
Evaluation of industries, Introduction to Industry 4.0, Challenges in industry 4.0, Impact of Industry 4.0, Case studies on industry 4.0, Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications, Smart supply chain and Case studies.
Skill Development Activities
(Group Seminar/Mini 10
Project/Assignment/Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc)
- Learn any one programming language (C/C++, Python, Java etc.)
- Kinds of sensors for industrial robot applications.
- Familiarization with relevant software tool (MATLAB) and programming language
- Controlling Arduino Robot using Android Smartphone
- Real time robotics projects (Soccer robots, line follower etc)
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Bahga and V. Madisetti, Internet of Things, A hands-on approach, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 1st edition, 2014, ISBN:78-0996025515
- Bahga and V. Madisetti, Cloud Computing, A hands-on approach, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 1st edition, 2013, ISBN:78-1494435141
- M. Skilton and F. Hovsepian, The 4th Industrial Revolution: Responding to the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business, Springer Nature, 2017, ISBN:78-3-319-62479-2
Reference Books:
- Gilchirst, Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things, Apress (Springer), 1st Edition, 2016, ISBN:78-1-4842-2046-7
- S. Jeschke, C. Brecher, H. Song, and D. B. Rawat, Industrial Internet of Things: Cyber manufacturing Systems, Springer, 1st edition, 2017, ISBN:78-3319425580
- T. Erl, Z. Mahmood, and R. Puttini, Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture, Prentice Hall, 1st edition, 2013, ISBN:78-0133387520.
- N. Viswanandham, Y. Narhari �Performance Modeling of Automated Manufacturing Systems� Prentice-Hall, 1st Edition, 1994, ISBN:78-8120308701
- S. K. Saha, Introduction to Robotics, Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited, 2nd Edition, ISBN:78-9332902800
- M. P. Grover �Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing� Pearson Education, 4th Edition, 2016, ISBN:78-0133499612
- M. P. Groover, Mitchell Weis, Roger, N. Nagel, Nicholas and G. Odrey, Industrial Robotics Technology, Programming and Applications, McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2017 ISBN:781259006210
List of Open Source Software/ Learning Website:
- https://nptel.ac.in/courses/106105195
- https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/106/105/106105195/
- https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/glossary/smart-manufacturing
- https://professional.mit.edu/course-catalog/smart-manufacturing-moving-static-dynamic-manufacturing-operations
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43154-020-00006-5
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering 5th Sem, visit EIE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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