Flexible Manufacturing Systems detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM 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 Industrial Engineering & Management 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of flexible manufacturing systems is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURINGSYSTEMS 9
Introduction to FMS – development of manufacturing systems – benefits – major elements of FMS – types of flexibility – FMS application and flexibility -single product, single batch, n – batch scheduling problem -knowledge based scheduling system.
Unit II
COMPUTER CONTROL AND SOFTWARE FORFLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 9
Introduction – composition of FMS – hierarchy of computer control – computer control of work center and assembly lines – FMS supervisory computer control – types of software specification and selection -trends.
Unit III
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Unit IV
GROUP TECHNOLOGY AND JUSTIFICATION OF FMS 9
Introduction – matrix formulation – mathematical programming formulation – graph formulation – knowledge based system for group technology – economic justification of FMS – application of possibility distributions in FMS systems justification.
Unit V
APPLICATIONS OF FMS AND FACTORY OF THE FUTURE 9
FMS application in machining, sheet metal fabrication, prismatic component production – aerospace application – FMS development towards factories of the future – artificial intelligence and expert systems in FMS – design philosophy and characteristics for future.
Course Outcomes:
- Ability to perform Planning, Scheduling and control of FMS
- Demonstrate the software requirements to control the FMS and select a software from various alternatives
- Can perform simulation of FMS and also specify a Database scheme for FMS
- Can classify the parts into part families using group technology
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Groover M.P., “Automation, production systems and computer integrated manufacturing”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt., New Delhi,2007.
- Kalpakjian S., “Manufacturing Engineering and Technology”, Addison-Wesley Publishsing Co.,2013.
- Radhakrishnan P. and Subramanyan S., “CAD/CAM/CIM”, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Age International Ltd.,1994.
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