Aim:

This course is designed as an elective course to acquaint undergraduate and postgraduate students in mechanical engineering with manufacturing automation. The course will acquaint students with different types of automation, automated assembly lines, programmable automation, flexible automation, material handling, cellular manufacturing, component classification, NC programming, interpolation, trajectory generation, modeling of CNC machine tools, system identification, multi loop control, learning control, and industrial robots. The course will discuss theoretical as well as practical aspects of the above-mentioned concepts. Hands-on experience will be provided through demos, and labs.

Pre-requisites:

ME 354 or equivalent course(s) or PG student

Short summary:

This course focuses on manufacturing automation. It includes understanding of automated assembly lines, programmable automation, flexible automation, material handling, cellular manufacturing, component classification, NC programming, interpolation, trajectory generation, modeling of manufacturing machines, system identification, multi loop control, learning control, and industrial robots.

Course contents:

Based on 26 lectures of 1.5 hours each

1. Introduction to Automation: (1 Lecture)

• Introduction to the course, types of automation, automation strategies

2. Automated Flow Lines and their Analysis: (4 Lectures)

• Automated Flow Lines and their Analysis

3. Programmable Automation: (1 Lecture)

• NC and CNC systems and their programming

4. Hardware Components for Automation and their Analysis: (5 Lectures)

• Review of mechanical vibrations, overview of hardware components of CNC machine tools, modeling of some common components, analysis of machine tool dynamics, system identification

5. Industrial Control Systems and their Analysis: (6 Lectures)

• Review of control systems, analysis of: multi loop controllers, learning controllers and trajectory generation methodologies, overview of industrial robots: anatomy and control

6. Flexible Automation: (2 Lectures)

• Material handling, storage, processing stations, FMS layout

7. Group Technology (GT): (3 Lectures)

• Concept of GT, advantages and drawbacks, coding and classification, component classification, part families, production flow analysis, cluster analysis

8. Lab Demos*: (4 Lectures)

• Lab demonstrations related to hardware components, industrial control systems, and programmable automation

* Lab module will run concurrently with lecture modules 1 to 7.

Recommended books:

1. Suh, S.H., Kang, S.K., Chung, D.H. and Stroud, I., Theory and design of CNC systems.

2. Altintas, Y., Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design.

3. Koren, Y., Computer control of manufacturing systems.

4. Groover, M.P., Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing

5. Singh, N., Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing

Reference books:

1. Franklin, G.F., Powell, J.D. and Emami-Naeini, A., Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems.

2. Ellis, G., Control system design guide: using your computer to understand and diagnose feedback controllers.

3. Åström, K.J. and Wittenmark, B., Computer-controlled systems: theory and design.

4. Alciatore, D.G. and Histand, M.B., Introduction to mechatronics and measurement systems.

5. Nise, N.S., Control systems engineering.

6. Craig, J.J., Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control.

7. Sinha, S.K., CNC Programming (Fanuc Control).

8. Hakan, G., Industrial Motion Control.

9. Boothroyd, G., Poli, C., and Murch, L. E., Automatic Assembly