PRIST UNIVERSITY

(Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Vallam, Thanjavur -613403

_____________________________________________________________________B.Tech(Part Time) Mechanical Engineering QUESTION BANK

Course Details

Course Code & Title : UEPME 63 & Computer IntegratedManufacturing Regulations

: 2008

Nature of the Course:HardcoreSemester

: VI

H.O.D.

Staff-In-Charge COMPUTER INTEGRATEDMANUFACTURING 3 0 0 100

UNIT-I:INTRODUCTION

8

CIM-Introduction - External communication - islands of automation and software-dedicated and open systems-manufacturing automation protocol - product related activities of a company- marketingengineering- production planning - plant operations - physical distribution.

UNIT-II:GROUP TECHNOLOGY AND CAPP 10

History of group technology- role of G.T. in CAD/CAM integration - part families - classification and coding - DCLASS and MICLASS and OPITZ coding systems-facility design

using G.T. -benefits of G.T. - cellularmanufacturing.

Approaches to computer aided process planning -variant approach and generative approaches - CAPP and CMPP process planning systems.UNIT-III: SHOP FLOOR CONTROL AND INTRODUCTION OF FMS 9

Shop floor control-phases -factorydata collection system-automatic identification methods- Bar code technology-automateddata collection system.

FMS-components of FMS - types -FMS workstation -material handling and storage systems- FMS layout.

UNIT-IV:CIM IMPLEMENTATION AND DATA COMMUNICATION 10

CIM and company strategy - system modeling tools -IDEF models - activity cycle diagram - CIM open system architecture (CIMOSA) -manufacturingenterprise wheel-CIM architecture. Communication fundamentals- local area networks -topology - LAN implementations - network management and installations.UNIT-V: OPEN SYSTEM AND DATABASE FOR CIM 8

Open systems-open system inter connection -manufacturingautomations protocol and technical office protocol (MAP /TOP)Development of databases -database terminology- architecture of database systems-data modeling and data associations -relational data bases - database operators - advantages of data base and relational database.

Total Hours: 45

TEXT BOOK:

1. Mikell.P.Groover Automation, Production Systems and computer integratedmanufacturing, PearsonEducation2001.2. Radhakrishnan P, Subramanyan S.and Raju V., CAD/CAM/CIM, 2nd Edition New Age International (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 2000.

REFERENCES:

1. Roger Hanman Computer IntergratedManufacturing, Addison Wesley, 1997.

2. Mikell.P.Groover and Emory Zimmers Jr., CAD/CAM", Prentice hall ofIndiaPvt. Ltd., New Delhi-1.1998.

Unit I IntroductionPart A

1. What is meant by CIM?

2. List out the functional elements of CIM.3. What are the steps involved in designing and manufacturing a product?4. What are important applications of CIM in manufacturing planning?5. What are the major communications used in manufacturing industry?6. Define automation.7. What are the goals of automation in manufacturing industry?8. What is manufacturing automation Protocol?

9. What is Product life cycle?

10. What are the types of Physical distribution channels?

Part B

1. Explain the Hierarchical structure of Computer Control of manufacturing systems.

2. Explain with help of neat drawing about the plant operations and their communication.

3. What is CIM wheel? Explain CIM wheel with help of neat drawing.

4. What is meant by islands of Automation? Explain the various Islands of automation with neat sketches.

5. Explain the functions of production planning and control.

6. Explain dedicated and open systems.

Unit II

Group Technology and Computer Aided process planning.

Part A

1. Define Group Technology (GT).2. List out the stages in Group Technology.3. Define Part families.4. Explain the two categories of attributes of parts.5. What are the three Basic code structures?

6. List out the premises for the developed of DCLASS code.7. Define MICLASS system of coding.

8. What is PFA?

9. Define the term Cellular manufacturing.

10. What are the different types of cell arrangements in cellular manufacturing?

Part B

1. Explain the basic structure of OPITZ system of part classification with help of a neat sketch.

2. Define family of parts or Part family.

(4) How various parts are classified into different part families?

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3. What is meant by Parts classification and coding system? Give examples for coding systems and explain any one in detail with help of neat sketch wherever applicable.

4. What is meant by process planning? What are the advantages of Computer aided process planning over manual process planning?

5. What are the different types of Computer aided Process planning? Explain any one type of CAPP with help of neat diagram.

6. Explain generative process plan with help of neat flow chart.

7. What is retrieval process planning? What are the two stages in it? Explain both the stages with help of neat diagrams.

Unit III

SHOP FLOOR CONTROL and INTRODUCTION TO FMS

Part A

1. Define the term SFC. 2. What are the primary functions of SFC?3. What are the phases of SFC?4. What is an Automatic Data Capture (ADC) method?5. What are the types of Bar code?6. What are the various activities of Production Controls?

7. Define the term JIT. What is meant by JIT Production system?

8. Give examples for automated data collection systems.

9. Define the term FMS. What does it mean?

10. What are the components of FMS? Part B

1. Describe in detail the various phases of shop floor control.

2. Explain about shop floor control.

3. What is meant by FMS? What are the various subsystems of FMS? Explain them

4. What are the different types of FMS layout? Explain Loop layout and Open field layout with help of neat block diagrams.

5. What are the different types of FMS layouts? Explain Ladder layout and in line layout with help of neat block diagrams.

6. Write short notes on (A) Dedicated FMS(8)(b) Random order FMS.

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UNIT IV

CIM Implementation and LAN

Part A

1. Define Data dictionary.

2. What is IDEF?3. What are the types of IDEF model?4. How do we classify transmission Media?

5. Name the different network topologies.

6. What is CIMOSA?

7. What is the role of process planning in CIM architecture?8. What is meant by system modeling?

9. Define synchronous transmission.

10. Define topology and explain its classification.Part B

1. What is meant by IDEF? ExplainIDEF0 and IDEF2 with an example and neat block diagram.

2. Describe star and ring topologies with help of neat diagram.

3. Explain the three types of transmission modes or data flow modes.

4. Explain analog and digital data transmission.

5. Write notes on Network Operations.

6. Describe with the help of a neat sketch, about Multi-tier LAN.

UNIT V

Open System and Database for CIM.

Part A

1. What is meant by network architecture?

2. What are the main features of DBMS?3. What is OSI Model?

4. What are the uses of Data Definition language?

5. Define SCHEMA and PBMS.6. What is MAP?7. What is the difference between the MAP and TOP?8. What is the role of application in OSI model9. List two network standards that have been developed on the basis of OSI reference Model.

10. Write the purpose of data operators Select and Join.Part B

1. What is an ISO/OSI Model? Explain the Third, Fourth and fifth layers of this model.

2. What is DBMS? Explain the various components of DBMS.

3. Compare the three data models with respect to basic operations and storage structures.

4. What is MAP? Discuss the various MAP subsets of OSI Protocols.

5. What is Virtual parent Child relationship in a Hierarchical model? Explain in detail and also state its purposes.

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS in CIM environment?