Types Of Production
Another way of classifying production activity is according to the quantity of product made. In this classification, there are three types of production: 1. Job shop production 2. Batch production…
Automation Defined
Automation is a technology concerned with the application of mechanical, electronic, and computer-based systems to operate and control production. This technology includes: · Automatic machine tools to process parts · Automatic assembly…
Definition of CIM
Joel Goldhar, Dean, Illinois Institute of Technology gives CIM as a computer system in which the peripherals are robots, machine tools and other processing equipment. Dan Appleton, President, DACOM, Inc.…
Nature And Role Of The Elements Of Cim System
Nine major elements of a CIM system are in Figure 2 they are, · Marketing · Product Design · Planning · Purchase · Manufacturing Engineering · Factory Automation Hardware · Warehousing · Logistics and Supply Chain Management · Finance…
Cim Hardware And Cim Software
CIM Hardware comprises the following: i. Manufacturing equipment such as CNC machines or computerized work centres, robotic work cells, DNC/FMS systems, work handling and tool handling devices, storage devices, sensors,…
Evolution Of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is considered a natural evolution of the technology of CAD/CAM which by itself evolved by the integration of CAD and CAM. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT,…
Introduction
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) encompasses the entire range of product development and manufacturing activities with all the functions being carried out with the help of dedicated software packages. The data…
Shortcut Keys for External Reference – XREF
To PerformCommandShortcutEdit an external reference in placeREFEDITREFEDITOpens select reference file dialogue for attaching XrefXATTACHXAOpens Xbind dialogue - allows import only of symbols etcXBINDXBCreate a border in an xref to hide outside areaXCLIPXCOpens a selected xref in a new…
Shortcut Keys for View-ports
To PerformShortcutOpens viewports dialogue boxVPORTSPerspective view.DVSwitch to model space in a viewportMSCreate a viewport using command line-VPORTSMake a viewport in paper spaceMVSwitch to paper space from viewportPSCycle through viewportsCTRL+RSwitch up…
Shortcut Keys to control Universal co-ordinate system (UCS) in Auto-CAD
To PerformCommandShortcutAlign UCS with an object, first select UCSOBJECTOBDisplay UCS manager dialogue boxDDUCSUCUniversal co-ordinate system optionsUCSUCSChange the UCS icon appearanceUCSICONUCSICONReturn to the WCSWORLDW
