This document outlines the syllabus for the unit on Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in a mechanical engineering course. The unit covers: 1. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) including components, types of layouts, and planning/design issues. 2. Material handling and storage systems, their applications, benefits, and computer control. 3. Group technology/cellular manufacturing concepts like part families/coding, composite parts, machine cell design, and quantitative analysis methods like rank order clustering.

1. “COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING (402048)”
Syllabus Implementation Workshop on BE Mechanical Engineering 2019 Course;
Day – 03 (13/01/2023)
On “Unit No. 05”
by
Prof. S. S. Chikshe
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department,
PVG’s COET & GKPIOM, Pune

2. Unit 5 : FMS & Cellular Manufacturing
(7 Hours)
1. Flexible Manufacturing Systems
1. FMS components
2. Types of FMS Layout
3. FMS planning and design issues
2. Material Handling and Storage System
1. Applications
2. Benefits
3. Computer Control Systems
4. Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems
5. Automatic parts identification systems and
data capture
6. Group Technology(GT)
1. Part Families – Parts Classification and coding
7. Opitz Part Coding system
1. Production flow Analysis
8. Cellular Manufacturing
1. Composite part concept
2. Machine cell design and layout
9. Quantitative analysis in Cellular
Manufacturing
1. Rank Order Clustering Method
10. Arranging Machines in a GT cell
1. Numerical on Hollier Method

3. Course Objectives & Course Outcomes

4. Color Coding for Importance of Topic
CONTENT
– High
CONTENT
– Medium
CONTENT
- Low

5. 1. Flexible Manufacturing Systems
1. Introduction to FMS
2. FMS Systems
3. Basic components
1. Workstations
2. Automated Material Handling and Storage system.
3. Computer Control System
4. Types of FMS Layout
5. Advantages & Limitations

6. 2. Material Handling and Storage System
1. Introduction
2. Principles & Objectives
3. Material Handling Equipment
4. Applications
5. Benefits
6. Advantages & Limitations
7. Safety Guidelines

7. 3. Computer Control Systems
1. Introduction
2. Workstation control
1. Distribution of control instructions to workstations
2. Workstation Monitoring
3. Tool Control & Location
4. Advantages & Limitations

8. 4. Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems
1. Introduction
2. Definition & Scope of AS/RS
3. Types of AS/RS
4. Design &Time Travel Models
5. Application
6. Advantages & Limitations

9. 5. Automatic parts identification systems and
data capture
1. Introductions
2. Technologies associated or Systems Associated
3. Benefits
4. Advantages & Limitations

10. 6. Group Technology(GT) / Cellular
Manufacturing
1. Introduction to GT
2. Objectives
3. Part Families – Parts Classification and coding
4. Benefits
5. Advantages & Limitations

11. 7. Opitz Part Coding system
1. Introduction
2. Method or Steps of Part Coding System
3. Production flow Analysis
4. Outputs
5. Advantages & Limitations

12. 8. Cellular Manufacturing
1. Introduction
2. Composite part concept
3. Machine cell design and layout
4. Benifits
5. Advantages & Limitations

13. 9. Quantitative analysis in Cellular
Manufacturing
1. Introduction
2. Rank Order Clustering Method
1. Steps of Rank Order Clustering Method
3. Simple Numericals on Rank Order Clustering Method

14. 10. Arranging Machines in a GT cell
1. Introduction
2. Objectives of Hollier Method
3. Process of Production Flow Analysis
4. Numerical on Hollier Method
1. Steps in Hollier Method
2. Machine Routine Method

15. Teaching Plan or Hour Plan
Hour 1
• Flexible
Manufactur
ing Systems
Hour 2
•Types of
FMS Layout
• FMS
planning
and design
issues
Hour 3
• Material
Handling
and Storage
System
• Computer
Control
Systems
Hour 4
• Automated
Storage and
Retrieval
Systems
• Automatic
parts
identificatio
n systems
and data
capture
Hour 5
• Group
Technology(
GT)
• Opitz Part
Coding
system
Hour 6
• Cellular
Manufactur
ing
• Rank Order
Clustering
Method
Hour 7
• Numerical
on Hollier
Method

16. Practicals on Unit no. 05