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INTRODUCTION: Types and strategies of automation, pneumatic and hydraulic components, circuits, automation in machine tools, mechanical feeding and tool changing and machine tool control.
AUTOMATED FLOW LINES: Methods of part transport, transfer mechanism, buffer storage, control function, design and fabrication considerations. Analysis of automated flow lines - General terminology and analysis of transfer lines without and with buffer storage, partial automation, implementation of automated flow lines.
ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND LINE BALANCING: Assembly process and systems, assembly line, line balancing methods, ways of improving line balance, flexible assembly lines.
AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING and STORAGE SYSTEMS: Types of equipment, functions, analysis and design of material handling systems, conveyor systems, automated guided vehicle systems. Automated storage and retrieval systems; work in process storage, interfacing handling and storage with manufacturing.
ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS: Introduction, adaptive control with optimization, adaptive control with constraints, application of adaptive control in machining operations. Consideration of various parameters such as cutting force, temperatures, vibration and acoustic emission in the adaptive controls systems.
AUTOMATED INSPECTION: Fundamentals, types of inspection methods and equipment, Coordinate Measuring Machines, Machine Vision.