Laboratory Development for Computer Integrated Manufacturing

计算机集成制造（CIM）有望成为 有助于重振衰落的美国制造业 行业 未来的规模化工厂将被开发， 更好地准备工程师整合各种制造 与电脑的活动。 10个CAD/CAM工作站和1个 局域网是完成 整合现有的CAM实验室，其中已经包括扩展的 车削中心、加工中心、机器人和PC单元 controller. 一旦这些额外的设备到位，现有的 内部软件应用程序将支持 制造数据库、CAD、成组技术代码生成，以及 离线机器人和数控编程。 最终，该系统将 还支持图形化的机器和单元模拟，过程 监控、经济分析、库存管理、 工具和夹具设计、电池加载和自动检测。 规模化的CIM实验室将为学生提供有关如何 各种制造活动在CIM系统中相互作用 框架，并提供机会，从 从概念到计划到制造，以安全但现实的方式 环境

Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) promises to be instrumental in revitalizing declining U.S. manufacturing industries. A scaled factory of the future will be developed to better prepare the engineer to integrate various manufacturing activities with computers. Ten CAD/CAM workstations and one local-area network are the hardware necessary to complete the integration of the existing CAM lab, which already includes scaled turning centers, machining centers, robots, and a PC cell controller. Once this additional equipment is in place, existing in-house software application programs will support a manufacturing database, CAD, group technology code generation, and off-line robot and NC programming. Ultimately, the system will also support graphical machine and cell simulation, process monitoring and control, economic analysis, inventory management, tool and fixture design, cell loading, and automated inspection. The scaled CIM lab will provide the student with insights into how various manufacturing activities interact in a CIM system framework, and afford the opportunity to take a component from concept to plan to manufacture, in a safe but realistic environment.