Integrated Laboratory for Manufacturing Education

本项目开发了一个综合实验室，以促进本科教学的完整设计，通过制造过程。 新实验室由三个相互关联的子系统组成。 制造子系统包括计算机数控（CNC）机床和机器人装配站。 该设备加强了现代制造工艺的教学，并加强了设计中可制造性的重要性。 设计子系统包括新的图形工作站，支持计算机辅助设计和制造（CADM）指令在高级本科水平。 集成子系统包括一个新的计算机工作站服务器，该服务器通过局域网连接到新的制造和设计子系统以及现有的计算机辅助工程（CAE）和控制实验室资源。 服务器为CADM的计算密集型元素提供共享平台。 本科生教学是扩大和加强在许多方面。 提供了具有自主控制的敏捷制造系统的需求的经验。 通过在综合实验室环境中提供跨学科的互动，加强了并行工程设计的概念。 分布式处理在快速原型制作、修改和设计移植方面的优势得到了实践经验的支持。

This project develops an integrated laboratory to facilitate undergraduate instruction in the complete design through manufacturing process. The new laboratory consists of three interconnected subsystems. The manufacturing subsystem includes computer numerical control (CNC) machines and robotic assembly stations. This equipment strengthens instruction in modern manufacturing processes and reinforces the importance of manufacturability in design. The design subsystem consists of new graphic workstations that support computer-aided design and manufacturing (CADM) instruction at the advanced undergraduate level. The integration subsystem consists of a new computer workstation server with local area network connections to the new manufacturing and design subsystems as well as to existing Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Controls laboratory resources. The server provides a shared platform for computationally intensive elements of CADM. Undergraduate student instruction is expanded and enhanced in a number of ways. Experience with the demands of agile manufacturing systems with autonomous control is provided. The concept of concurrent engineering design is reinforced by providing interdisciplinary interaction in an integrated laboratory environment. The advantages of distributed processing for rapid prototyping, modification, and design porting is supported by hands-on experience.