新职业英语 机电英语Unit 4.ppt

Task 2 The following things are what Bob usually does in manufacturing a product. Arrange them in the order of time and explain. a. Use CAM to generate a complete set of process plan. b. Call the engineer to give advice. c. Draft the daily production report. d. Operate the NC machine. e. Purchase raw material. Process Planning Process planning is involved with the detailed sequence of production steps from start to finish. Essentially, the process plan describes the state of the workplace at each workstation. The use of computers as an aid to process planning is comparatively recent and has led to a rebirth of what is known as group technology (GT). Group technology is based on organizing all similar parts into families to allow standardization of manufacturing steps. Currently a process planning system is under development and it is able to produce process plans directly from the geometric model database with almost no human assistance. In this system, the process planner would review the impact from the design engineer via communication and then enter this input into the CAM system which would generate a complete set of process plans automatically. Robotics Many advances are being made to integrate robotics into CAM. One of these ef forts is the US Air Force Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) project, of which the goal is to organize every step of manufacturing around computer automation. As part of this program, a robot is used to drill sheet metal aircraft parts. The robot drills a set of holes to 0.005 in tolerance, and machines the perimeter of any one of 250 types of parts. Production rates are four times faster than conventional manual manufacturing. Factory Management This portion of CAM ties together the other areas to coordinate operations of an entire factory.The management system relies heavily on group technology with its families of similar parts. Computers