Description:

The impact of the technology of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical, Production, Automobile, Marine, and Aerospace engineering has been tremendous. Using computers in manufacturing is receiving particular prominence as industries seek to improve product quality, increase productivity and to reduce inventory costs. Therefore, the emphasis has been attributed to the subject of CAD and its integration with CAM.

Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate students of Mechanical, Production, and Industrial Engineering, it provides a description of both the hardware and software of CAD/CAM systems and their applications to mechanical design and manufacturing fields covering design aspects of fundamental machine elements. A new chapter on CADD of machine elements is a recent addition to this edition.

The Coverage Includes

• Principles of interactive computer graphics

• Wireframe, surface and solid modelling

• Finite element modelling and analysis

• Computer aided design and drafting of machine elements.

• NC part programming and computer-aided part programming

• Machine vision systems

• Robot technology and automated guided vehicles

• Flexible manufacturing systems

• Computer integrated manufacturing

• Artificial intelligence and expert systems

• Communication systems in manufacturing

Pedagogical Features

• CNC program examples and APT program examples

• Review questions at the end of every chapter

• A comprehensive Glossary

• A Question Bank at the end of the chapters

TARGET AUDIENCE

BE/B.Tech (Mechanical Production and Industrial Engineering)

M.Tech (CAD/CAM)