NPTEL : NOC:Automation in Production Systems and Management (Management)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Pradip Kumar Ray


Lecture 1 - Basic Concepts of Manufacturing Systems, Evolution of Manufacturing Systems

Lecture 2 - Types of Manufacturing Systems and Role of Automation

Lecture 3 - Product-Process-Flexibility Matrices, Four-Plane Concept of Manufacturing

Lecture 4 - Product Design and Manufacturing Systems

Lecture 5 - Definitions and Design Criteria for Production Systems

Lecture 6 - Manufacturing System Components - I

Lecture 7 - Manufacturing System Components - II

Lecture 8 - Industry 4.0

Lecture 9 - Automation Principles and Strategies for Process Improvement

Lecture 10 - Automated Production System Framework

Lecture 11 - Product Development Process: Approaches and stages

Lecture 12 - Mathematical Models for Interaction between Design and Manufacturing

Lecture 13 - Sequential and Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Product Development

Lecture 14 - Characterization of Concurrent Engineering Framework

Lecture 15 - Concurrent Engineering Techniques

Lecture 16 - Introduction to Concept and Application of Numerical Control (NC) Technology

Lecture 17 - Basic Concepts of an NC System

Lecture 18 - NC Coordinate System, NC Motion Control System

Lecture 19 - Features of CNC, Configuration of CNC Machine Control System

Lecture 20 - Numerical Examples

Lecture 21 - Distributed Numerical Control (DNC) and its Configuration

Lecture 22 - NC Part Programming-I (Manual, Computer-assisted)

Lecture 23 - NC Part Programming-II (CAD/CAM, MDI)

Lecture 24 - Interpolation and Part Programming

Lecture 25 - Numerical Examples

Lecture 26 - Group Technology (GT): Concept and Definition

Lecture 27 - Methods and Implementation of GT for Automation

Lecture 28 - Part Family Formation: Tools and Techniques

Lecture 29 - Numerical Examples on Part Family Formation

Lecture 30 - Application of GT for Designing Flexible and Programmable Automation

Lecture 31 - Concept and Definition of Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS)

Lecture 32 - Cell Formation Approaches - I

Lecture 33 - Cell Formation Approaches - II

Lecture 34 - Evaluation of Cell Design, Numerical Examples

Lecture 35 - Production Planning and Control in CMS, Assessment of Solution by Heuristics

Lecture 36 - Types and Definitions of of Flexibility in Manufacturing Systems

Lecture 37 - Volume-Variety Relationships in Production Systems, What is FMS?

Lecture 38 - Basic Features of FMS: PhysicalSsubsystems

Lecture 39 - Basic Features of FMS: Control Subsystems and Manufacturing Control Activities.

Lecture 40 - Types of Problems in FMS

Lecture 41 - Operational Problems in FMS: Tools and Techniques - 1, Problem Formulation

Lecture 42 - Operational Problems in FMS: Tools and Techniques - 2, Numerical Examples

Lecture 43 - Tool Allocation Policies in FMS, Numerical Examples

Lecture 44 - Fixture and Pallet Selection Problems: Numerical Examples

Lecture 45 - Types of FMS Layout, Relative Advantages

Lecture 46 - Fundamentals of Robotics and its Applications

Lecture 47 - Robot Movement and Precision

Lecture 48 - Robot Motion Analysis, Robotic Joints and Links

Lecture 49 - Robot Classification System, Industrial Robot Applications

Lecture 50 - Numerical Examples

Lecture 51 - Definition of Process Planning: Function of Process Plan

Lecture 52 - Basic Steps in Process Plan Development

Lecture 53 - Process Planning Approaches: Manual Experience-based Process Planning

Lecture 54 - Process Planning Approaches: Computer-aided Process Planning

Lecture 55 - CIN and CAPP, Process Optimization and CAPP

Lecture 56 - Process Optimization and CAPP

Lecture 57 - FMS and CAPP

Lecture 58 - Process Optimization and CAPP: Numerical Examples

Lecture 59 - Process Planning and Concurrent Engineering

Lecture 60 - Autonomation (and other TPS Areas and Approaches)