COURSE OUTLINE

MnE 601 – Automated Manufacturing Systems

Text: Groover, Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated

Manufacturing, Prentice Hall Second Edition

Text:: The Machine That Changed the World Womack, Jones, Roos MIT Press

Week Subject Chapter

1 Flexible Manufacturing Systems 16

2 Introduction to Automation 3

3 Industrial Robotics 7

4 Material Handling in Automation 9

5 Programmable Logic Controllers 8

6 Automatic Data Capture 12

(Project Proposal due)

7 Product Design & CAD/CAM 24

8 Mid-Term Exam

9 Lean Production Womack Text 27

10 Agile Manufacturing Womack Text 27

11 Group Technology & Cellular Manufacturing 15

12 Process Planning & Concurrent Engineering 25

13 Production Planning & Control Systems 26

14 Term Projects and Presentations

15 Final Exam

Midterm Exam 25%

Final Exam 25%

Group Lab Experiments 15%

Technical Presentation 10%

Term Project 25%