CAM and AUTOMATION

MCL 431
CAM AND AUTOMATION

Dr. Sunil Jha

suniljha@mech.iitd.ac.in
Office: Block III/156

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Course Overview
LH-526
Credits: 3 credits [2-0-2 (L-T-P)] Tue Thur 11-11:50

Evaluation Scheme
15% Minor-1
15% Minor-2
35% Major Exam
15% Lab Evaluation (10% Lab Exam + 5% Lab Marks)
10% Term Project
10% Quiz & Assignment

Attendance Policy:
One Grade down for attendance < 75% each in Class & Lab
Mark Attendance in Timble

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Course Content
Automation need and types of automation, economics of
automation, FMS, CIM.

Basics of electro-mechanical automation technologies, Circuit

design and applications of hydraulic, pneumatic, electro-pneumatic,
electro-hydraulic and programmable logic control (PLC) systems.

Numerical control, NC and CNC hardware and programming,

Machine controls, HMI design and implementation, DNC system,

Control engineering in production systems: open loop and closed

loop control systems,

Automated material handling technologies,

Group technology,

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Lecture Plan
Module
No. Topic Hrs
Automation need and types of automation, economics of automation,
1 Computer Integrated Mfg. 2
Basics of automation implementation methodologies, Circuit design and
2 applications of hydraulic and pneumatic controls 4

3 Electro-hydraulic and Electro-pneumatic System design 4

4 Programmable Logic Control (PLC) hardware and programming. 5
5 NC and CNC hardware, Machine interface programming, HMI Design 5
6 CNC Part Programming - Milling 3
7 CNC Part Programming - Turning 2
8 Inspection automation and reverse engineering, 1

9 Motion Control 2

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Automation Lab (III-252A)

HARDWARE
• Pneumatic Trainer kits
• Electro Pneumatic Trainer
• Micrologix 1100 PLC
• Compact Logix PAC
• Servo Drives & Motors
• Variable Frequency Drive
• Remote I/O Panels
• HMI Panel

SOFTWARES
• Festo Fluid SIM Software
• Automation Studio License
• Rockwell Automation Softwares for
PLC Programming

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Lab Plan
Module
No. Experiment Description Hrs
1 Basic Pneumatics Experiments 6

2 Electro-pneumatic Experiments 4
3 Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Experiments 6
4 MasterCAM 4
5 Motion Control Experiments 4
6 Automation Studio Simulation 4

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Lab Schedule
1-3 PM 3-5 PM

Monday Gr 2 (22) Gr 2 (20)

Tuesday Gr 3 (18) Gr 3 (18)

Friday Gr 1 (22) Gr 1 (22)

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Reading Material
Books:
Fluid Power with Applications
Anthony Esposito, Prentice Hall
Fluid Power – Theory and Applications
James A. Sullivan, Prentice Hall
Programmable Logic Controllers – Principles and
Applications
John W. Webb & Ronald A. Reis, Pearson Education
CAD/CAM
Mikell P. Groover, Prentice Hall India
Automation, Production Systems, and Computer Integrated
Manufacturing
Mikell P. Groover, Prentice Hall India, 2008

Reference Material - Festo

Course Online at http://moodle.iitd.ac.in

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