A

SEMINAR

ON

“VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING”

By:
Yadnyadeep vijay ghorpade
 OUTLINES
 Introduction
 History
 Vision
 What is VM ?
 Characteristics
 Classification
 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
 Virtual Manufacturing Operation
 Virtual Reality technology
 Methods & tools used in VM
 Application
 Benefits of VM
 Drawbacks
 Conclusion
 References
 Introduction
 It is a new kind of manufacturing technology.
 It is based on –
• Simulation technology
• Virtual reality technology
• Information technology
 Virtual Manufacturing system is a computer system which can
generate the same information about manufacturing system‘s
structure, states and behaviors as we can observe in real
manufacturing systems.
 VM is used in interactive simulation of various manufacturing
process such as virtual prototyping, virtual machining, virtual
inspection, virtual assembly and virtual operational system.
 History
 It came into prominence in the early 1990’s, partially as a
results of the U.S.Department of Defence Virtual
Manufacturing Initiative.

 For the 1st half the 1990’s the pioneering work in this field has
been done in the organizations like aerospace, earthmoving
instrumentation and automobile.
 Vision
To provide acceptability to create it within computer.

To establish a theoretical approach of VM, knowledge of CAD

and Virtual Prototyping(VP).

It characterizes virtualization of the real to the realization of the

virtual.
 What is VM ?
• Virtual manufacturing concepts originate from machining
operations and evolve in this manufacturing area.

• Virtual Manufacturing is nothing but manufacturing in the

computer.
 CHARACTERISTICS
 Virtual manufacturing deals with the information and data of
the product and manufacturing system.
 Virtual manufacturing is not true manufacturing, but in the
manufacturing of computer and network system related with
software.
 Virtual manufacturing processing results are digital products,
rather than the real material products.
 Virtual manufacturing is a disperse system.
 The simulation of product design, processing and assembling
process can be parallel operated.
 CLASSIFICATION

• Classification based on type of system integration.

• Classification based on types of product and process design .

• Classification based on functional usage

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
Marketing
Computer Aided Fab.
Orders fed by tele-
communication. Information Parts fabricated on NC &
on what to make including FMS systems involving
special designs fed to CAD control & material
movement.

CAD/CAM
Automated Assembly
Product design & analysis
for QA specs to CAM to Robotic movement of
plan for mfg. Plans and materials & assembly.
feedback to CAD/CAM Automated QC & product
interface test.
Central
Computer

Factory Management Automated Warehousing

Planning, scheduling, Robotic movement of
material management, material for storage & order
costs, QA, shipping and picking. Automated order
distribution. picking & shipping.

Flow of Information Physical flow

Virtual Machining Operation

 VMO, as part of the virtual of the manufacturing process,

communicates with the other objects in the immediate vicinity
of the VM system.
 VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY
 Virtual Reality is technology for presentation of complicated
information, manipulations and interactions of person with
them by computer.
 Virtual Reality is a computer-generated interactive three-
dimensional environment to simulate reality.
 Virtual reality with ability to show data 3D and attach sounds
and touch information increases extraordinarily data
comprehensibility.
 Virtual reality has entered into the public awareness as medial
toy with equipment „helmet-glove“, which was preferentially
determined for wide public and the price of this system had
also to correspond to this fact, so price could not be very high.
 VR systems could be divided by ways of
communication with user to such groups:

• Window on World Systems

• Video Mapping

• Immersive Systems

• Telepresence
 Methods and tools used in
Virtual manufacturing:
 Manufacturing characterization

 Modeling and representation technologies

 Visualization, environment construction technologies

 Verification, validation and measurement

 Multi discipline optimization

 BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL
MANUFACTURING
Quality

Shorter cycle time

Producibility

Flexibility

Customer Satisfaction
 Drawbacks
 Integration of simulation systems in planning and design tools

 Automatic generation of simulation models

 Distributed simulation, optimization and control

 Hybrid simulation

 Human-computer interfaces

 Virtual prototyping
 APPLICATIONS
 Machine Tool

 Automotive

 Mould Design

 Sheet Metal Forming

 CONCLUSION
 It appears that VM will stimulate the need to design both for
manufacturability and manufacturing efficiency.

 Nowadays, even if there is a lot of work to do, all the pieces

are in place for Virtual Manufacturing to become a standard
tool for the design to manufacturing process.
Thank You