VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY V.M.K.V.ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SALEM - 636 308 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING B.E.

PART TIME VI SEMESTER COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING UNIT I PART- A 1. What is CIM? 2. Write any four advantages of CIM? 3. What is the role of computer in CIM? 4. What is communication? 5. What is automation? 6. What is software? 7. What do you mean by dedicated system? 8. What is Open System? 9. What is protocol? 10. What is product? 11. Describe shortly about marketing engineering? 12. What is production scheduling? 13. What do you mean by production planning? 14. Mention any two plant operations? 15. What is business management? 16. What do you mean by financial management? 17. State any four advantages of business management? 18. What are the differences between business and financial management? 19. State any four advantages of financial management? 20. State any four advantages of Open system? PART B 1. Explain the meaning and origin of CIM in detail? 2. Explain the concept of external communication in CIM? 3. Explain the various aspects involved in automation? 4. Explain dedicated and open system ? 5. Explain the various steps in manufacturing automation protocol? 6. Explain various product related activities of a company? 7. Explain about marketing engineering in detail? 8. Discuss in detail about the concept of production planning? 9. List and explain the various plant operations? 10. Explain about business and financial management?

UNIT II PART - A 1. Define the term Group Technology? 2. When the GT is applied in Manufacturing industry? 3. What is meant by Part family? 4. Write any two Design attributes? 5. Write any two Manufacturing attributes? 6. Write down the methods of grouping the parts into families? 7. Write down the three categories of parts classification systems? 8. What is meant by Monocode? 9. What is meant by Polycode? 10. What is meant by Mixed mode structure? 11. Write any two examples of parts classification and coding system? 12. What is meant by Production flow analysis? 13. What is meant by cellular manufacturing? 14. On what basis GT manufacturing cells are classified? 15. Classify the GT manufacturing cells? 16. What is meant by process planning? 17. Classify CAPP? 18. Write any four advantages of process planning? 19. Write short notes on visual inspection methods in grouping of parts? 20. What is meant by composite part concept? PART B 1. Explain the objectives of cellular manufacturing? 2. Explain in detail about machine cell design? 3. Explain the OPTIZ system of parts classification and coding? 4. Explain the MICLASS system of parts classification and coding? 5. Explain the steps involved in Production Flow Analysis? 6. Explain in detail about Variant type CAPP? 7. Explain in detail about Generative type CAPP? 8. Explain the applications of GT? 9. Explain the benefits of CAPP? 10. Explain the role of process planning in CAD/CAM integration?

UNIT III PART A 1. Write down the three principal components of automatic identification technologies? 2. Define the term FMS? 3. Write down the situations to apply FMS? 4. What is meant by single machine cell? 5. Write short notes on dedicated FMS? 6. Write short notes on random ordered FMS? 7. What is meant by in-line layout in FMS? 8. What is meant by loop layout in FMS? 9. What is meant by ladder layout in FMS? 10. What is meant by open field layout in FMS? 11. What is meant by Robot centered layout in FMS? 12. What is meant by Shop floor control? 13. Write down the three phases of SFC? 14. What are the ultimate purposes of Factory data collection system? 15. What is meant by inventory control? 16. Write any four automatic identification methods? 17. Write any four Bar code printing technologies? 18. What is meant by stacked bar code? 19. Write any two application of computer control in FMS? 20. Write any two benefits of computer control in FMS? PART B 1. Explain in detail about Linear bar codes? 2. Explain in detail about 2D bar codes? 3. Explain the benefits of FMS? 4. Explain the types of FMS? 5. Explain the FMS components? 6. Explain the functions of material handling and storage system in FMS? 7. Explain the functions performed by the FMS computer control system? 8. Explain in detail about FMS applications? 9. Explain the concept of Factory data collection system? 10. Explain in detail about FMS workstation?

UNIT IV PART A 1. What do you meant by implementation of CIM? 2. What is Data? 3. What is the use of Data? 4. What is data communication? 5. What is the advantage of Data communication? 6. What do you mean by CIMOSA? 7. What do you mean by data management? 8. What are the uses of manufacturing enterprise wheel? 9. What are the advantages of CIM architecture? 10. What are the advantages of Networks? 11. What is LAN? 12. Why do we need communication? 13. What is WAN? 14. What do you mean by topology? 15. What is the use of network administrator? 16. What do you mean by network installation? 17. How will you manage the network? 18. What are the difference between LAN and WAN? 19. List the IDEF modeling tools? 20. What is the use of activity cycle diagram? PART - B 1. Explain the changes of company strategies by implementing CIM? 2. Explain in detail about system modeling tools? 3. Explain in detail about IDEF modeling tools? 4. Explain the concepts of CIM open system architecture? 5. Explain the various components of CIM architecture? 6. Explain the importance of Production data management? 7. Explain in detail about LAN? 8. Discuss in detail about the network management? 9. Discuss in detail about the network installation? 10. Explain in detail about Manufacturing enterprise wheel?

UNIT V PART A 1. What do you mean by manufacturing automation protocol? 2. What do you mean by Technical office protocol? 3. What is database? 4. What is data modeling? 5. What do you mean by data associations? 6. What is DBMS? 7. What are the differences between DBMS and RDBMS? 8. What do you mean by relational database? 9. Write down the functions of database operators? 10. Write any four advantages of database management? 11. Write any four advantages of relational database management? 12. What are the arithmetic operators used in databases? 13. What is the use of Query in database? 14. What are the logical operators used in databases? 15. What are the relational operators used in databases? 16. Write down the advantages of manufacturing automation protocol? 17. Write down the advantages of technical office protocol? 18. What are the advantages of open system interconnection? 19. What are the disadvantages of open system interconnection? 20. Write down the searching methods in databases? PART B 1. Explain in detail about open system interconnection? 2. Discuss in detail about manufacturing automation protocol? 3. Write explanatory notes of technical office protocol? 4. Explain the history of development of databases? 5. Discuss in detail about database terminology? 6. Explain in detail about architecture of database systems? 7. Explain in detail about data modeling? 8. Write explanatory notes on relational database management? 9. Why do we need database operators? Discuss. 10. Explain in detail about data association?