Flexible Manufacturing Automation - exam issues - January 2017

Flexible Manufacturing Automation - exam issues Winter semester 2016/2017 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Levels of automation and control in manufacturing Strategies for automation and process improvement The main streams of a manufacturing process Development phases of means of production in the second half of XX century Market trends stimulating the development of flexible manufacturing Types of manufacturing flexibility and their limits A typical automation migration strategy and its advantages Types of automation relative to production quantity and product variety Organizational forms of flexible manufacturing (machining centers, machining cells, flexible manufacturing: islands, systems, lines) Basic FMS layout types

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The main goal of a flexible manufacturing system and requirements The main functional subsystems of a flexible manufacturing system and their features The main goal of machining subsystem and its functions Structure of a NC axis and feed drive requirements for NC machine tools Reasons and methods for deburring Mechanical methods of deburring Functioning principle of thermal energy deburring Vibratory method of deburring The role of coolant in machining process Type of washers in FMS and factors influencing their selection Typical chip disposal installations and chip initial processing in FMS

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The aim of tool management system in FMS and tooling requirements The tool demand for automated manufacturing system The main requirements to the tool system and to the connection machine – cutting tool Cycles of tools maintenance in flexible manufacturing and their features Types of tool stores at the machining centers Tool changing methods and related to them cycles Exchanging the tools in integrated stores Tool identification methods in FMS Tool monitoring and fault detection

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Actions corresponding to the analysis of structure of machined part spectrum Algorithm of cluster analysis of a part mix The main goal of the workpiece system and required functions Class of stores in FMS and their purpose Types of integrated pallet stores in FMS Types of buffers and their role in automated manufacturing system Methods of part fixing and changing in FMS Identification of machined parts in FMS The tasks to be carried out by the computer taking control over workpiece flow

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Functions realized by FMS logistic system The main goal of the storage system and performed by it functions The main types of storage systems in FMS and exemplary structures The main goal of the transportation system in FMS and factors influencing the choice of this system Means of transport used in FMS’s and their short description AGV guidance systems Advantages and disadvantages of AGV’s usage The tasks to be solved by the transport system and control thereof The main goal and functions realized by FMS information system Data management in FMS and types of databases used

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Activities in operational planning and production process control Functions associated with the current production control The main features of the centralized and decentralized control system structure in FMS The management of machining programs related functions Central gathering of machine operational data Requirements for CNC controllers in the flexible manufacturing automation The tasks, which has to fulfill in each of OSI reference model layer

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The main goal supervising and diagnostics system in FMS and the main elements to be monitored Possible forms of direct acting in case of a machine tool Types of monitoring systems and their roles The main modules of the monitoring and diagnostic system and their functions Sensors integration degrees Functions realized using complex signal processing in an intelligent sensor Monitoring strategies in FMS Cutting tool condition monitoring in FMS Workpiece monitoring Types of measurement probes, principle of operations of the exemplary probe and functions to be realized by them The basic types of measuring machines and their purpose The technical availability and real available time used in FMS Reasons of disturbances by the FMS operation The main problem areas to take in consideration by process of FMS planning

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