Since
last few years, large numbers of engineering professionals and
business firms have started with the utilization of CAD/CAM software
on large-scale to accomplish different types of applications. For
this reason, majority of top engineering colleges in India
including the Shri Ram Group Jabalpur offers special training and
education in the subject to all students pursuing B.E. with
Mechanical Engineering stream.
Computer
Aided Design/Drawing
Computer
Aided Design or Drawing implies application of various computer
systems to performing designing functions, which mainly include
creation, analysis, modification and optimization of any specific
design. Similar to other cases, computer systems available for CAD
operations comprise of both hardware and software components.
Hardware includes each type of visible components, like motherboard,
processor, mouse, graphics card, keyboard and similar others. On the
other side, software part includes program that helps in
implementation of computer graphics and simultaneously carrying out
varieties of engineering functions on the system.
Computer
Aided Manufacturing
CAM
i.e. Computer Aided Manufacturing refers to the application of
various computer systems to make plans, control and manage operations
of any particular manufacturing plant with the help of various
indirect and direct computer interfaces with the help of resources
available for the manufacturing plant. According to scholars of top
engineering colleges in India,
CAM implies usage of computers for carrying out large numbers of
activities related to manufacturing products.
Functional
Benefits of CAD/CAM to the Industry
Today,
majority of modern mechanical engineering professionals use
combination of CAD and CAM to design the product at first and later
on, manufacture it by the help of computer systems. According to
scholars of best engineering colleges in India, functions performed
by CAD/CAM computer systems fall under two major categories:-
- Computer Monitoring and its Control
In
case of computer monitoring and control applications, computer
remains directly connected to the manufacturing procedure to monitor
and control the complete manufacturing process. Here, the computer
program directs entire operation of any particular machine that
remains connected into it. In such cases, individuals do not require
any operator for operating machine, while they only have to supervise
it.
Hence,
at any particular period, an operator may take care of multiple
numbers of machines. Based on this, CAD/CAM software has found its
wide applications in large numbers of CNC or Computer Numerically
Controlled machines. Main role of CNC machines and CAD/CAM program is
that both help in carrying out quality production at fastest possible
rate to help companies to stay competitive in the big market.
- Manufacturing Support Applications
In
manufacturing support applications, computer systems help in various
types of production related activities, like planning and scheduling
of production, making necessary forecasts, giving instructions about
manufacturing process and other relevant details objected towards
effective management of company’s manufacturing resources. In this
case, you will not found any direct interface in between the actual
manufacturing process and computer systems.
According
to present scenario, no one may even think about manufacturing
products without the application of computer systems. Since large
numbers of companies perform designing/drawing and manufacturing by
the help of computer systems, CAD/CAM software solution has become
one of the inseparable and significant combinations for mechanical
industries.
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