IT in Manufacturing

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IT in Manufacturing

• The introduction of IT has had a huge impact on
  the manufacturing industries
• Traditional labour intensive industries (those
  which require a large workforce) now have a large
  degree of automation in producing their products
• A modern company would now use IT in every stage
  of production and support areas

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IT in Manufacturing

• RD
• Research and Development uses computers from
  product design to simulation and testing (CAD)
• Production and Manufacturing
• Scheduling production times and the actual
  process uses computer controlled machines (CAM)
• Administration
• Factory (Plant) administration, office and
  personnel etc
• Sales and Advertising
• Dealer products databases, on-line catalogues,
  use of email to communicate with suppliers and
  customers.

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CAD

• CAD stands for Computer Aided Design
• CAD is used for displaying and editing designs on
  the computer.
• Calculations are often made.
• CAD can be 2D or 3D (3 dimensional)
• CAD outputs can be printed using a Plotter
• CAD outputs can also be used as inputs for a CAM
  process

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CAD requirements

• The Research and Development team in an
  organisation tend to use CAD to design new
  products.
• CAD requires monitors with high resolution 1024
  4096 pixels.
• CAD also requires large amounts of RAM to be able
  to process the images
• CAD input can be via mouse, keyboard, but more
  often a graphics tablet is used.
• CAD systems tend to be expensive
• Designs can be produced quicker than by hand
  drawn methods.

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The use of CAD

• Interior design
• Arranging furniture in a room.
• This can be viewed from a number of angles
• Car shapes and bodies as well as engines
• In 3D the image can be rotated or viewed from
  different angles
• Consumer electronic products (TVs and Video
  recorders)
• Electronic Circuit boards
• Testing of the electronics can be simulated
  accurately
• The shape and aesthetics of the product can be
  viewed easily
• Prototypes can be produced from CAD drawingsas
  an input for a CAM process
• Buildings, bridges, boats
• And many more

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CAD images
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