Development of an e-Manufacturing Laboratory

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Development of an e-Manufacturing Laboratory

• Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla
• Dr. Peter Ping Liu
• Eastern Illinois University

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What is e-manufacturing ?

• An integrated application of Internet technology
  to the entire manufacturing process
• Plant floor operations
• Factory devices
• Manufacturing execution systems
• Enterprise resource planning systems

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e-Manufacturing trends

• Combined with supply chain and customer
  relationship management to
• Move through the corporate Intranet
• Checking product availability
• Placing orders
• Tracking shipments anytime-anywhere

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e-Manufacturing Hardware and software tools

• EIU current e-manufacturing lab
• Digital Hardness Testing (On line) e-testing
• CNC (Online soon)
• Java Client Server
• Oracle data base

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e-Manufacturing Hardware and software tools

• EIU current e-manufacturing lab
• Statistical Process Control Network
• 4 computers (Online) with
• SPC software (Measurelink 6.0)
• Quality Design Software (DOE PRO XL)
• Simulation Tools (FLEXIM/PROMODEL)
• Application Development tools (Visual Studio. Net
  Professional )

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e-Manufacturing Hardware and software tools

• Future Equipment/Developments
• CNC online e-prototyping
• DOE/SPC online applications e-diagnostics
• FLEXIM/PROMODEL e-simulation
• Online courses on e-manufacturing

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2. Java client sends testing data to the database
server.
1. Digital Hardness Tester is used to test
materials property.
5. Students can access the testing results
through the web.
Network
3. Database Server (Oracle) receives testing.4.
Web Server (Tomcat) provides data access.
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Benefits

• Materials Testing course
• Statistical Quality Assurance course
• Student project
• Student research

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Questions ?