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Table of Contents:
1. ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................4
2. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................5
7. DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................ 13
8. CONCLUSION....................................................................................................... 14
9. LIST OF REFERENCES........................................................................................ 15
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1. ABSTRACT:
Computers play a major role in human life. This assignment
paper is focused on a computer based technology called CAD/CAM, which is
marking its step in various industries performing the design and production
activities. This paper also covers the fundamentals, history and future of
CAD/CAM. The development of CAD/CAM over decades and its various
advantages in the present engineering field is also briefed. In specific the
introduction and impact of CAD/CAM in ceramics industry is taken as the key
topic which includes the traditional development, present development and
future development. The advantages and benefits of implementing the
CAD/CAM along with Rapid Prototyping process in ceramics industry have
been explained. Apart from this, the developments and additional features to
be incorporated in CAD/CAM software’s to satisfy the customer needs at
present and in future has been discussed. Also the future trends and
breakthrough of CAD/CAM in general is covered.
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2. INTRODUCTION:
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3. FUNDAMENTALS OF CAD/CAM:
CAD can also be defined as “A tool used to speed up (or) eliminate the
efforts by engineers within the design/analysis cycle” (Mish, et al, 1999).
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4. HISTORY OF CAD/CAM:
During this period the CAD/CAM technology was started spreading all
over the world. Automobile sectors were the first to follow this technology
especially for designing their vehicle bodies. Later on this technology was
adopted by other sectors too. CAM software’s were qualified by manual
programming oriented and APT (Automatically Programmed Tool) based
systems (Alan, 2001). This evolution of CAD/CAM has rapidly changed the
industrial sectors and improved the product quality, accuracy and production
rate. At present there are many CAD/CAM software’s which are used in
various industries. This software’s are developed with an ease for installation
in the computer and provides much flexibility for the designer to use the tool in
design and manufacturing a product. The CAD/CAM software’s which are very
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widely used now are CATIA, UNIGRAPHICS, PRO-E, SOLIDWORKS, IDEAS,
INVENTOR. Now the CAD/CAM technology is moving in a constant path of
fine-tuning the early innovations to improve the efficiency and make it user
friendly.
Tooling plays the major role in this development method. The CAD design of
the tool is developed from the products 3D CAD design. Depending on various
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factors like manufacturing techniques, geometry and quantity of product the
decision is made for developing the master tool in a best way.
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The CAD/CAM features not only provide the profit in time and cost, it
also gives a quality tool and end product. The Rapid Prototyping technology
which is used in many ceramic industries to manufacture the end product have
many limitations which push this back in many leading industries. The
limitations which currently exist in Rapid Prototyping technology are output
from machine, material cost, accuracy, production speed and surface finish. If
this process could be developed further for the product manufacture in a
robust way, then it will have a striking impact in the field of design and
manufacturing. The major areas that will drive forward the growth of Rapid
Prototyping are concept modelling and Rapid Manufacturing & Tooling
(RM&T). The reason for replacing the concept modelling over higher version
of RP is due to its cost effectiveness and speed. Concept modeller allows the
designers to start and finish the prototype in a day (or) two. Though there are
many flaws and drawbacks in the concept modelling, advanced technology
and design provide the possible path for a good future. Rapid Prototyping in
manufacturing is the base for Rapid manufacturing & tooling (RM&T).
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6. FUTURE OF CAD/CAM IN GENERAL:
The power to merge CAD/CAM, with FEA & simulation accessibility and
knowledge management requires to be fully adopted. This is one of the areas
a breakthrough will occur in future CAD/CAM. At present the research and
development in CAD/CAM is one step ahead of the user requirements.
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7. DISCUSSION:
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8. CONCLUSION:
The need for development in technology is not only associated with the
customer requirements. Every time the change (or) update of any system
rectifies the flaws and drawbacks in the previous version. It is clear that
the available technology in the market is not 100% perfect and stabilised.
One or the other features need to be added at every stage of requirement.
This rapid development in CAD/CAM is unimaginable, since it took place
in a short duration. There is nothing called impossible in the field of design
and manufacturing with the current trends of CAD/CAM technology. But
still there is a huge demand for the updates in the existing systems for the
future designs. At present it can be assumed that there is nothing more to
develop than the existing technologies, but predicting the future is always
a hardship. There may be a massive breakthrough or revolution of
CAD/CAM than what it has created so far.
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9. LIST OF REFERENCES:
CHUA C.K, LEONG K.F AND LIM C.S (2003) RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS.
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