Automation case study

Paper details:
special project that uses the tools of Automation and Robotics and relevant product design. Your project may be about a subject that you are interested in but must on a subject we are studying this semester. The project should be like a “case study” found in our text and should use most of the tools that we are studying in class. You should pick you project and describe it to me before starting your work. You will be responsible for the project work, a 10-15 page paper in MS Word describing the case and your solution and an 8-10 MS PowerPoint presentation that you will give to the class. The presentation should be 10-15 minutes in length and describe your project. You should have calculation in the project. Additional details, including rubrics and desired outcomes for the project will be provided as a separate handout.
• A presentation should include:
• Your Project Description
• Background theory and your problem statement
• A Trade study of ways to solve the problem…optional ways to solve the problem
• The method of solution that you choose
• The Solution
• The Solution Analysis and Results
• Your Conclusion
• Your statement of Recommendation(s)
• Any Back-up material or calculations that your used and that the audience might want to see or discuss

Topics in Textbook: Groover, Mikell P., Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Third Edition; Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008.

Introduction, Manufacturing Operations & Metrics Ch. 1, 2, & 3
Metrics, Introduction to Automation, Industrial Control Systems 4, 5 & 6
Numerical Control; Industrial Robots; PLC & PCs, Material Handling; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Storage systems; Identification Technology Introduction to Manufacturing systems & Single Station Cells 13 & 14
Manual Assembly Lines; Automated Production Lines 15 & 16