Subject Code: 2172506
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
BE - SEMESTER- VII (New) EXAMINATION — WINTER 2019Subject Name: Flexible Manufacturing System
Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM
Total Marks: 70
Date: 30/11/2019
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
Instructions:
- Attempt all questions.
- Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
- Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 (a) Define FMS and enlist the limitations of conventional manufacturing. [03]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
(b) Enlist types of flexibilities associated with FMS by suitable example of each. [04](c) Discuss components of FMS and their integration in the data processing system. [07]
Q.2 (a) Enlist the principle objectives of FMS. [03]
(b) Give the classification of manufacturing cell. [04]
(c) Explain the need, benefits and limitation of FMS in industry. [07]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
OR
(c) Explain unattended machining in any food processing unit. [07]
Q.3 (a) State the application of turning and machining centres. [03]
(b) Explain automated features and capabilities of turning centres. [04]
(c) Define Group Technology and state the objectives and benefits derived from Group Technology. [07]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain the operation performed on turning centres. [03]
(b) Discuss the programming options in machining centres. [04]
(c) Discuss a case study on the implementation of the GT concept in the fabrication sector with necessary sketch. [07]
Q.4 (a) What is the importance of cleaning and deburring in automated manufacturing? [03]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
(b) Discuss deburring station with its operation description. [04](c) Compare horizontal and vertical turning centres with neat sketch. [07]
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain wash station with its operation description. [03]
(b) State the importance of CMM to flexible cells and systems. [04]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
(c) Draw the schematic sketch of CMM and explain its working principle. [07]Q.5 (a) State the advantages and disadvantages of AGVs. [03]
(b) Classify and describe tool strategies in details. [04]
(c) Define AGV and elaborate the types of AGVs. [07]
OR
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
Q.5 (a) Differentiate between conventional and automated storage system. [03]
(b) Briefly explains tool management in FMS. [04]
(c) Discuss the numbers of phases required for FMS implementation. [07]
--- Content provided by FirstRanker.com ---
This download link is referred from the post: GTU BE/B.Tech 2019 Winter Question Papers || Gujarat Technological University