Computer Integrated Manufacturing at Vance Academy of Engineering

“Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) How are things made? What processes go into creating products? Is the process for making a water bottle the same as it is for a musical instrument? How do assembly lines work? How has automation changed the face of manufacturing? While students discover the answers to these questions, they’re learning about the history of manufacturing, robotics and automation, manufacturing processes, computer modeling, manufacturing equipment, and flexible manufacturing systems. This course is designed for 10th, 11th or 12th grade students.” www.pltw.org
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WIRED Mobile Automation

Short video about advanced manufacturing mobile automation and robotics in a WIRED-funded course offered by Madison College. Produced by the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin
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Clear Automation Automated Cosmetic Manufacturing

Clear Automation designed and built this system to assemble, laser mark, inspect and package a cosmetic product. The system features 7 robots, 2 lasers, 4 cameras, conveyors, parts feeders, a central indexer, 2 robot controllers and a PLC. It manufactures 3 part styles, 8 at a time, 120 parts per minute, 24 hours per day.

ABB140 Manufacturing Robot Drawing the “Iron Duke” D

This is a simple demonstration of an ABB140 industrial manufacturing robot drawing the famous “Duke D”. Project conducted by Hugh Runyan in the Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Edmund T. Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University.
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Q&A: Are robots used in other industries apart from Car Manufacturing?

Question by Foggy: Are robots used in other industries apart from Car Manufacturing?
Hi, I work for one of three large-car manufacturing plants in Australia. My plant has something like 300 robots (Kawa, Asea 90, ABB 6000, ABB 6400, ABB 6600) and although I’m a regular electrical apprentice, these robots (and heaps of AB PLC exposure) take up most of my day.

I enjoy the automation I am exposed to and now dislike any regular electrical installation such as powerpoints because it isn’t challenging or stimulating enough.

My Question: Are robots used widely outside of the car manufacturing industry? The car industry is unstable, and I am very keen to learn and take up extra study in robotics, so long as I am employable outside the car plant.

Is there such a job as ‘robot programmer’, and plenty of work available for such a position?

Cheers! And G’Day from Australia!!

Best answer:

Answer by some-yank
Almost any kind of high volume manufacturing today uses robots or similar automation of some kind. Electronics manufacturing and food processing are especially rich in this type of automation. Even non-automated production often needs some automation in packaging.

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