Solution Manual for Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 5th Edition

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Chapter 1INTRODUCTIONREVIEW QUESTIONS1.1What is a production system?Answer: As defined in the text, a production system is a collection of people, equipment,and procedures organized to perform the manufacturing operations of a company.1.2Production systems consist of two major components. Name and briefly define them.Answer: The two major components given in the text are (1) facilities, which consist of thefactory, the equipment in the factory, and the way the equipment is organized; and (2)manufacturing support systems, which are the procedures used by the company to manageproduction and to solve the technical and logistics problems encountered in orderingmaterials, moving the work through the factory, and ensuring that products meet qualitystandards. Product design and certain business functions are included among themanufacturing support systems.1.3What are manufacturing systems, and how are they distinguished from production systems?Answer: A manufacturing system is a logical grouping of equipment in the factory and theworker(s) who operate(s) it. Examples include worker-machine systems, production lines,and machine cells. A production system is a larger system that includes a collection ofmanufacturing systems and the support systems used to manage them. A manufacturingsystem is a subset of the production system.1.4Manufacturing systems are divided into three categories, according to worker participation.Name the three categories.Answer: The three categories are (1) manual work systems, (2) worker-machine systems,and (3) automated systems.1.5What are the four functions included within the scope of manufacturing support systems?Answer: As identified in the text, the four functions are (1) business functions, (2) productdesign, (3) manufacturing planning, and (4) manufacturing control.1.6Three basic types of automation are defined in the text. What is fixed automation and whatare some of its features?Answer: Fixed automation is a system in which the sequence of processing (or assembly)operations is fixed by the equipment configuration. Each operation in the sequence isusually simple, but the integration and coordination of many such operations in one pieceof equipment makes the system complex. Typical features of fixed automation are (1) highinitial investment for custom-engineered equipment, (2) high production rates, and (3)relatively inflexible in accommodating product variety.1.7What is programmable automation and what are some of its features?Answer: In programmable automation, the production equipment is designed with thecapability to change the sequence of operations to accommodate different part or productconfigurations. The operation sequence is controlled by a program,which is a set ofinstructions coded so that they can be read and interpreted by the system. Some of the

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