Nivaar worked solution (AI-drafted; not reviewed by a licensed engineer)
Paper format. National Exams, May 2017 — 16-Mec-B4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems. Three hours, open book, any non-communicating calculator permitted. Six questions are printed and any five constitute a complete paper; all questions are of equal value, so each is treated below as a 20-mark question. Every question is solved here, because the set is a study resource rather than a sitting.
Reference texts. M. P. Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 5th ed. (process planning, CAPP, group technology, discrete control and programmable logic controllers); R. B. Chase and F. R. Jacobs, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 16th ed. (forecasting); S. Nahmias and T. L. Olsen, Production and Operations Analysis, 7th ed. (inventory models and lot sizing); C. E. Ebeling, An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, 3rd ed. (series and parallel reliability); S. Kalpakjian and S. R. Schmid, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 8th ed. (machinability data and cutting conditions).
