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CAD/CAM/CIM By P Radhakrishnan – 5th Edition 2024 – Paperback
The new edition of CAD/CAM/CIM has been incorporated with a few additions to provide the readers information on latest develpoments in this field.
Computer integrated manufacturing started with software-based automation in combination with hardware. Currents trends in manufacture such as digitization, including the shift to mass customization, led to significant changes in manufcturing. The details of this digital transformation have been dealt in details in several chapters of this book. We are currently going through the fourth industrial revolution. Thanks to the resurgence of robotics and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, machine learning,data science and analytics and cloud computing. This development as far as Mnaufacturing is concerned is widely referred as industry 4.0. The framework of the industry 4.0 concept has a long history starting with stand alone mechatronics systems leading to cyber-physical and eventually autonomous systems to the final degree of autonomation.