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Computer-Aided Manufacturing

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Synonyms

CAM; Computer-assisted manufacturing

Definition

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) can be defined as the effective utilization of computers in manufacturing (Groover 1987).

Extended Definition

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) can be defined as the use of computer systems to plan, manage, and control the operations of a manufacturing plant through either direct or indirect computer interface with the plant’s production resources. In other words, the use of computer system in nondesign activities but in the manufacturing process is called CAM (Elanchezhian et al. 2007).

Theory and Application

History

Historically, CAD/CAM systems firstly appeared in ancient Egypt and Greece, as graphics communication used by the engineers. Later on, Leonardo Da Vinci developed techniques such as cross-hatching and isometric views. The invention of computers and xerography made possible the creation of graphics and visualization (Zeid 1991). Practically, the history of computer-aided...

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  1. Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    Dimitris Mourtzis, Sotiris Makris & George Chryssolouris

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  1. National Engineering School of Monastir (ENIM), University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Sami Chatti

  2. Mechanical Engineering, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

    Luc Laperrière

  3. Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany

    Gunther Reinhart

  4. ITIA Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, CNR National Research Council, Milan, Italy

    Tullio Tolio

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  1. Forschungsinstitut für Rationalisierung (FIR) e. V, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    Günther Schuh

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Mourtzis, D., Makris, S., Chryssolouris, G. (2019). Computer-Aided Manufacturing. In: Chatti, S., Laperrière, L., Reinhart, G., Tolio, T. (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53120-4_6550

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