
IT in manufacturing
into the instructions that are passed to the CNC machines,
robots, and other factory devices.
The following sections describe two of the main CIM
techniques, namely CAM and FMS.
Computer-aided manufacture
Computer-aided manufacture (CAM) refers to the use of
computers to control the manufacturing process, primarily by
controlling the settings of tools and the way they are used in
computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machines and other
automatic devices, and by controlling the deployment of industrial
robots. The CAM system uses the production plans produced by
the DP system, and the product designs produced by the CAD