(ICT) is an essential tool in the industrial sector
Information and communication technology (ICT) is an essential tool in the industrial sector for different tasks. The following explains the usage of ICT in industry.
o Computer Assisted Design and Manufacture (CAD) and (CAM)
o Computerized services and production
o Robots
Computer-aided design (CAD)
CAD software is used to design the structure of vehicles, machinery, aircrafts, mother board of PCs etc. CAD software can also be used for writing the program used in ICs. It is written in programme-editing software before being downloaded onto the chip.
These designs and manufacture can be more accurate than hand-drawn designs and reduces human error. You can save and edit ideas, which make it easier and cheaper to modify your design as you go along; you can modify existing ideas, which saves time
Computer-aided manufacture (CAM)
The above designs can be produced or manufactured using CAM. Good for batch or mass production and they are of two types:
2D CAM machines
Plotter/cutters can be used either for cutting of card and vinyl, to produce drawings and lettering prior to cutting. Cutter/printers are more complex CAM machines which allow full-colour printing before cutting is done.
3D CAM machines
Mmainly used for cutting plastics, hard wax, soft metals and wood-based materials such as MDF. Some of these machines can have a scanner head fitted in place of the cutting tool, allowing 3D scanning to be done.
Robots
What is a Robot?
A robot is a construction of mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, which is capable of autonomous or semi-autonomous operation towards a function or goal specified by the builder or programmer.
Human intervened machines with no internal programming or algorithms do not qualify as robots. Most true robots have sensors that allow them to detect details of their environment, and change their behavior accordingly, but do so with essentially no intelligence,
Today robots are mainly used in industrial manufacturing systems for welding, assembling etc. The users are big manufacturers with high volumes and high competence Pic. Robot for welding
A robot the size of a person can easily carry a load over one hundred pounds and move it very quickly with a repeatability of +/-0.006 inches. Furthermore these robots can do that 24 hours a day for years on end with no failures whatsoever.
Computerized Machineries in Industry
In the process of manufacturing, packaging and supplying computerized machineries play a vital role. These machineries are controlled or operated by human intervention through software.
1. Fully automatic computerized dry and wet-mixed concrete batching plants spread over 7 strategic locations
2. A fleet of 260 concrete mixer trucks equipped with GPS tracking system
3. Centralized Call Center for order taking and delivery schedule
4. A qualified in-house approved
Some of the most common activities in banking
industry are
• Cash transaction
• Statements of accounts
• Calculation of interest
• Automated Teller Machine service
carried out using ICT.
The printing industry nowadays cannot survive if ICT is not used.
• Graphic – designing, Scanning and modifying
• Text – leaflets, newspapers, magazines
• Printers – high-quality printers, plotters
• 2D and 3D CAM machines (explained in CAD/CAM)
