Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Technology
- Mechanisation
- When machinery is used
but labour is required in
order to work the machines
- Automation
- When machinery is used but a
computer controls it. Many
manufacturing companies are
automated and workers are
needed to program and
supervise machines
- CAD- computer aided design
- Involves the use of computers
to design products, by drawing
the product
- Can be easily changed
if problems arise
- Information about the
product can be stored
on the computer
- CAM- computer aided manufacture
- This is when the machines used
to make the product are controlled
by computer
- CIM- computer integrated manufacture
- This is when the whole factory is controlled by computer