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CIM on Wheel is a trailer with Computer Integrated Environment setup that goes on the roads. CIMoW serves as a facility for CIM and Robotics course class projects at Kettering University. It provides hands on experience with real world problems and provides opportunity for concurrent engineering & people-to-people skills management.

  CIMoW Primary Function:

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nServes as a facility for CIM and Robotics course class projects at Kettering University
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nprovides hands-on experience
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npresents real world problems
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nprovides opportunity for concurrent engineering & people-to-people skills management.

  Where is CIMoW going?

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nHigh schools & middle schools
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Community colleges
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Professional exhibitions
 

 What does it do? 

n      Demonstrates the principles and applications of components for CIM.
        nSome components are:
            –Robotics
            –Machining
            –Material handling systems
            –Sensor feedback and control
            –Computer control
–            Programmable logic control
           – Flexible manufacturing cell design
           – Manufacturing cell operation sequence planning
            –Equipment interaction control

  What is in it?   

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n2 PUMA robots  (Romeo & Juliet)
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n1 DENFORD milling machine (Miller)
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n1 FLEXLINK conveyor loop (Roadrunner)
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n2 SUN Sparcstations (Stratus & Intrepid)
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nmany sensors
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nmany electrical and pneumatic outputs
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numerous tables and support racks