PROBLEMS OF CREATING COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE FOR PILOT MECHANICAL-ENGINEERING

The specific features of experimental mechanical engineering require p roduction and technical systems (PTSs) to be highly flexible. At the s ame time, the necessity of engineering and production support for scie ntific research work and the development of new equipment with limited labour resources in the shortest period of time make it necessary to increase the level of PTS automation. The problem of flexible automati on of PTSs can be salved by creating a computer. integrated manufactur e (CIM). The present article describes the experience of the creation of CIM for the production of high-technology experimental equipment at the Russian Research Centre (RRC) 'Kurchatov Institute'. The system f unctions and the level of automation of various activities in the syst em are described. Methods of overcoming many troubles encountered duri ng the creation of CIMs are shown.