CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Mechanical Workshop develops and manufactures mechanical and electromechanically devices for scientific research and education. Products are made not only for researchers of the faculty of Social Sciences and other faculties but also for other third parties in the field of pedagogical, medical and pharmaceutical research.
The Mechanical workshop uses modern means of production like CAD/CAM software, CNC milling and CNC turning.
Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacture or CAD/CAM, the process by which computers are employed to enhance the manufacture and development of products. Products may be produced more quickly, more accurately, or with reduced cost, by the appropriate application of computer technology.
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems may be used to model many, if not all, of the features of a particular product. Typically, these would be the size, shape, and form of each component part, stored as two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings. Once this dimensional data has been entered and stored in the computer system, the designer is able to manipulate or modify design ideas with great ease as the product development is pursued. Moreover, the combined ideas of many designers are shared and integrated as data is moved rapidly across computer networks, enabling designers and engineers located in different global locations to work together as a team. CAD systems are also able to simulate the performance of a product. They can test whether a proposed electronic circuit will work as intended, whether a bridge will carry predicted loads safely, and even whether tomato ketchup will pour correctly from a newly designed container.