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CAM, which stands for Computer aided manufacture, is used extensively within companies as a stand-alone system from CAD Computer Aided Design.  

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Date Submitted-: 24th June 2002. Contents CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 TOOLING VERIFICATION 2 Fig. 1. - An Example of Qualified Tooling 3 Fig. 2. - Examples of block tooling. 3 DATUM AND LOCATION CHECKS 4 Fig. 3. - An example of a Grid plate 4 IN PROCESS MEASUREMENT 5 POST PROCESS INSPECTION 5 QUALITATIVE DATA AND ATTRIBUTES 6 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 6 DATA CAPTURE 7 METHODS OF DATA CAPTURE 7 EXAMPLES OF DATA CAPTURE 7 Annular Rings 7 Fig. 4. - Example of how annular rings work 8 Considering the rings from left to right 8 Microchip 8 Barcode 9 Fig. 5. - Matrix comparing sensor methods 9 DATA TRANSMISSION FEATURES 10 APPENDIX A 11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 Introduction CAM, which stands for COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURE, is used extensively within companies as a stand-alone system from CAD (Computer Aided Design). However, there is a distinct relationship between the two systems where data is exchanged between each system in a CAD/CAM set-up. Cam systems cover activities that translate the design of a component into instructions that define how the component will be produced. Also, CAM can be extended into providing feedback on the manufacturing process through the use of inspection and...

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