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CADCAM workshop concludes at GIK
An eight-day international workshop on Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CADCAM) for mechanical component, design and manufacturing was organized by the department of mechanical engineering of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI). The workshop was sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Participating delegates came from different Muslim countries in the workshop and vowed to pave way for further collaboration among Muslim scientists.
Dr Javed A. Chattha, Dean, faculty of mechanical engineering and coordinator of the workshop said that virtually all manufacturing systems in industrialized countries are operated and maintained through computer technologies. Applications extend from preliminary design to final production and quality control. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) includes Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM).
He said the productivity of design and manufacturing processes can be enhanced greatly through the introduction of computer technologies.
Dr Muhammad Abid said the workshop was aimed at introducing a variety of such popular technologies to participants from IDB member states. The workshop involved theory lectures and hands-on design and manufacturing sessions. The hands-on portion comprised the major chunk of the workshop in line with the belief that there is no substitute for real hands-on practice.
The participants were able to assimilate the application of CAD/CAM systems to: enhance productivity and efficiency, efficiently allocate resources and time, decrease development and production time-span, improve quality through analysis, simulation, and automated manufacturing and collate documentation for ready access and modifications
There were three main aspects covered in the workshop which were solid modeling, analysis and simulation and CNC manufacturing. Participants witnessed state-of-the-art commercial software in CAD/CAM, Pro/Engineer and ANSYS.
Mr Asmatullah Sharify of Kabul University said education in Afghanistan would spread very soon because people were tired of war and they realized that the most vital step for peace was to acquire education. In order to accelerate computer education, Afghanistan’s education ministry should boost collaboration with developed countries and institutes/universities in Muslim states, inviting experts from these countries to provide guidelines for imparting engineering, computer and technological education to the youngsters.
Mohammad Omar Andar, a teacher at Kabul University, demanded that the Islamic world should keep up with latest developments in the field of IT and science. They should establish quality faculties of IT/computer science, software training centres, coordinate skills and encourage cooperation, share ideas and initiate joint research projects with different countries. Also they should exchange visits of the scientists with each other and advanced countries. Both the government and private sector should help with investment.
Emad Omar Abu Hamdi and Ayman Bassam Ghamoh both design engineers from Jordan said the Arab world must create unity in its ranks because they have common features like language, custom, religion.
If united they could strengthen the technological base of their countries but there is also dire need of financial assistance to initiate joint research projects. Once they have modern scientific knowledge, they could counter anti-Arab elements.
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