Applications in Manufacturing Industries

Car Manufacturing 

Very accurate fast production.

Removes humans from dangerous jobs.

Caused mass unemployment.

​Major safety issues are missed due to rapid up-scaling of production ( e.g. Toyota)

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CPU Manufacturing 

Far too small for a human to make by hand

Whole process needs to be 100% clean, therefore a hermetically sealed environment is needed.

​The whole process needs to be 100% exact or the processor will fail.

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3D Printing Manufacturing 

Advantages

Can be used for low volume, bespoke items, adapted from a template.

Very cheap to print plastic objects (compared to injection moulding)

Disadvantages

Not very accurate so far.

Slow printing times, so not good for high volumes.

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Pros and Cons of ICT

Advantages of ICT in manufacturing

Very fast and accurate production Don’t get sick / need holidays / sleep

Don’t often make errors (but when they do they are multiplied by thousands…)

Some items (cars / trucks) are too heavy for humans to lift by hand.

Dangerous / hazardous jobs ( spray painting) can be done by robots.

Disadvantages

Very high setup costs

Long lead time