Subject: Production Engineering and Robotics

Difficulty: Medium

Marks: 6 Marks

Definition of routing: Routing is defined as the decision to follow the path and sequence of operations to be performed on the work piece from one machine to another.

Following steps are follow in routing procedure:

1.Analysis of finished product:

• The finished product is analyzed thoroughly in order to determine as to how many parts are to be manufactured in the plant and how many parts of the finished product should be purchased from outside.

2.Bill of material:

• A list of parts to be purchased from outside is prepared.
• From this list, a bill of material is prepared showing name of the part, quantity, material, specification etc.
• This bill of material is submitted to the purchasing department for processing the material.

3.Sequence of operation:

• The operation to be performed at each stage of manufacturing and their sequence is determined.

4.Preparation of route sheets:

• This is the last step of routing procedure. In this route sheet is prepared.
• Route sheet shows the sequence of operations, their department, machines and tool used.