FIRDAUS BIN MAHAMAD (AM060070)

HANDS ON ASSIGNMENT (question no 12-16)

12. The increasing number of recent development of vessel today and each ship has very
large number of physical units (about 100,000 items for a large tanker), and their shape
vary greatly, shipbuilding is an industry producing essentially one-off vessels, they may
be cause more favorable environment for robot application in shipbuilding. (Page: 7,
section: 5.4, paragraph: 1 and 2)

The present application of robot in ship production:

• Robot welding
• Painting robot
• Climbing robot
• Robot auto-marking
• Robot auto-cutting
• Spider welding robot

13. SQL (Standard Query Language) is the replacement of the proprietary data bases of
integrated CAD/CAM/CAE system with commercial relational data bases. The main
reason is, new application can be developments by the licensors and also, at least in some
cases, is the possibility to reduce the amount of information transferred between each
user and the database. (Page: 8, section: 6.2, paragraph: 3)

14. The reason why LAN is more applicable to shipyard than WAN: Local Area Networks
(LAN) are the easiest way of communication between members of a local team, and are
relatively simple to set up and maintain. Wide Area Networks (WAN) are much less
generally used than LAN’s. In fact, their use is restricted to relatively large companies
located at several sites and to companies which have close permanent contacts with other
organizations. (Page: 8, section: 6.1, paragraph: 2 and 3)

15. The changes that occurred to the Application of FEM is the improved of pre- and
postprocessors, due to the introduction of better graphical interfaces and the progressive
involvement of Classification Societies. FEM application in ship design is very important
in handling of large structural model in personal computer possible and also, in short
delivery times now demanded by ship owners often force yards to order structural
material and develop production information before Class approval based on result of
FEM analysis is needed. (Page: 2, section: 1.2, paragraph: 1 and4)
16. This paper discuss the factor influence the change of development and the purpose of
shipbuilding CAD/CAE/CAM technology, also basic tool and their application in ship
design and production.