| 1) is a vehicle used to carry the product from one work station to another. It is computer operated and runs along the "invisible" electric track throughout a factory. | | |
| 2) is a method of planning and drawing a product using a computer. The designs and information are stored in the computer. Comptuers can run tests on the new product or part without the part even being there. | | |
| 3) is another specialty tool usually designed and used for only one operating. This tool holds and moves a work piece in relation to a tool or tool in relation to a work piece. This tool holds and guides the material to be processed during the operation | | |
| 4) is a system where computers are used to operate the machinery in a factory. | | |
| 5) joins the two. The designer can create a part or product on the computer screen then send it directly to a machine tool, which makes the part. | | |
| 6) is a specialty tool usually designed and used only for one operation. A fixture holds material in place, while it is being processed, usually when holding the material by hands is too dangerous or no secure enough. | | |
| 7) uses one computer system to control many functions of the manufacturing company. This main computer system handles marketing and sales, invoiceing, production scheduling, design, equipment control and many other functions of a company. | | |
| 8) is a machine tool operation that is controlled by numerical commands from a computer. | | |
| 9) is the technology that deals with design, manufacturing, and use of robots in industrial and automated situations. | | |
| 10) A new type of manufacturing. With the aid of computers, manufacturers can order materials and parts from other suppliers just in time to be used. This reduces the need for warehouse storage space and costly inventory. | | |
| 11) is a very new innovation that works like a three dimensional picture. The designer draws the part on a CAD system. The information is sent to a machine which makes the part. The machine has a vat of plastic resin directly under a laser. The laser draws the design on the liquid resin causing the resin to harden where the laser strikes. | | |