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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPR202 Manufacturing Systems Engineering 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I-II

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Stefan Björnfot Adj


PREREQUISITES
MPR029 Automation, MPR028 Management of Manufacturing systems or equivalent.

COURSE AIM
The course shall give a wide understanding of complex modern manufacturing systems. The course shall give knowledge of methods and tools for analysis, designing and controlling such systems, such as CAD/CAM, simulation and MRP.
The project part of the course shall develop the students ability to independently, and in group, work with manufacturing problems.

CONTENTS
Modern manufacturing philosophies. The virtual factory, modelling and simulation. Computer Aided Manufacturing, CAM. Control of manufacturing cells. Computer integrated manufacturing, CIM. Investment handling. Project work on developing a cell for automatic manufacturing.

TEACHING
Lectures on manufacturing philosophies, some by invited speakers, simulation, CAM and CIM, laboratory lessons on robotics and CAM. The major part of the course is a project work on developing and building a cell for automatic manufacturing.

EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Project work 10.50ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Articles on topics of current interest in manufacturing and of special interest for the project work, additional literature on manufacturing systems will be announced later. Manuals for used software and equipment.

REMARKS


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Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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