Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

• Must have an understanding of the basic elements and concepts involved in industrial manufacturing
• Must have knowledge about important material transformation processes
• Must have knowledge about main automation building blocks
• Must understand how the building blocks can be combined into an integrated production system
• Must have an understanding of the relationship between product design and automation (design for automation)
• Must have knowledge about safety issues related to the operation of automatic manufacturing systems
• Must understand benefits of automation in product realisation

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must be able to formulate operational objectives for the performance of an automatic production facility
• Must be able to develop solution concepts that satisfy requirements specification
• Must be able to identify critical elements of proposed solution concepts
• Must be able to design safe automated production system
• Must be able to justify the benefits of an automatic production system

Competences

• Must be able to interact and communicate with the participants involved in the design, development and operation of manufacturing systems
• Must have gained awareness and a holistic understanding of automatic manufacturing systems and part of running a production facility

Type of instruction

See the general description of the types of instruction described in the introduction to Chapter 3.

Exam

Exams