Course syllabus
Welcome to the course IMS020 - Simulation and Visualisation of Production Systems.
lp 1 HT21 (7.5 hp).
The course is given by the Department of Industrial and Materials Science.
Course lectures will be given on campus (Lindholmen and Johanneberg), and labs will preferably be held on campus (Johanneberg), but could also be online. The teaching format could be changed according to the latest COVID regulations at Chalmers.
Contact information
Teaching staff & lab tutors:
Björn Johansson (Examiner) bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se
Xiaoxia Chen (Teacher & Course Coordinator) xiaoxia.chen@chalmers.se
Daniel Nåfors daniel.nafors@chalmers.se
Hao Wang haowang@chalmers.se
Joel Larsson joelarss@student.chalmers.se
Johan Nordling (Siemens) johan.nordling@siemens.com
Marcus Frantzén marcus.frantzen@chalmers.se
Malin Tarrar malin.tarrar@chalmers.se
Ninan Theradapuzha Mathew ninant@chalmers.se
Per Nyqvist per.nyqvist@chalmers.se
Course purpose and target
The course Simulation and Visualisation of Production Systems:
- Focuses on developing the students' understanding of theories, methods and engineering tools, aiming at developing production processes and operating technically complex production systems with consideration for both economic and social development as well as with climate and environmental responsibility.
- Focuses on the virtual world knowledge field for long-term sustainable process and production development with the aim of developing the efficiency, adaptability, flexibility and adaptability of producing companies.
- Introduce students to the modern production techniques foundation and develop such skills using some of the virtual technology tools creating the possibility to immerse deeper into the subject through the bachelor thesis.
- Aims to elevate interest for further education in the subject area and serve as preparation for, in particular, Chalmers Master’s program Production Engineering.
Course organization
The course contains lectures, exercises, projects and laboratory exercises. The purpose of the course's practical parts is to create an understanding of and skills in using virtual tools for production development. The course website in Canvas is constantly updated and constitutes an important source of information. Reading material, laboratory instructions, literature and other necessary documents are published on Canvas.
Course content
Production system refers to the entire system of people, tools and machines that cooperate in the development and production of products. Production is about the constant adaptation of human and economic factors to changing conditions, which performs with the help of new theories and methods. The course focuses on the virtual world technology and working methods for understanding and securing production in terms of openness to new opportunities instead of having it formulated by the habitually expectant. In this perspective, we introduce:
- The main factors of the general production system
- Variables affecting production systems
- Guidelines for organizing floor workshops
- Production concepts
- Productivity concept
- The basics of automation technology
- Sensor technology
- Industrial robot technology
- Layout planning
- Simulation of production flows
- Line balancing
- Knowledge theory and operator training in the virtual world
Learning objectives
Course objectives are for students to be knowledgeable in:
- From a production perspective, put the concepts of sustainable development in its social context and report on its connections to economic, social and environmental responsibility in engineering.
- Explain basic concepts and methods regarding the construction and operation of production systems.
- Understand and apply the methodology to design a sustainable production system in a virtual environment and perform material flow analysis.
- Describe and apply principles for line preparation with respect to sequence and balance.
- Motivate the virtual world’s potential for developing modern production processes.
- Master the basic concepts and problem statement of industrial IT-environment, and explain the need for IT-strategies to enable systematic recovery of information throughout the production development chain.
- Describe the database’s role for an efficient integrated product and production development, version management techniques, and challenges with different types of file formats.
- Motivate the need to be able to control product performance and producibility during the preparation phase of the product development process.
- Motivate the need for flexible production and explain what an industrial robot is, and describe and be able to apply the principles for its design and control.
- Present a model for how skills are developed, different ways of communicating knowledge transfer, the motor skills learning curve and being able to explain the potential of virtual learning and the limitation of operator training.
Course literature
- Holweg, Matthias, et al. Process theory: the principles of operations management. Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Lecture slides.
- More materials from the course page.
Examination
To pass the course requires: approved exercises, tests, laboratory, project reports and written examinations. In grading of the final grade are examinations and project reports weighed accordingly: examination maximum of 50 points, project report maximum of 20 points. Maximum possible amount of points 70.
Of total 70 points you will be graded by
| Project report - Design of a Production System | 0-20 points (10 points to pass) |
| Exam | 0-50 points (20 points to pass) |
Grading:
- Failure – less than 30 points
- Grade 3 - 30 points or more
- Grade 4 - 42,5 points or more
- Grade 5 - 55 points or more
Examination date
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23 Oct 2021, 08.30, a.m. |
(Last day for signing up: 08 Oct. 2020.)
Course schedule
Please note that EB and PSL are located at Johanneberg campus, Alfa, S119, S121 and S130 are located at Lindholmen campus.
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LV |
Time |
Place |
Activity |
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Responsible |
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1 |
09-10 0901 Wednesday |
J041 |
Introduction |
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BJ, XC |
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10-12 0901 Wednesday |
J041 |
Lecture – Production System |
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XC |
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2 |
Register in project and seminar groups latest Monday 6/9. |
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08-10 0906 Monday |
Alfa |
Lecture – Virtual factory and simulation |
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XC |
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10-12 0906 Monday |
Alfa |
Lecture – Production Flow |
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XC |
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08-10 0908 Wednesday |
EB |
Lecture – Simulation Siemens |
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JN, XC |
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10-12 0908 Wednesday |
PSL |
Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 1 |
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MF, HW, XC |
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08-10 0910 Friday |
Alfa |
Lecture - 3D scanning |
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DN |
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3 |
08-10 0913 Monday |
PSL |
Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 2 |
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MF, HW, XC |
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10-12 0913 Monday |
PSL |
Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 3 |
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MF, HW, XC |
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08-12 0915 Wednesday |
PSL |
Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 4* |
R |
MF, HW, XC |
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08-10 0917 Friday |
Alfa |
Book seminar * |
M |
XC |
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*Submission of Plant Simulation at Canvas latest Friday 17:00. |
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4 |
09-10 0920 Monday |
PSL |
Lecture – Robot simulation |
M |
PN, XC |
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10-17 0920 Monday |
PSL |
Lab exercise – Robot simulation * |
M |
PN, XC, HW |
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08-10 0922 Wednesday |
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Self-study |
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10-12 0922 Wednesday |
Beta |
Sustainable Production |
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BJ |
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13-15 0923 Thursday |
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Self-study |
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*Submission of Robot simulation at Canvas latest Friday 17:00. |
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5 |
08-10 0927 Monday |
J122 |
Lecture – Layout planning |
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XC |
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10-12 0927 Monday |
J122 |
Lecture – Design of Production System |
M |
XC |
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08-10 0929 Wednesday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System* |
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XC, MT, JL |
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10-12 0929 Wednesday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System* |
R |
XC, MT, JL |
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*Report layout planning on Wednesday in parallel *Submission of book seminar – Answer questions from Canvas latest 01/10. |
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6 |
08-10 1004 Monday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, JL, HW |
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10-12 1004 Monday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, JL, HW |
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08-10 1006 Wednesday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, JL, HW |
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10-12 1006 Wednesday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, JL, HW |
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7 |
08-10 1011 Monday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, MT, JL |
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10-12 1011 Monday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, MT, JL |
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08-10 1013 Wednesday |
EB |
Lecture – Learning in virtual environment |
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XC |
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10-12 1013 Wednesday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System |
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XC, MT, HW |
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08-10 1014 Thursday |
PSL |
Project – Design of Production System* |
R |
XC, MT, JL |
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*Submission of Report for Design of Production System at Canvas by Friday 17:00. |
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8 |
09-12 1018 Monday |
S119, S121 |
Project Presentation (book time on Canvas) |
M |
XC, MT |
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08-10 1020 Wednesday |
J243 |
Q and A |
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XC |
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The exam is on October 23, 2021 at 08:30. |
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BJ = Björn Johansson, HW= Hao Wang, JN = Johan Nordling, MA = Marcus Andersson, MF = Marcus Frantzén,
NM = Ninan Mathew, PN = Per Nyqvist, XC = Xiaoxia Chen, R = Reporting, M= Mandatory.
J: Jupiter, S: Svea. EB and PSL are located at Johanneberg campus, Alfa, S119, S121, J122 and S130 are located at Lindholmen campus.
Course summary:
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