Course syllabus

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PPU055 PPU055 Virtual production lp2 HT21 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Industrial and Materials Science

Contact details

List of...

• examiner
• lecturer
• teachers
• supervisors

...along with their contact details. If the course have external guest lecturers or such, give a brief description of their role and the company or similar they represent.

If needed, list administrative staff, along with their contact details.

Course purpose

Short description of the course purpose and content: can be copied from syllabus in Studieportalen. Additional information can be added.

Schedule

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Course literature

List all mandatory literature, including descriptions of how to access the texts (e.g. Cremona, Chalmers Library, links).

Also list reference literature, further reading, and other non-mandatory texts.

Course design

Description of the course's learning activities; how they are implemented and how they are connected. This is the student's guide to navigating the course. Do not forget to give the student advice on how to learn as much as possible based on the pedagogy you have chosen. Often, you may need to emphasize concrete things like how often they should enter the learning space on the learning platform, how different issues are shared between supervisors, etc.

Provide a plan for

• lectures
• exervises
• laboratory work
• projects
• supervision
• feedback
• seminars

Should contain a description of how the digital tools (Canvas and others) should be used and how they are organized, as well as how communication between teachers and students takes place (Canvas, e-mail, other).

Do not forget to describe any resources that students need to use, such as lab equipment, studios, workshops, physical or digital materials.

You should be clear how missed deadlines and revisions are handled.

Changes made since the last occasion

A summary of changes made since the last occasion.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

- Describe the concept of sustainable development in the society and account for the connection to a responsible production engineering practice both regarding economic, social and environmental sustainability. - Explain elementary concepts and methods concerning the design and operation of production systems. - Account for and apply methods for design of a sustainable production system in a virtual environment and execute a materials flow analysis. - Describe and apply the principles for line preparation regarding to sequence and balance. - Motivate the Computer Aided Engineer potential for the modern product development process. - Master the basic concepts of the industrial IT-environment and related problems and explain the necessity of an IT strategy enabling a systematic recovery of information throughout the entire product development chain. - Outline the role to be played by a data base in making an integrated product and production development effective, including version handling technique and the problems that are associated with the flora of different file formats, and also handling methods. - Describe the most important strategies and principles in automation. - Describe the different types of sensors, know their function and application areas. - Comprehend the principles of production control, and how to implement a simple PLC-program (PLC=Programmable Logic Controller). - Motivate the need to be able to control product performance and producer ability during the preparatory phase of the product development process. - Explain how an NC-machine works and how it is used for simple programming (CNC=Computer Numerical Control System). - Explain the meaning of the CAD/CAM-chain. Describe CAM according to its aim, advantages, input-parameters and the system for output as well as subsidiary operations and the chronology in the preparatory process. (CAM=Computer Aided Manufacturing). - Motivate the need for flexible production and describe the industrial robots design and control principles, furthermore explain the importance of the world of simulation when programming robots. - Account for a model showing how professional knowledge develops, different interaction ways for transferring knowledge, the motor skill learning curve and also explain learning's potential and limitations with regard to operator training in a virtual environment

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

Description of how the examination – written examinations and other – is executed and assessed.

Include:

• what components are included, the purpose of these, and how they contribute to the learning objectives
• how compulsory and/or voluntary components contribute to the final grade
• grading limits and any other requirements for all forms of examination in order to pass the course (compulsory components)
• examination form, e.g. if the examination is conducted as a digital examination

• time and place of examination, both written exams and other exams such as project presentations
• aids permitted during examinations, as well as which markings, indexes and notes in aids are permitted

Do not forget to be extra clear with project assignments; what is the problem, what should be done, what is the expected result, and how should this result be reported. Details such as templates for project reports, what happens at missed deadlines etc. are extra important to include.