Course syllabus

Welcome to the course IMS020 - Simulation and Visualisation of Production Systems.

lp 1 HT22 (7.5 hp).

The course is given by the Department of Industrial and Materials Science. 

 

Course lectures will be given at both Lindholmen and Johanneberg campuses, and labs will be held at Johanneberg campus.

 

Contact information

Teaching staff & lab tutors:

Björn Johansson (Examiner)                                                bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se          

Hao Wang (Teacher & Course Coordinator)                      haowang@chalmers.se

Per Nyqvist                                                                            per.nyqvist@chalmers.se

Johan Nordling (Siemens)                                                    johan.nordling@siemens.com 

Xiaoxia Chen                                                                             xiaoxia.chen@chalmers.se

Ninan Theradapuzha Mathew                                             ninant@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.
• Introduces 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 Chalmers Master's program, Production Engineering, in particular.

 

Course organization

The course contains lectures, exercises, projects, and laboratory exercises. The purpose of the practical parts of the course is to develop understanding and skills on using virtual tools for production development. The course website in Canvas constitutes an important source of information and is updated constantly. 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

24 Oct 2022, 08.30, a.m.

(Last day for signing up: 09 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.

LV	Time	Place	Activity		Responsible
1 (35)	09-10  0831 Wednesday	S216	Introduction		BJ, HW
	10-12  0831 Wednesday	S216	Lecture – Production System		HW
2 (36)	Register in project groups and seminar groups latest Monday, September 5.
	08-10  0905 Monday	S118	Lecture – Production Flow		HW
	10-12  0905 Monday	S226	Lecture – Virtual Factory and Simulation		HW
	08-10  0907 Wednesday	SB-H4	Lecture – 3D Scanning		HW
	08-10  0909 Friday	Alfa	Lecture - Simulation Siemens		JN
	15-17  0909 Friday	PSL	Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 1		HW, XC, NM
3 (37)	08-10  0912 Monday	PSL	Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 2		HW, XC, NM
	10-12  0912 Monday	PSL	Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 3		HW, XC, NM
	08-12  0914 Wednesday	PSL	Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 4+	R	HW, XC, NM
	08-10  0916 Friday	Alfa	Book seminar*	M	HW
	+Submission of Plant Simulation at Canvas latest Friday, September 16, 17:00.
4 (38)	09-10  0919 Monday	PSL	Lecture – Robot Simulation	M	PN
	10-17  0919 Monday	PSL	Lab exercise – Robot Simulation†	M	PN, HW
	08-10  0921 Wednesday	--	Self-study		--
	10-12  0921 Wednesday	Beta	Lecture – Sustainable Production		BJ
	13-15  0922 Thursday	--	Self-study		--
	†Submission of Robot simulation at Canvas latest Friday, September 23, 17:00.
5 (39)	08-10  0926 Monday	J122	Lecture – Layout Planning		HW
	10-12  0926 Monday	J122	Lecture – Design of Production System	M	HW
	08-10  0928 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System‡		HW, XC, NM
	10-12  0928 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System‡	R	HW, XC, NM
	‡Report layout planning on Wednesday, September 28, in parallel *Submission of book seminar – Answer questions from Canvas latest Friday, September 30.
6 (40)	08-10  1003 Monday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	10-12  1003 Monday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	08-10  1005 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	10-12  1005 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
7 (41)	08-10  1010 Monday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	10-12  1010 Monday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	08-10  1012 Wednesday	SB-H4	Lecture – Learning in a Virtual Environment		HW
	10-12  1012 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System		HW, XC, NM
	13-15  1012 Wednesday	PSL	Project – Design of Production System¶	R	HW, XC, NM
	¶Submission of Report for Design of Production System at Canvas by Friday, October 14, 17:00.
8 (42)	09-12  1017 Monday	S119, S121	Project Presentation (book time on Canvas)	M	HW
	08-10  1019 Wednesday	J243	Q and A		HW
	The exam is on October 24, 2022 at 08:30.

BJ = Björn Johansson, HW= Hao Wang, JN = Johan Nordling, NM = Ninan Mathew, PN = Per Nyqvist, XC = Xiaoxia Chen

R = Reporting, M = Mandatory

J: Jupiter, S: Svea

SB-H4 and PSL are located at Johanneberg campus.

Alfa, Beta, J122, J243, S118, S119, S121, S216, and S226 are located at Lindholmen campus.