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

lp 1 HT23 (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 (Course Coordinator)                                        haowang@chalmers.se

Henrik Söderlund                                                                 hensode@chalmers.se

Per Nyqvist                                                                           per.nyqvist@chalmers.se

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

Huizhong Cao                                                                       huizhong@chalmers.se

Qi Fang                                                                                  qifa@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

 

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 number 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

23 October 2023, 08.30, a.m.

(Last day for signing up: 8 October 2023.)

 

Course schedule

Please note that SB3-L111 and PSL are located at Johanneberg campus. S119, S121,S215,and S219 are located at Lindholmen campus.

LV

Time

Place

Activity

 

Responsible

1
(35)

09-10  0830 Wednesday

S219

Introduction

 

BJ

10-12  0830 Wednesday
S219

Lecture – Production System

 

BJ

2
(36)

Register in project groups and seminar groups latest Monday, September 4.

08-10  0904 Monday

S215

Lecture – Production Flow

 

HW

10-12  0904 Monday

S215

Lecture – Virtual Factory and Simulation

 

HW

08-10  0906 Wednesday

 

Self-study

 

 

10-12  0906 Wednesday

S215

Guest Lecture - SIEMENS Simulation

 

JN, HW

08-10  0908 Friday

 

Self-study

 

 

3
(37)

08-10  0911 Monday

PSL

Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 1

 

HW, HS

10-12  0911 Monday

PSL

Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 2

 

HW, HS

08-10  0913 Wednesday

PSL

Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 3

R

HW, HS

10-12  0913 Wednesday

PSL

Lab exercise – Plant Simulation 4+

R

HW, HS

08-10  0915 Friday

S215

Book seminar*

M

HW

+Submission of Plant Simulation at Canvas latest Friday, September 15.

4
(38)

09-10  0918 Monday

PSL

Lecture – Robot Simulation

M

PN

10-17  0918 Monday

PSL

Lab exercise – Robot Simulation†

M

PN, HW, NM

08-10  0920 Wednesday

S215

Lecture – Learning in a Virtual Environment

 

HS

10-12  0920 Wednesday

S215

Lecture – 3D Scanning

 

HS

†Submission of Robot simulation at Canvas latest Friday, September 22.

5
(39)

08-10  0925 Monday

S215

Lecture – Layout Planning
 
HW

10-12  0925 Monday

S215

Lecture – Design of Production System
M
HW

08-10  0927 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System‡

R

HW, HC, QF

10-12  0927 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System‡

R

HW, HC, QF

‡Report layout planning on Wednesday, September 27.

*Submission of book seminar – Answer questions from Canvas latest Friday, September 29.

6
(40)

08-10  1002 Monday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 

HW, HC, QF

10-12  1002 Monday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 

HW, HC, QF

08-10  1004 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 

HW, HC, QF

10-12  1004 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 
HW, HC, QF

7
(41)

08-10  1009 Monday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System
 
HW, HC, QF

10-12  1009 Monday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 
HW, HC, QF

08-10  1011 Wednesday

SB3-L111

Lecture – Sustainable Production

 

BJ

10-12  1011 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

 
HW, HC, QF

13-15  1011 Wednesday

PSL

Project – Design of Production System

R
HW, HC, QF

Submission of Report for Design of Production System at Canvas by Friday, October 13.

8
(42)

14-17  1016 Monday

S119, S121

Project Presentation (book time on Canvas)
M
HW, HC

08-10  1018 Wednesday

S215

Q and A

 

HW

The exam is on October 23, 2023, at 08:30.

BJ = Björn Johansson, HW= Hao Wang, HS = Henrik  Söderlund, JN = Johan Nordling,

HC = Huizhong Cao, NM  =  Ninan  Mathew, PN  =  Per  Nyqvist,QF  =  Qi  Fang

R = Reporting, M = Mandatory

S: Svea

SB3-L111 and PSL are located at Johanneberg campus.

S119, S121,S215,and S219 are located at Lindholmen campus.

Course summary:

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