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PPU055 Virtual production lp2 HT19 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Industrial and Materials Science

Contact details

 Examiner:

Björn Johansson
E-mail: bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se
Phone: 031 - 772 3809

 Teachers & Course Co-ordinators

Jonatan Berglund
E-mail: jonatan.berglund@chalmers.se
Phone: 031 - 772 5016

Xiaoxia Chen
E-mail: xiaoxia.chen@chalmers.se
Phone: 031 - 772 6428

Course purpose

The course Virtual Production:

  • 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 the 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

Schedule

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Course literature

  • Process theory: the principles of operations management.
    Holweg, Matthias, et al. Oxford University Press, 2018 
    Direct Link

  • Lecture slides
  • Article (on Canvas):
    Oliveira, J., J. C. Sá, and A. Fernandes. "Continuous improvement through" Lean Tools": An application in a mechanical company." Procedia Manufacturing13 (2017): 1082-1089.
  • Method description (on Canvas):
    Simplified Systematic Layout planning
  • Lab handouts on PLC
  • Lab Handouts on Robotics.

Organization

The course contains lectures, study-visits, exercises, projects, and laboratory exercises. The purpose of the practical parts is to create understanding and skills in using virtual tools for production development. The purpose of study visits is to establish contact with the industrial reality. The course website in Canvas is constantly updated and constitutes an important source of information. Lecture material, laboratory instructions, literature and other important documents are published on Canvas.

Changes made since the last occasion

The course is now given in English.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

  • 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 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 the 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.
  • Describe the most important strategies and principles for automation.
  • Describe the different types of sensors, understanding their function and application areas.
  • Explain the principles of controlling production and implementing a simple PLC-program (PLC = Programmable Logic Controller).
  • Motivate the need to be able to control product performance and producibility during the preparation phase of the product development process.
  • Explain the operation of an NC machine (CNC control system) and the control of it (CNC = Computer Numerical Control).
  • 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.

Study plan

Examination form

To pass the course requires: approved exercises, tests, laboratory, project reports, and written examinations. In grading of 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 workshop:
0-20 points (8 points to pass)
Exam:
0-50 points (24 points to pass)

Grading:

  • Failure – less than 32 points
  • Grade 3 - over 32 points
  • Grade 4 - over 42,5 points
  • Grade 5 - over 55 points

Course summary:

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