Unit INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
- Course
- Engineering management
- Study-unit Code
- A002965
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Nicola Senin
- Teachers
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- Nicola Senin
- Hours
- 54 ore - Nicola Senin
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria gestionale
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/16
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Industrial automation; production systems; computer integrated manufacturing
- Reference texts
- Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Pearso
- Educational objectives
- The module covers three fundamental aspects of modern industrial production: 1) automation in manufacturing: how automation technologies are embodied in the form of computer numerical control, industrial robotics and discrete/logic controllers; 2) production systems: how manufacturing machines, material transport, storage systems, and operators are organized and interconnected in a production plant; and 3) computer integrated manufacturing: how IT and ICT allow the interconnection between the production facility and manufacturing support systems (product design, process planning, process control and business functions).
The module illustrates the main technologies and available solutions, and is aimed at providing the future engineer and manager with the necessary understanding of modern manufacturing and the necessary tools to support decision making. The module is designed to provide the fundamentals as well as hands-on experience with the collaboration of industrial partners. - Prerequisites
- none
- Teaching methods
- frontal lectures
- Other information
- none
- Learning verification modality
- final exam
- Extended program
- Part I Overview of manufacturing systems
Manufacturing Industries and products. Process vs discrete manufacturing industries. Manufacturing operations. Production facilities. Manufacturing metrics (performance, costs).
Part II Manufacturing automation
Hardware components for process automation and control. Computer numerical control (CNC) of machine tools and applications. Part programming for CNC (G-code and APT). Industrial robotics and applications. Robot architectures and end effectors. Robot programming. Discrete control and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Programming languages for PLCs.
Part III Material handling and identification
Material transport systems (conventional, automated guided vehicles). Material storage systems. Automated identification and data capture (bar codes, radio frequency identification)
Part IV Manufacturing systems
Single station manufacturing cells. Manual Assembly lines. Automated production lines. Automated assembly systems. Group technology and cellular manufacturing. Flexible manufacturing cells and systems. Just-in-time and lean production. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- industry innovation and infrastructure; responsible construction and production