AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: To ensure the knowledge and tools that are necessary for the design and implementation of contemporary industrial manufacturing systems Special attention is paid to the different subsystems and elements as well as to the control of the automated manufacturing systems. The course material is illustrated with examples of the recent achievements of production system automation and CIM and their requirements.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE: Main course topics: Introduction to the manufacturing systems; Interaction and interdependence between the product design and the manufacturing process; Technical resources for manufacturing; Design and structuring of manufacturing systems; Subsystems’ analysis; Elements of the manufacturing systems; Levels of automation and related control requirements; Studies of examples to illustrate the components’ base for the manufacturing systems; Systematic approach to the manufacturing systems; System concepts, examples, communication and control; Concurrent engineering; Examples for automated manufacturing systems of leading and home companies; Social-economic and environmental aspects from the implementation of manufacturing systems.
