Course Program
- Introduction and Definition of Automatic Machines and Robots and their Use in Industrial and Non-Industrial Contexts.
- Introduction to the Generation and Management of Motion in Mechanisms and Machines.
- Review and Applications of Mechanical Transmissions, Mechanical Lifting Systems, Cable Lifting Systems.
- Coupling Elements between Shafts, Force Coupling and Shape Coupling.
- Oleodynamic Clutches, Friction Clutches.
- Periodic Regime and Degree of Irregularity.
- Motor-Load Coupling.
- Stability of the Operating Point.
- Transient Analysis of Mechanical Systems: Direct Coupling, with Speed Reducer, with Friction Clutch.
- Electric Motor Selection: the Thermal Problem, Service Types, Influence of Transient Start.
- Cam Transmission Systems, Profile Tracking, Force Coupling and Shape Coupling, Dynamic Analysis.
- Notes on Problems Caused by Mechanical Vibrations.
- Mechanisms for Intermittent Motion: Maltese Cross Mechanisms, Intermittent Devices.
Planar Linkage Systems. - RRRR, RRRP and RRPP Kinematic Chains.
- Special Positions: Dead-Point Configurations and Singularities.
- Analysis of the Motion Transmission Quality: Dwell Mechanisms and Force Multipliers.
- Mechanics of Industrial Gripping.
- Dynamic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms.
- Introduction to Pneumatic Drives: Cylinders, Valves and Basic Circuits.
- Applications Developed within the Course Concerning the Definition of the Drive System for Mobile Robots and Cable Robots.
- Analysis of Mechanical Systems for the Sizing of Actuation.
- Graphical Analysis, Synthesis, Modeling and Simulation of Complex Mechanical Systems.
- Numerical Exercises: Applications and Case Studies for Industrial and Non-Industrial Applications.
- Drive Sizing for Mechanical Systems for Industrial Use, Drive Sizing for Robotic Systems.
- Applications for Multibody System Analysis Developed with CAD, ADAMS, Matlab.
- Educational Collaborations with MSC Software: Adams Workshops with Introduction and User Guide for the Software.
Complementary Activities:
- Technical Seminars with Experts from the Industrial World.
- Company Visits.
