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Manufacturing Systems

Objectives

At the end of the course, the student must:
- master the metrics for quantitative assessment of production;
- understand the various aspects of industrial automation systems: components, control strategies and computerized systems;
- understand the various aspects of industrial robotics;
- be able to develop a project to implement a manufacturing system;
- develop skills in teamwork, technical writing and critical thinking.

General characterization

Code

12042

Credits

3.0

Responsible teacher

Alexandra Maria Batista Ramos Tenera, Telmo Jorge Gomes dos Santos

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - 42

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

- Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (5th Edition), Pearson, ISBN-13: 978-0134605463 (2018).
- Serope Kalpakjian and Steven Schmid, Manufacturing Engineering & Technology (7th Edition), ISBN-13: 978-0133128741 (2013).
- Mikell P. Groover, Mitchell Weiss, Roger N. Nagel, Nicholas G. Odrey, Industrial Robotics: Technology, Programming, and Applications, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-13: 978-0070249899 (1986)
- J. Norberto Pires, Industrial robots programming: building applications for the factories of the future, Springer, Boston, MA, ISBN: 978-0-387-23325-3 (2007).

- Teachers materials

Teaching method

The teaching of the UC is done in theoretical-practical classes mainly based on work developed by the students, following the theoretical class teachings which have an expository and demonstrative character followed by Practical work designed to fit students into the topics covered.

Evaluation method

The evaluation of the UC is based on the student''s work and his/her commitment to the discipline. The evaluation is continuous including three evaluation moments:
- Evaluation test (Tst);
- Individual work (T1), which aims to develop the student''s ability to solve situations and problems using their own resources;
- Development of a project for the implementation of a manufacturing system (T2).

Final classification: NF = 20% Tst + 15% T1 + 65% T2

Subject matter

Manufacturing Systems and their characterization in the context of the Production System. Quantitative Models for Production. Production costs. Organization and processing of information.

Introduction to Automation. Industrial control systems. Automation components: Sensors, Actuators, ADC, DAC. Production processes with Numerical Control.

Group Technology. Flexible manufacturing systems. Deployment in production cells. Handling
and transportation systems. Automated production lines.

Introduction to Industrial Robotics. Workstations and manufacturing cells (manual and automatic).