Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 December for the spring semester.

Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester

Type of course

Admission requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics

Application code: 9371 

Prerequisite(s): STE6210

Obligatory prerequisites

Course content

Content

Introduction; Manufacturing system; Models of Manufacturing system; CAD and its integration into computer integrated manufacturing system; CAPP and its integration into computer integrated manufacturing system; Shop floor and its control; Communication system and protocol; methods for manufacturing system planning and analysis.

Objectives of the course

Learning outcomes, skills and attitudes

The course offers students insights of subsystems of a computer integrated manufacturing system; integration of and communication between those subsystems; and modeling, planning and analysis of manufacturing systems. The course provides elementary understanding of logic and digital control systems and automation of manufacturing operations.

Students will acquire basic training in programming.

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Assessment

Obligatory assignments:

65% of the assignments must be approved.

3 hour written exam accounting for 100% of the grade in the course. Grading is done by A-F grading scale, F is Fail. A re-sit exam will be arranged for this course.

Recommended reading/syllabus

Curriculum

CAD/CAM/CIM Radhakrishnan, P. Subramanyan, S. Raju, V. Pages: 690 Publisher: New Age International Location: Daryaganj, Delhi, IND Date Published: 2008

Available as eBook.

Mikell P. Groover Principles of Modern Manufacturing, 5th Edition SI Version ISBN: 978-1-118-47140-1 Pages: 1024 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Date published: January 2013

Exercise materials, supporting references, and leaflets handed-out during the course.