Manufacturing Systems II & Laboratory

COURSE CONTENT

• Control and automation of machine tools.
• Basic concepts and methods of process planning.
• Design and operation of manufacturing systems using digital tools -applications.
• Manufacturing systems and networks, planning and control
• Decision making in Manufacturing Industries
• Introduction in the 4^th Industrial Revolution and Digitalized production
• Introduction in Human Centric, Sustainable and Resilient Manufacturing systems
• Sustainability and Resilience of Manufacturing Systems
• Design and Operation of Manufacturing Systems for Personalized Manufacturing
• Introduction of digital tools in Manufacturing (Virtual and Augmented Reality, Internet of Things-IoT, Cloud Manufacturing)
• Laboratory project for the design and assembly using 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, design for assembly techniques, and Virtual Reality (VR)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learning outcomes expected by the end of the course are:

• Knowledge: Students will learn the most important stages of designing and manufacturing a product through a series of selected lectures and tutorials covering the major stages of the production process.
• Skills: Students will develop advanced skills in all development and production stages of a new product, by using state of art software and hardware technological tools and applying them in practice. In addition, they will become acquainted with new technologies and with the concept of teamwork, which is indispensable in the field of industrial production and research.
• Abilities: Combination of the above knowledge and skills to enable students to complete the team project of developing and constructing a radio controlled car.