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Course Catalog 2014-2015
MEI-45606 Assembly Technologies and Systems, 6 cr |
Person responsible
Timo Prusi
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Exam, project work, exercises and laboratory demonstrations.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning Outcomes
By completing the course student recognizes and understands different assembly processes and technologies used in different manufacturing industries. Student learns how to design products to be easy-to-assemble. Student also recognizes and understands basic system components, structures, principles and design rules of manual, automated and hybrid assembly systems, and is able to apply his/her knowledge and state-of-the-art tools and methods for defining, designing, analyzing and assessing simple assembly systems and applications.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Modularization in assembly and design for Assembly (DFA). | Design for X (DFX). | |
| 2. | Assembly strategies. Manual, semiautomatic and automatic assembly. | Sustainability in assembly production. | |
| 3. | Commonly used assembly processes and technologies for different manufacturing industries. Structures and components of assembly systems. | Special assembly processes. | |
| 4. | Assembly system design. Assembly process and system planning tools and methods. | Lean tools and implementation in assembly production. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Exam gives 50% and project work 50% of course grade.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Lecture slides | Lecture material | Lecturers | Lecture slides and other course material | Yes | English |
Additional information about prerequisites
This course does not have any specific prerequisites. However, since this is a master's level course, we expect the students to have some basic knowledge of production engineering and/or automation.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Course uses Moodle page for all communications, distributing materials, and it always contains up-to-date course schedule. Moodle page requires an enrollment key which will be sent to students before the course starts. | Lectures Excercises Practical works Laboratory assignments |
Contact teaching: 20 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 80 % |