Course syllabus for Simulation and visualisation of production systems

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameSimulering och visualisering av produktionssystem
  • CodeIMS020
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTIMAL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyMechanical Engineering
  • DepartmentINDUSTRIAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 65123
  • Open for exchange studentsYes
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0118 Laboratory 2.5 c
Grading: UG		2.5 c0 c0 c0 c0 c0 c
0218 Examination 5 c
Grading: TH		5 c0 c0 c0 c0 c0 c
  • 28 Okt 2024 am L
  • 07 Jan 2025 pm L
  • 22 Aug 2025 pm L

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

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Aim

The aim of the course is to develop the technologists' understanding of theories, methods and engineering tools aimed at developing production processes and operating technically complex production systems with consideration for both economic and social development as well as with climate and environmental responsibility. In addition, the course aims to focus on the virtual world's knowledge field for long-term sustainable process and production development with the aim of developing the efficiency, adaptability, flexibility and adaptability of producing companies. The course is given in English.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • from a production perspective, put the concept of sustainable development in its social context and report on its connection to an economic, social and environmental responsibility engineering work.
  • describe basic concepts and methods regarding the development and operation of production systems.
  • report and apply methodology for the design of a sustainable production system in a virtual environment and perform a material flow analysis.
  • describe and apply the principles of production preparation with regard to sequence and balance.
  • motivate the virtual world's potential for the modern product development process.
  • Be able to apply the basic concepts and problems of the industrial IT environment, and explain the need for an IT strategy to enable systematic recovery of information throughout the product development chain.
  • explain the role of databases for efficiently integrated product and production development, version management techniques, understand the problem of the flora of different file formats and methods management.
  • describe the most important strategies and principles for automation.
  • motivate the need understand product performance and producibility during the preparation phase of the product development process.
  • motivate the need for flexible production and explain what an industrial robot is, and describe and be able to apply the principles for its design and control.

Content

The course focuses on the virtual world as technology and methods for understanding and securing production in terms of openness to new opportunities instead of having it formulated by the expectant. In this perspective, we introduce:
  • The main factors of the general production system
  • Factors affecting production systems
  • Guidelines for organizing workshops
  • Production Philosophies
  • productivity concepts
  • The basics of automation technology.
  • Industrial robot technologies
  • Layout Planning
  • Simulation of production flows
  • Line Balancing
  • Knowledge theory and operator training in a virtual world

Organisation

The course contains lectures, exercises, projects and laboratory exercises. The course homepage is constantly updated and is an important source of information

Literature

  • Holweg, Matthias, et al. Process theory: the principles of operations management. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • A number of articles published on the course homepage.
  • Material from lectures

Examination including compulsory elements

Approved exercises, laboratory exercises, project report and written exam. In the grading of the final grade, the examination and the project report are weighted as follows: The examination gives a maximum of 50 points, the project report gives a maximum of 20 points. A total of 70 possible points. The rating scale is:

Fail - less than 30 points
Grade 3 - over 30 points
Grades 4 - over 42.5 points
Grades 5 - over 55 points

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.