Production Engineering and Systems

Description

This course imparts insight into the functioning of a mechanical production company and in the fabrication processes used in this procedure. More notably it sets out: to impart insight into the functioning and organization of discrete goods fabrication companies and their various departments: engineering, work preparation, production, quality control, etc. to acquaint the student with the basic concepts and theories of production processes: more notably, processes of removing metal (e.g. milling or grinding), forming processes (e.g. bending, punching), welding, etc.. to impart the basic knowledge required for advanced study on flexible production systems, automatization and mechatronics in the production, computer-supported design and fabrication (CAD/CAM), CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing), mechanically removing metal, conversion (forging, extruding, injection moulding,...), non-conventional processing (laser beam, water beam, electrochemical processing, stereolithography,...), etc.