The course covers the role and importance of the assembly process in manufacturing, including modeling, designing, evaluating, and optimizing both manual and automatic assembly systems, with a focus on technical and economic criteria.
ILO1: assembly process, assembly line
ILO3: assembly process, manual assembly, automatic assembly
ILO3: a manual or automatic assembly process
ILO3: constraints, dynamic, static
ILO3: the dynamic and static constraints
ILO3: account for the dynamic and static constraints of a manual or automatic assembly process
ILO2: design, assembly system
ILO2: design and evaluation of assembly systems
ILO2: modelling, assembly feature, parameters, constraints, tolerances
ILO2: create mathematical and feature models of assemblies and use them in context of design and evaluation of assembly systems
ILO2: mathematical and feature models of assemblies
ILO1: Manufacturing domain
ILO1: the role of the assembly process, importance
ILO1: describe the role of the assembly process within the manufacturing domain and discuss its importance
ILO4: analyse a given product and define feasible assembly sequences
ILO4: feasible assembly sequences
ILO4: assembly sequences, product analysis, workflow analysis
ILO5: choose the best sequence by applying technical and economic criteria
ILO5: best sequence applying technical and economic criteria
ILO5: assembly sequences, product analysis, workflow analysis
ILO6: describe the function of all the elements of an assembly system (both automatic and manual)
ILO6: the function of all the elements
ILO6: sequence analysis, technical criteria, economic criteria
ILO7: evaluate the impact of the product design on the assembly process, by applying the Boothroyd DFA methodologies
ILO7: the impact of the product design by applying the Boothroyd DFA methodologies
ILO7: DFA, product design, impact, design efficiency
ILO7: on the assembly process
ILO8: identify the requirements on design of an assembly station and provide instructions for the subsequent implementation
ILO8: requirements on design and instructions for the subsequent implementation
ILO8: assembly sequence, assembly requirements, design requirement
ILO9: calculate the costs and the most important economical key performance indicators (KPIs) for standard assembly systems (both manual and automatic)
ILO9: the costs and the most important economical key performance indicators (KPIs)
ILO9: KPI, cost, economic performance
ILO9: standard assembly systems (both manual and automatic)
ILO9: standard assembly system, manual assembly, automatic assembly