- Docente: Giangiacomo Minak
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/14
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Giangiacomo Minak (Modulo 1) Alberto Martini (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 8771)
Learning outcomes
The student knows the problems of the design and construction of
machinery for the automation of discrete processes, the resources
available for their solution, the criteria for the choice of these
solutions and the procedures for an optimal application.
Course contents
General aspects of industrial processes and their automation;
machines and automated production lines; degree of flexibility of
an automated production system; productivity parameters. Main types
of automatic machines and robots, and their functional
classification.
Main operational architectures of single-purpose machines, with
particular reference to the sector of the packaging and the
automatic assembly; intermittent and continuous machines and their
functional and constructive characteristics. General criteria for
sizing intermittent and continuous machines.
The industrial robots: main morphological characteristics, the
overall structure and construction problems and use.
Auxiliary systems for the manipulation of the parts in automated
production systems.
General aspects of the actuators. The fluid actuation systems and
their general aspects, design and application.
Subsystems of automatic machines and robots: operational part and
the control part.
Elements of patent law.
Readings/Bibliography
For the exam, students can refer to a copy of the slides projected
in the classroom and handouts provided by the teacher. Other
reference books are recommended:
• Nordmann R. and Birkhofer H., Elementi di macchine e meccatronica, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
• Derby S. J., Design of Automatic Machinery, CRC Press, 2004.
• Siciliano B. and Khatib O. editors, Handbook of robotics, Springer Verlag, 2008.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
The course includes an exercise to be carried out in groups (4/5
students per group, in general); This tutorial will consist of a
research of industrial interest assigned by the teacher at the
beginning of the course; meetings will be made periodically to
check on the progress of the activities of each group; the
discussion of the research will be evaluated.
The cours foresee a part of laboratory activities with the use of
commercial software for the analysis and simulation of complex
mechanisms.
Assessment methods
Oral examination and discussion of an industrial project that will be assigned to the students during the first month of the course.
Teaching tools
Teaching will be conducted through lectures in the classroom based
on representative multimedia materials (slides, videos,
simulations) designed to effectively document the class
topics
Office hours
See the website of Giangiacomo Minak
See the website of Alberto Martini