28561 - Laboratory of Automatic Machines

Learning outcomes

Analysis and design of mechanical and actuation systems for automation.

Course contents

The course is organized in three sections:

1. Functional analysis of mechanical systems and components used in Automatic Machines

2. Design synthesis design of mechanical systems used in Automatic Machines

3. Design of mechanical components used in automatic machines using

Readings/Bibliography

1. Lectures notes

2. Luigi Biagiotti · Claudio Melchiorri, Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots, Springer-Verlag, 2008

3. Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst, Winston A. Knight, Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011

4. Geoffrey Boothroyd, Assembly Automation and Product Design, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005

5. Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2012

6. Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett, Shigley’s

Mechanical Engineering Design, McGraw-Hill, 2011

Teaching methods

Classroom teaching with the use of slides and audiovisual.

The course is developed both by providing theoretical concepts and by doing in classroom and giving, as homework, theoretical and practical exercises related to the construction aspects of components of Automatic Machines and related to actuation systems.

Assessment methods

The verification will be carried out, preferably through an oral interview at a distance. During the oral test, the teacher will verify the knowledge of the theoretical topics and will check the application skills acquired in carrying out the exercises that have been assigned during the lessons and that the students will have collected in the dedicated homework book. In the case of a homework book written collaboratively, each member of the group who has collaborated in the writing of the exercise book will have to demonstrate a personal and total mastery of each exercise.

During the oral test, the teacher may also submit to the students transversal and reasoning questions regarding the topics and exercises covered in the lesson.

Variations on the exam method may be adopted by the teacher due to force majeure requirements and will be communicated to the students. Furthermore, should it be necessary due to a large number of students enrolled at the roll call, the teacher may submit to the students a multiple-choice test whose passing, with a minimum score of 18/30, will be necessary to access the oral exam. In this case, the questions of the oral examination will mainly focus on subjects not covered by the admission test.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint presentations and audiovisual.

Office hours

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