English

Every spring semester

To teach the basic principles for automation systems in the manufacturing industries and their dynamic interaction with market factors such as variations in demand and prices for raw material, transports, and inventory. To give insight into current problems and trends of companies in region, through guest lectures and projects.

Dynamic models for product flows, effects of feedback, optimization of dynamical systems with linear constraints, measures for production efficiency, issues that effect the economic outcome of an investment in automation, functional enterprise models, physical enterprise models, software systems for automation, industry standards. New concepts (such as Industrie 4.0 and Internet of Things) and related terminology.

be able to define and explain basic concepts in manufacturing automation
be able to derive basic properties of a production line from the properties of the individual units, and be able to characterise how the units influence the global behaviour
be able to analyze how to balance supply and demand in a supply chain with multiple units
be aware of new industrial concepts and related terminology
be able to distinguish between physical and functional enterprise models
be familiar with the most important industry standards for automation systems

be able to, independently, interpret technical specifications on a production system and be able to recognize common constraints, based on an understanding for how the automation system will be used and how it will interact with its environment
be able to draw conclusions from numerical calculations about the plausibility of models and specifications
be able to analyze production characteristics through the use of various methods

understand relations and limitations when simplified models are used to describe a complex dynamic production system
show the ability for team work and cooperation in projects and project presentations

Lectures

Laboratory exercises

Exercises

Project

Written exam

Written exam, project and two laboratory exercises.

Failed, pass

 

The course material consists of reading material for each lecture, exercises and solutions, laboratory manuals and project information. The reading material is a set of articles and chapters from various books. The course material is collected in a binder which is provided by the department free of cost.

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 -10-27

Professor Thomas Johansson