Course code:  wb5422-03

Course name: Industrial Assembly

ECTS creditpoints: 3

Faculty of  Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Tichem, dr.ir. M., Buiting-Csikós, mw. ir. Cs.

Tel.:  015-27 81603

Catalog data: assembly process, assembly systems, design of assembly systems, Design For Assembly, micro-assembly

Course year: MSc 1st year

Period: 2A

Hours p/w: 4

Other hours: laboratory project, case study, self study.

Assessment: written examination (date to be determined), laboratory project, case study

Assessm.period(s): n.o.a.

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites: wb5420-03

Follow up: n.o.a.

Detailed description of topics:

1.    Characteristics of assembly in different segments (capital goods, consumer products, electronic assembly, micro assembly);

2.    Development model for assembly systems;

3.  The assembly process;

4.  Assembly automation;

5.  Design for Assembly and Poka Yoke;

6.  Assembly systems: concepts, structures and components;

7.  Micro-assembly: basics, main methods, micro-factories, micro-gripping, self-adjustment.

8.  Case study on the design of an assembly system for a given product. Small case studies and exercises during the lectures on different topics.

Course material:

Reader for sale at the start of the course. Printout of used overhead slides.

References from literature:

Industrial Assembly, S.Y. Nof et al, Chapman & Hall, London, 1997, ISBN 0-412-55770-3

Remarks (specific information about assessment, entry requirements, etc.):

A written examination will assess the individual knowledge level. Next, assessment will be based on the laboratory project and the case study.

Goals:

Gaining knowledge and skills in industrial assembly, in order to be able to (guide the) development and implementation of assembly systems.

Computer use:

Laboratory project(s):

Programming of an assembly system. A case study, to be done group-wise, focuses on the design of an assembly system for a given industrial product. The company which provided the product will be visited.

Design content:

Design of assembly systems, (re)design of a product from the viewpoint of assemblability.

Percentage of design: 70%