Coursecode: mt704

Coursename: Ship Production 1

ECTS creditpoints: 3

Faculty of  Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Wagt, ing. J.C. van der

Tel.:  015-278 7430

Catalogue data:

Shipbuilding, offshore, steel, plate, profile, lay-out,

steelpreparation and –machines, production

Course year:

BSc 1st year

Period:

1B

Hours per week:

2

Other hours:

Assessment:

written

Assessm.period:

1B, 2A

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites:

Follow up:

Detailed description of topics:

Production systems and production processes. Characteristics and differences. Application in shipbuilding.

Characteristics of shipbuilding. The production system ‘shipyard’ with its various production processes, such as design/engineering, (pre)-fabrication, outfitting, trials, etc. Logistics and integration of the production process. Production friendly construction.

Materials in shipbuilding and the application of steel. The Fe-C diagram. Steel production, rolling, casting, alloys, heat treatment etc.

Introduction to drilling, milling, planing, turning and grinding techniques.

Pre-fabrication: CAD/CAE/CAM, shotblasting, preservation, various flamecutting processes, including plasma and laser techniques.

Flame cutting machines. Lofting of plates and profiles. Mechanical cutting and punching.

Bending of plates: rolling, pressing, folding. Bending of profiles and pipes.

Course material:

Book(in Dutch): Scheepsbouw, deel 1 by Prof. Ir. S. Hengst. Available at his secretary, mrs. A. Nieuwland-Jobse. Hand-out about production friendly construction.

References from literature:

Storch, Hammon and Bunch, ‘Ship Production’ (1988 Cornell Maritime Press, Inc.) ISBN 0-870330357-7

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.):

Intermediate written excercises form part of the assessment.

Learning goals:

• Recognize and explain the position and role of shipbuilding in the economy, in relation to short term historical background, global and local economic developments, the size of the industry, international and geographical differences, types of ships, quality, labour skills, etc.
• Recognize and explain the relations between ship yards and other relevant stakeholders (ship owners, bankers, insurance companies, government and (inter)national law, classification societies, suppliers and sub-contractors, labour unions, research institutes, etc), the functions of those stakeholders and their mutual relations
• Explain the characteristics of various production systems, i.e. mass-, series-, single production, their differences, their applications and their relevance to the total shipbuilding process
• Specify the basic elements of a ship yard (systems, processes, organizational units) and explain their functions and mutual relations with respect to the typical features of shipbuilding, i.e. one-offs or small series, flexibility, size, transport, etc.
• Specify the basic consumables required on a ship yard, i.e. plate and profile material, castings, etc. in relation to the ships to be built and understand the manufacturing of those consumables
• Specify the various elements of the product definition, i.e. (outline) specifications, plans, (schematic) drawings, cross sections, tolerances and other product information and explain their functions
• Specify the various phases of the building process, i.e. material preparation, pre-fabrication, block building, assembly, their mutual relations, input and output of each phase and explain their functions
• Specify, explain and apply the characteristics of material preparation, pre-fabrication and deformation processes, i.e. cleaning, shot blasting, priming and flame cutting, bending, pressing and rolling of plates and profiles including the application of machines and their control (CAM)
• Explain the principles and application of various mechanical chipping processes and their tools, i.e. grinding, milling, drilling, lathe work, honing, lapping, etc.

Computer use:

Laboratory project(s):

Three weeks practical training on the shop floor in the summer period to be completed by a report containing answers to various questions about the production process.

Six half days excercises in basics of metal working during the 2^nd period.

Design content:

About 20% on lay-out of shop floors.

Percentage of design: 50 %