Focus Mechanical Engineering
| Degree programme | Mechatronics |
| Subject area | Engineering Technology |
| Type of degree | Bachelor Full-time Winter Semester 2024 |
| Course unit title | Focus Mechanical Engineering |
| Course unit code | 024515055102 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory optional |
| Teaching hours per week | 8 |
| Year of study | 2024 |
| Level of the course / module according to the curriculum | |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 18 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Anupam AKOLKAR, Robert AMANN, Manuel KANITSCH, Ludwig KLEISER, Roman LÄSSER, Johannes STEINSCHADEN, Tobias WERNER |
- Design of simple mechanical components
- Knowledge CAD-software Siemens NX
- Design of parts, assemblies, parts lists, drawings, fully dimensioned drawings according to standard
- Requirements analysis: determining requirements, documenting requirements, checking and reconciling requirements, requirements management, systems development life cycle, SysML
- PLC: automation pyramid, PLC versus microcontrollers, PLC versus soft PLC, operation of a controller, introduction to IEC61131-3 applications, security
- CAD: construction, 3D-printing
- FEM: computer aided engineering, principle of the finite element method, types of structural analyses, function of structural analyses, finite element analyses, procedure, adjusting the geometry, boundary conditions, element types, material, mesh, common mistakes in modeling.
- Fundamentals of plastics technology
- The students can determine and document requirements.
- The students can program a sequence control in the PLC programming language Structured Text.
- The students can design and manufacture a simple manipulator.
- The students can apply the FEM (finite element method) to a mechanical structure.
- The students gain knowledge of plastics technology.
written examination (40%, must be passed)
project results, specification, technical documentation (60%, must be passed)
written examination (40%, must be passed)
project results, specification, technical documentation (60%, must be passed)
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- John, Karl-Heinz; Tiegelkamp, Michael (2010): IEC 61131-3: Programming Industrial Automation Systems: Concepts and Programming Languages, Requirements for Programming Systems, Decision-Making Aids. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
- Demant, Christian; Streicher-Abel, Bernd; Garnica, Carsten (2013): Industrial Image Processing: visual quality control in manufacturing. Berlin: Springer.
- Karolina Zmitrowicz (2014): Requirements Engineering. Online: https://leanpub.com/requirements-engineering (accessed: 25.03.2021)
- Michaeli, Walter (2006): Einführung in die Kunststoffverarbeitung. München (u.a): Hanser.
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