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Specialization Project Mechanical Engineering

Degree programme Mechatronics: Mechanical Engineering Fulltime
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor
Full-time
Winter Semester 2024
Course unit title Specialization Project Mechanical Engineering
Course unit code 024515054402
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory
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) Elias BRAUN, Roman LÄSSER, Dominik LERCHER, Max RAUSCHMAYER
Requirements and Prerequisites
  • Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals 1M
  • echanical Engineering Fundamentals 2
  • Mechanics 1
  • Mechanics 2
  • Innovative Production
  • Machine Elements/CAD 1 and 2
  • CAD/CAM
Course content

Depending on the specialism offered:

  • Fundamentals of plastics technology
  • The manufacturing process of injection molding and
  • Design rules for injection molded tools

A constructive task will be used to address various themes of constructive design.

  • Analyses of the mechanical structure using the finite element method will be carried out.
  • The method of interpreting the results of the analyses will be demonstrated.

CNC programs will be generated by CAD/CAM systems for the manufacture of the constructed injection molding tools.

  • The injection molded tools will be produced on CNC machines.
  • The finished parts will be produced on an injection molding machine.
Learning outcomes

The students are able to design parts and machines constructively in a special field of mechanical engineering.

For example they are able to design and produce plastic parts:

  • The students know about plastics engineering, injection molding and design of injection molds.
  • The students design and produce an injection mold according to basic rules, principles and guidelines for embodiment design.
  • The students analyze mechanical systems for deformations and stresses using finite element methods.
  • The students consider possible sources of damage when designing and take these into account constructively.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Interactive lecture, self-guided learning, laboratory exercises and placement, project work.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination, oral examination on the project and assessment of project.

Comment

External placement

Recommended or required reading
  • Pahl, Gerhard; Beitz, Wolfgang; Wallace, Ken (2001): Engineering design: a systematic approach. 2. Aufl. Berlin (u.a.): Springer.
  • Bathe, Klaus-Jürgen (1990): Finite-Elemente-Methoden. Berlin (u.a.): Springer. 
  • Michaeli, Walter (2006): Einführung in die Kunststoffverarbeitung. München (u.a): Hanser.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face, mandatory attendance for the placement