MECHANICS AND CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY (UNIT 2)
cod. 1003953

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Progettazione meccanica e costruzione di macchine (ING-IND/14)
Field
Ingegneria meccanica
Type of training activity
Characterising
28 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The aim is to give insight of the design of the most popular food industry machineries and their parts.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

- Materials: materials used for food machinery construction, regulations concerning the use of materials in contact with food, weldability, corrosion and stress-corrosion, wear, static and fatigue strength.
- Machinery: regulations and principles of hygienic design, functional design.
- Pressure vessels and pipings: regulations, theory of plates and shells.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Teacher notes. Further informations can be found in the following books available at the Engineering Faculty bibliotheque.
- AA.VV., Metals Handbook 9th ed., American Society for Metals, Metals Park, OH, USA.
- S.P. Timoshenko, S. Woinowsky-Krieger, "Theory of plates and shells", McGraw-Hill, NZ, 1987.
- R.V. Brink et al., "Handbook of fluid sealing", McGraw-Hill, USA, 1993.
- P.R. Smith, T.J. Van Laan, "Piping and pipe support system: design and engineering", McGraw-Hill, USA, 1987.

Teaching methods

Class lessons and exercises on specific applications.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination on theoreatical issues as well as exercises and presentation and discussion of an industrial project.

Other information

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