Learning objectives
Knowledge and ability to understand: knowledge of factory integration issues and digital technologies for integration.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: through the analysis, in the classroom and at home, of real and potential business case studies, the student will learn how to effectively implement the knowledge acquired in an industrial context typical of Italian SMEs.
This objective will also be achieved through the realization, with the students organized in pairs, of a "semester project" to deepen one of the topics covered in class.
Autonomy of judgment: the student must be able to critically evaluate, through the comparative analysis of case studies, the actual innovation potential of industrial companies of various sizes and sectors with respect to the opportunities offered by Industry 4.0 technologies and methods.
Communication skills: students will have to prepare to take a presentation of about 12 minutes of their semester project in oral and public form. This presentation is part of the final evaluation.
Learning skills: in carrying out the semester project, the student will have to draw on different types of sources (scientific articles, position and white papers, popular articles, websites, books) and learn from their synthesis the ability to discern the essential elements.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course addresses the main issues of business integration according to the paradigms of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, from the point of view of mechanical technology. The course will focus on the analysis of industrial case studies demonstrating the innovative potential of Industry 4.0. The cases will be developed around different transformation processes. The first will focus on the logistics of an automotive company, the others will focus on specific transformation processes: extrusion, additive manufacturing, progressive sheet metal stamping, sheet metal bending. The case studies will provide an opportunity to study and understand some of the most important enabling technologies of Industry 4.0: additive manufacturing as a tool for simplifying the supply chain; CAE systems for simulation and CAPP for planning transformation processes, analytical methods of advanced process monitoring for the quality of machining and life of tools and molds.
Full programme
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lecture notes
Teaching methods
The course includes 48 hours in the classroom between lessons (about 36) and other activities (about 12). The slides and notes used to support the lessons will be uploaded before each lesson on the Elly platform.
The course includes the development of "semester projects", or monographic studies on one of the topics of the course addressed by pairs of students. The final result must be a power point presentation of about 15 slides, to be presented within 12 minutes. The slides must be commented in the power point notes field, i.e. each one must be provided with an explanation and accompanying text. Moments of mid-term review of the semester projects will be organized.
If health conditions permit, interventions or seminars by company experts will be organized and company visits will be organized.
Assessment methods and criteria
Verification of learning involves three moments:
- At the end of the course, the public presentation of the semester project to the class and the teacher through a power point presentation lasting 12 minutes by the pairs of students; non-attending students will be able to replace this presentation with the individual writing of a report. The presentation and the report are valid until 16/30.
- A written test (which assigns up to 16/30) with closed and open questions on the topics covered in class and exercise
Honors are awarded in the case of achieving a score of 32/30.
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