Course detail

Project, Design and Logistics of Transport and Handling Equipment

FSI-QLD-KAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course in Project and Design of Transport and Handling Equipments familiarises students with project activities in the sphere of material handling and with new possibilities of computer support used for its rationalization. Material flow, its analysis and evaluation methods are discussed. The course deals also with the following topics: Mathematical expression of handling-transport problem. Methods of minimizing transport costs. Project documentation of material handling systems. Method of Systematic Handling Analyses. Efficiency indexes of handling systems. Design of storage services. Logistics of handling chain. Simulation of handling processes. Students get acquainted with the simulation language AWESIM with the computer support utilization, enabling the simulation and the animation of handling processes.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Malášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course in Project and Design of Transport and Handling Equipments makes students familiar with the design of handling equipments and material handling planning. Student will be able to optimise the material flow in definite production, evaluate handling work, and to minimize handling-transport costs. He/she will learn to operate with the simulation language AWESIM and to simulate simple handling processes.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of the course is conditional on the knowledge of technical mechanics and higher mathematics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars, and worked out the assigned tasks. Examination tests student’s knowledge, as well as his/her ability to apply in practice. The examination has a written an oral part.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with methods of project activities in the sphere of material handling. The meaning of material flow and its evaluation are also discussed. The course presents the principle of the S.H.A. method, including evaluation of efficiency of handling systems. Also dealt with is the simulation of handling processes.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is obligatory and checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the course supervisor.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

B.Hlavenka:Manipulace s materiálem.,PC-DIR Real Brno,r.2000, ISBN 80-214-1698-X
Ch.Schulte: Logistika.,Victoria Publishing Praha,r.1994, ISBN 80-85605-87-2
Pritsker Corporation: Awesim-Total Simulation Project Support,r.1997

Recommended reading

B.Hlavenka:Manipulace s materiálem.,PC-DIR Real Brno,r.2000, ISBN 80-214-1698-X
Ch.Schulte: Logistika.,Victoria Publishing Praha,r.1994, ISBN 80-85605-87-2
J.Gajdůšek:Projektování systémů manipulace s materiálem.,VUT Brno,r.1989

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-ADI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

17 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Malášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.Handling process and handling equipments, quantitative factors of handling process (determined quantities, derived quantities, technical-economic indicators).
2.Pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
3.Pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
4.Robots and manipulators in handling chain (block diagram, system structure).
5.Robots and manipulators (mechanics, kinematic structure, positioning and orientation mechanisms, working areas, drives, motion units, control).
6.Material flow and its analysis, methods of analysis of the material handling.
7.Mathematical expression of the handling-transport problem.
8.Project documentation of material handling systems.
9.Method Systematic Handling Analyses.
10.Method Systematic Handling Analyses.
11.Logistics in sphere material handling.
12.Possibilities of simulating of handling processes.
13.Simulation languages and their application by simulating of the handling processes.