Course detail

Manufacturing Machines Technology

FSI-GV0-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

This course is concerned with up-to-date approaches in the analysis, planning and control of investments into production machines and systems in relation to the integration and optimisation conceptions and methods and rules I4.0.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Student should have knowledge from design and control of production machines and systems and university mathematics and physics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Condition for a course-unit credit awarding:
1. 100 % attendance at seminars (in special cases it is possible to compensate by assigning special homework).
2. Checking activity of students on the term project.
3. Final course examination includes the following parts:
1) Evaluation of semestral project by tutor,
2) Evaluation of knowledege from this subject based on the semestral project.


Checking knowledge at seminars in the frame of the term project (work individually or in groups (teams) of students entered). Attendance at seminars will be checked.

Aims

This subject will provide students with knowledge about up-to-date integration and optimisation trends in CNC machine centers and production systems design and application.


Students will learn to analyse production machines and systems from the point of up-to date conception and methods and use them in the production machines and systems design, projection, planning and application. They will practice their knowledge for semester project (work) in the area.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Anatoli I. Dashchenko, Manufacturing Technologies for Machines of the Future, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003, 978-3-642-62822-1 (EN)
Bělohoubek, P.: Design and Control of Industrial Robots Optimisation. Studijní opora VUT-FSI, Brno, 2005.
Bělohoubek, P.: Manufacturing Machines Technology. Publikace - studijní opora VUT-FSI, Brno, 2004. Adresa: www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz/opory/cizjazyk/pub_mmt.pdf

Recommended reading

Manufacturing technology books, www.eduinformer.com (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ENG-A Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme N-KSB-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme N-VSR-P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

Syllabus

1. Targets of investments in the production company. Stages of projection and
realisation of investments. Risk and oportunity management.
2. Robot application in the plants for given technologies.
3. Dividing, design and projection of production systems.
4. Integration and optimisation conceptions and methods: Reengineering, Logistics, TQM, CIM, Intelligent approach, System of quality management, Management, Fractal approach etc.
5. Influence of machines and robots design and control on their function accuracy.
6. Intelligent machines, robots and production systems.
7. Up-to-date production systems and robotic technologies.
8. Mechatronic approach in the production machines and systems design and control.
9. Up-to-date trends in the economy of production systems.
10. Up-to-date trends in the safety of production machines and systems.
11. Up-to-date trends in the production planning and management in production systems.
12. Using of positive examples in the field of human and team work preparation and improvement and for the development of up-to-date technologies and machines
13. Reengineering in the production systems and robotics in according Industry 4.0.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radek Knoflíček, Dr.

Syllabus

1.-13. At seminars students will work out a term project on the assigned topic from Reengineering of production machines and systems design, projection and application with using of positive examples (patterns) from nature in the field of innovation of higher grades.
Example of the term project assignment:
Analyses and application of reengineering of the future product development and optimisation for the developing world markets (solved by EU students):
1) Reengineering steps (sales service, value analysis, brainstorming, specification, examples)
2) The influence of reengineering on company (methods department, quality department, purchasing department etc.)
3) Business and management aspects (strategy, changes management, reengineering of the team composition etc.)
4) Using of positive examples for the improvement and innovation of higher grades etc.