Course detail

Simultaneous Engineering

FSI-PIN-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

Fundamentals of team work. Cooperation between supplier and customer(preparation of a concept of solution, casting design and its prototype, batch production). Multimedia communications. Simulation software programs aimed at optimizing the final product (used during casting pouring,solidification and cooling).
Technological characteristics of the design (Designing castings to avoid foundry defects).

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Milan Horáček, CSc.

Department

Institute of Manufacturing Technology (ÚST)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of a foundry technology, especially with respect to an optimal foundry casting design.Knowledge of basic computer simulation methods used in foundry technology.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Attendance in lectures is recommended
Credit: semestr project - obligatory


Presence in lessons obligatory compensation to be agreed with the lecturer

Aims

The course familiarises students with basic principles of new philosophy cooperation customer-supplier based on the teamwork approach from the first idea up to the final realisation of the product.
The main aim is to provide students with knowledge of the latest communication possibilities between a customer and supplier,
as well as with possible ways of an effective cooperation .

 

Knowledge of a multimedia communication , rapid prototyping
using simulation programs,etc.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

SIMULTANEOUS ENGINEERING - THE EXPRESS WAY INTO THE FUTURE (20000632) Casting Plant and Technology International V 16 N 2 P 36, 41-42, 46, Feb 2000 (4 p)
Simultaneous engineering for new product development : manufacturing applications Jack Ribbens New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley, ©2000. ISBN-13: 978-0471252658
Simultaneous Engineering: Methodologies and Applications U. Roy, John Usher, Hamid R. Parsaei Taylor & Francis, 1999 ISBN 978-9056996604
SIMULTANEOUS ENGINEERING (19930252) Society of Manufacturing Engineers Conference on Design and Economics of Expendable Pattern Castings, Detroit. Nov 1992 (4 p)
THE ROLE OF PROCESS MODELLING IN SIMULTANEOUS ENGINEERING AND THE DEVELOPMENTS NEEDED TO MAKE IT A REALITY (19960703) 8th World Conference on Investment Casting, London, UK, P 21- 1 to 21-3, Jun 28-30, 1993 (3 p)
Use of Simultaneous Engineering in Development of Casting Prototypes and Samples (20083120) Livarski Vestnik, Issue 1, 2008, P37-49

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-SLE-P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Milan Horáček, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Simultaneous Engineering – basic terms
  2. Project Management
  3. Teamwork
  4. CRM System and Marketing
  5. Relation Supplier- Customer
  6. Company Management
  7. ERP Foundry System
  8. Control of Foundry Costs
  9. MES System
  10. Quality Control
  11. Foundry and Specifics for Sand Castings Customers
  12. Foundry and Specifics for HPDC Customers
  13. Foundry and Specifics for IC Customers