Introduction to production automation (5 cr)
Code: 5031389-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 12.12.2020 - 10.01.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 11.01.2021 - 30.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After a completed study unit the student
- understands the central role of automation in modern production control and the effects of production automation on the profitability and competitive edge of an enterprise
- has a grasp of the main principles of industrial robotics and programming
- is familiar with the roles and structure of automation and enterprise resource planning systems and the significance of information flows for production control in an enterprise
- understands the significance and principles of simulating production systems in the design of production processes and in improving efficiency.
Content
- structures and roles of production control and ERP systems
- system hierarchy of production automation and data flows in an enterprise
- basic concepts, structures and programming in robotics
- automation structure of the flexible manufacturing system (FMS)
- simulation of production processes and installations.