MG1024 Production 6.0 credits
The course is an introduction to the field of Production. Course reveals a number of activities and how these can be made to interact and thereby allow for the customer receives an attractive product to meet the desired properties, the boundary conditions in technology, economy and environment.
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Application
For course offering
Autumn 2024 Start 28 Oct 2024 programme students
Application code
50537
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
- production through the ages - from craftsmanship to Industry 4.0
- principles of production system design and analysis
- process planning
- design of/layout for production plants
- aggregate and master schedule planning
- automation and industrial robots
- flow analysis of production lines
- sustainability in production systems
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course with a passing grade the student should be able to:
- account for different production paradigms through the ages
- describe the production development process and its main activities
- explain the principles of Lean manufacturing and its use
- develop a production plan for a specific component and a given market/customer demand
- build a model of a production line and use a discrete event simulation software to analyse the production flow
- describe the use of industrial robots and other automation equipment in manufacturing
- analyse the function and performance of an industrial robot in a simulation program
- account for concepts, systematic methods and standards for sustainability in production systems
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
MF1001 Mechanical Engineering, introductory course/MJ1103 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering/MF1061 Introduction to Design and Product Realisatio
and
MG1016/MG1026 Manufacturing Technology
or the corresponding
Recommended prerequisites
MJ1103 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Equipment
Literature
Can be downloaded from Canvas by registered course participants
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written exam, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
The exercises are compulsory and must be presented for a teacher.
The industrial study vists is compulsory, and has to be documented ion a report.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
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Add-on studies
MG2029 Production Engineering - Planning and Control, 6hp