Give an overview of processes used in welding and allied techniques: brazing, metal spraying and thermal cutting. Familiarization with basic concepts of assembling technology. Training for selecting the method for product assembling (manual or automatic) and knowing the basics of designing assembly processes.

Student responsibilities:

Attending lectures and exercises, and solving of a program task.

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Performed on the basis of: - two periodic written examinations, 80 %; - the project, 10 %; - monitoring the presence and commitment of students, 10 %. In the event that a student does not pass all periodic written examinations, but neatly fulfills other obligations, the student may access written and oral exam.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

1 . Recommend a structure (hierarchy) of a product for assembly.

2 . Choose the most convenient concept of assembly system.

3 . Create a plan of manual assembly.

4 . Analyse and identify the welding procedures.

5 . Comment and distinguish the metal transfer during MIG/MAG welding.

6 . Evaluate the fitness of the product for laser beam welding.

7 . Categorize the shielded gases during MIG/MAG and TIG welding.

8 . comment and distinguish the metal transfer during MIG/MAG welding, - evaluate the fitness of the product for laser beam welding - categorize the shielded gases during MIG/MAG and TIG welding, Distinguish the manual, mechanized and automatized welding processes.

Lectures

1. In the field of welding, all relevant and technically applicable welding procedures will be addressed, with emphasis on mechanized and robotic welding. These include arc and electro-resistance procedures and a laser. The process physics and aspects of the application constraints will be analyzed with respect to productivity, material weldability and product exploitation properties.

2. Gas welding and cutting

3. MMA and MIG/MAG welding

4. TIG and plasma welding

5. SAW i ERW welding

6. Material weldability and laser welding

7. Soldering, spraying and related technologies.

8. Quality assurance of welding structures. Assembly: introduction to advanced contents of assembly technology.

9. Product design for automatic assembly. Product design for robotic assembly.

10. Chain of dimensions and tolerances in assembly. Interchangeability of parts.

11. Manual assembly system design. Plan of manual assembly.

12. Determination of the execution time. Predetermined time. systems

13. Calculation of the number and utilisation of workplaces. Forms of manual assembly systems.

14. Forms of automatic assembly systems. Hybrid and collaborative assembly systems.

15. Software tools for assembly process and system design.

Exercises

1. Gas welding and cutting. MMA welding. Part 1

2. Gas welding and cutting. MMA welding. Part 2

3. MIG/MAG, TIG and plasma welding, plasma cutting. Part 1

4. MIG/MAG, TIG and plasma welding, plasma cutting. Part 2

5. SAW i ERW welding. Robotic welding. Laser welding and cutting. Part

6. SAW i ERW welding. Robotic welding. Laser welding and cutting. Part 2

7. Soldering, spraying and adhesive bonding, weldability testing methods.

8. Written knowledge test. Assigning a project task in the field of Assembly.

9. Product structure for assembly.

10. Bill Of Materials.

11. DFA method: selection of assembly method.

12. DFA method: product assemblability analysis for manual assembly and product redesign.

13. Design of a manual assembly system.

14. Calculation of a manual assembly system.

15. Project submission. Written knowledge test.

Compulsory literature:

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