Module Code - Title:
DM6021
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ADVANCED AND EMERGING MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The rationale of this module will be to provide a knowledge of emerging and existing technologies in the areas of Mechatronics/Manufacture. The module will concentrate on Cyber-Physical modelling of the manufacturing process, and Additive Manufacturing processes.
Syllabus:
Embedded systems, Networked Embedded Systems, The internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Industry 4.0, Automated Manufacture - The Smart Factory. Virtualisation and optimisation of manufacturing processes.
Shop floor data collection and communication and related technologies - Bar Coding, RFID. Data processing and process modelling
Additive Manufacture of polymers, metals, composites, and biomaterials, material characteristics, process parameters, and machine designs. Application areas including aerospace components, electronics, medical devices.
Related design principles and process standards.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Be able to describe the emerging trends in the virtualisation and optimisation of a manufacturing system.
Be able to critically evaluate the application of a Cyber-Physical system in a manufacturing setting.
Will configure a simple system e.g. robot or AGV to implement an element of the approach described above.
Will be able to specify an appropriate configuration for shop floor data collection and communication between systems in a manufacturing plant.
Participants will design, fabricate, and measure test parts, and will perform experiments to explore process limits using Additive Manufacturing technologies.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Will have an appreciation of the emerging trends in manufacture and the economic and technological advantages of these.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module will be taught by lectures as well as lab sessions which will provide hands-on experience with a variety of state-of-the-art desktop 3D printers and scanners, Robots and Vehicles.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Greengard, S. (2015)
The Internet of Things
, MIT Press
Gibson, I., D.Rosen and B.Stucker (2014)
Additive Manufacturing Technologies (2nd Ed)
, Springer
Germany Trade and Invest (2015)
Industrie 4.0: Smart Manufacturing for the Future
, German Federal Government - Available online www.gtai.ie
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
eoin.hinchy@ul.ie