Introduction to manufacturing engineering - Reference number 31925 TV 2

Module description introduction to manufacturing engineering:

A high level of understanding of the requirements and possibilities of the production of goods is necessary in order to be enable to operate successfully. This includes specialized knowledge of the most important industrial manufacturing processes. These are located in manufacturing technology.

Module aims:

The module provides an overview and specific knowledge of the field of machining and forming production processes.

After successfully completing the module, students will be able to:

• Assess the economic and technical significance of manufacturing technology for industry
• Categorize the concept of production technology in production engineering
• Correctly categorize and describe the various machining and forming manufacturing processes in technical terms
• Describe the difference between cutting processes with geometrically defined and undefined cutting edges based on their special features and areas of application
• Understand the properties of the various cutting materials and allocate them to specific applications
• Describe and evaluate the economic background of cutting processes based on wear, tool life and cost calculation
• Correctly describe the concept of statistical process control and explain its significance for series production
• Describe the metallurgical principles for the generation of plastic deformation
• Differentiate between the terms technical stress and yield stress as well as elongation and degree of deformation
• Describe the influencing variables and process limits of forming processes
• Describe the mode of operation of different forming machines and categorize them with regard to their areas of application

Module contents:

• Application areas of manufacturing engineering
• Machining and non-cutting manufacturing processes
• Machining with geometrically defined and undefined cutting edges
• Calculation of process forces
• Chip formation
• Cutting materials
• Tool wear, tool life
• Quality criteria and requirements for manufacturing processes
• Sheet metal forming
• Solid forming
• Forging
• Hot forging
• Semi-hot forming
• Cold forming
• Forming machines
• Simulation in forming technology
• Simple calculations in forming technology