Course detail
Mechanisation and Automation
FSI-EMM Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of production mechanization, material handling and an overview of the machines and equipment used in engineering technologies (especially in forming, machining, casting, welding and unconventional technologies) and their construction. Basic knowledge of mathematical logic.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Participation in each exercise is controlled. If a student misses a lesson, it is possible to replace the relevant lesson with another study group only in the same week. The teaching of only one exercise can be excused, in case of several missed exercises and it is impossible to replace the lesson, the development of substitute protocols and calculation assignments will be assigned.
Ongoing control of teaching is provided by checking students' independent access to solved sub-projects, entered in the form of protocols. The final evaluation of the subject is carried out by checking participation in classes and evaluating the quality of the development of partial projects with the subsequent awarding of credit, which is a necessary condition for the possibility of passing the exam. The exam, checking the level of general knowledge, consists of a written and an oral part.
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
The aim of the subject is to introduce different types of mechanization and automation devices and to explain the operation of complex production systems, from classic systems through mechanized systems to progressive production systems using higher degrees and levels of automation.
During the course, students will primarily understand the operation of basic elements, mechanized and automated systems (MAZ), handling devices and mechanized subsystems, as well as ways of creating complex production systems with the application of automated machines, NC and CNC machines, machining centers, manipulators, robots and other devices used in all common engineering production technologies. In addition to construction and technological departments, they will apply the acquired knowledge in design activities in the processing of all types of technological and production designs for engineering production.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch STG: Manufacturing Technology, 6 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Syllabus
- Introduction and history of mechanization and automation, CIM, CAD, CAPE, CAPP, CAE, CAM, CAQ – modern production control
- Automated workstations for machining, forming, casting, welding and unconventional technologies
- Robotized workplaces and flexible production cells, flexible production systems
- Robots and manipulators – their structure and function
- Machine tools – requirements, systematic classification, division and design features of NC production machines
- Production systems for machining, CNC turning and milling machines, multifunctional machining centers, control of automated production
- Expert systems – types, construction, properties and uses
- Production process, basic means of automation, artificial intelligence in flexible automation
- Boolean algebra, types of sensors
- Automatic workpiece change, automatic tool change
- Getting to know the collaborative robot fy. Fanuc, programming on-line, of-fline
- Analysis of the conditions of use of industrial robots and manipulators (PRaM), warheads, effectors, interactions with surroundings
- Automated production systems and complex handling
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
- Protocol entry Material handling in the warehouse with the robot
- Determination and dimensioning of the warehouse according to demand
- Warehouse workplace design
- Choice of portal robot in warehouse
- Protocol submission
- Introduction to software Kauza-X for evaluation of automation and mechanization
- Working with the expert system Kauza-X (conveyors, chutes)
- Theoretical calculation of line operation costs and its comparison with the inference system of expert system
- Working with the expert system Kauza-X (carts, conveyors and manipulators)
- Design of a flexible production line
- Choice and characteristics of the robot
- Protocol submission
- Evaluation of protocols and participation, granting of credit