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Machining, 6 Higher education credits

Skärande bearbetning, 6 Högskolepoäng

Established: 2024-06-04

Established by: Department of Engineering Science

Applies from: H24

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding After taking the course, students should be able to demonstrate:

• in-depth knowledge of terminology, underlying theory and principles of machining.
• an understanding of production economy, testing, evaluation and measurement methods used in machining.

Competence and skills After taking the course, students should be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to use the understanding of the underlaying mechanisms in machining to improve productivity.
• investigate root-cause of manufacturing process problems in machining.
• independently analyze and argue for different machining methods.
• summarise knowledge from scientific literature on machining.

Entry requirements

Degree of Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, materials science and engineering or equivalent. The Bachelor of Science degree must be comprised of a at least 7.5 HE credits of materials science and at least 15 credits of mathematics. In addition, verified knowledge of English corresponding to the course English B, English 6 in the Swedish upper-secondary level or equivalent.

The forms of assessment of student performance

Individual written exam. Individual assignment with oral presentation in groups.

Course contents

The course covers cutting processing from a production planing perspective. This means moving from a factory perspective down to the individual machining process. Knowledge from previous courses such as material science, mechanics and solid mechanic theory is used in production planing. The course is application-oriented in its structure with many examples from industry. The topics covered in the course are:

• Machine tools structure and factory layout. The structure of motion axes, measurement systems and configurations that influence the choice of machine tools including purchasing aspects.
• The material properties of the workpiece and the effect of machining on the material properties.
• The chip formation process and mechanistic modeling of cutting forces and the behavior of the work material during machining.
• Selection of cutting tools and their wear mechanisms linked to production economics.
• Dynamic behaviour, limitations of cutting tool, workpiece and machine tool
• Production planing methodology.

Other regulations

Course grading: F/Fx/E/D/C/B/A - Insufficient, Insufficient- more work required before the credit can be awarded, Sufficient, Satisfactory, Good, Very Good, Excellent

Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.

General rules pertaining to examination at University West are available at www.hv.se.

If the student has a decision/recommendation on special support due to disability, the examiner has the right to examine the student in a customized examination form.

Course Overlap

ATV600, Read about course overlap in the Swedish version of this course syllabus.

Cycle

Second cycle

Progressive specialization

A1N - second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Main field of study

Mechanical Engineering