Konrad Wegener: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Konrad Wegener |
| Field | Produktionstechnik und Werkzeugmaschinen |
| Address | Inst. f. Werkzeugmaschinen ETH Zürich, LEE L 214 Leonhardstrasse 21 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 24 19 |
| Fax | +41 44 632 11 25 |
| wegener@iwf.mavt.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Mechanical and Process Engineering |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151-0075-11L | Jethec  Prerequisite: Enrollment for 151-0075-10L Jethec in HS20. | 14 credits | 15A | K. Wegener | |
| Abstract | Students develop and build a product from A-Z! They work in teams and independently, learn to structure problems, to identify solutions, system analysis and simulations, as well as presentation and documentation techniques. They build the product with access to a machine shop and state of the art engineering tools (Matlab, Simulink, etc). | ||||
| Objective | The various objectives of the Focus Project are: - Synthesizing and deepening the theoretical knowledge from the basic courses of the 1. - 4. semester - Team organization, work in teams, increase of interpersonal skills - Independence, initiative, independent learning of new topic contents - Problem structuring, solution identification in indistinct problem definitions, searches of information - System description and simulation - Presentation methods, writing of a document - Ability to make decisions, implementation skills - Workshop and industrial contacts - Learning and recess of special knowledge - Control of most modern engineering tools (Matlab, Simulink, CAD, CAE, PDM) | ||||
| 151-0304-00L | Engineering Design II | 4 credits | 4G | K. Wegener | |
| Abstract | Dimensioning (strength calculation) of machine parts, shaft - hub - connections, welded and brazed joints, springs, screws, roller and slide bearings, transmissions, gears, clutch and brake as well as their practical applications. | ||||
| Objective | The students extend in that course their knowledge on the correct application of machine parts and machine elements including dimensioning. Focus is laid on the acquisition of competency to solve technical problems and judge technical solutions and to correctly apply their knowledge according to operation conditions, functionality and strength calculations. | ||||
| Content | Machine parts as shaft - hub - connections, welded and brazed joints, springs, screws, roller and slide bearings, transmissions, gears, clutch and brake are discussed. The course covers for all the machine elements their functionality, their application and limits of applicability and the dimensioning is as well as their practical applications. Exercises show the solution of practical problems. Partly practical problems are solved by the students for their own. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Script exists. Price: SFr. 40.- | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisites: Basics in design and product development Dimensioning 1 Credit-conditions / examination: Partly practical problems are solved by the students for their own. The examination will be in the following examination session. Credits are given after passing the examination. | ||||
| 151-0700-00L | Manufacturing | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | K. Wegener | |
| Abstract | Fundamental terms of productions engineering, plastic deformation, machining, Lasermachining, Mechatronic in the productions machine construction, Quality assurance, Process chain planning. | ||||
| Objective | - Knowledge of principal terms of manufacturing engineering - Basic knowledge of some processes, their mode of operation and design (forming, separative processes, Laser technics) - Knowledge of product defining properties and limitations of applications - In competition of processes make the right decisions - Procedure for process chain planning - Basic knowledge for quality assurance | ||||
| Content | Explanation of basic principles of manufacturing technics and insight into the functionality of a manufacturing shop. Plastic deformation- and separative- manufacturing processes, as well as laser machining (welding and cutting), and their layouts, product defining properties and limitations of applications such as the associated workshop facilities, will be introduced in different details. Further basic principles of the industrial measurement technique and mechatronics concepts in machine tool construction will be discussed. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Yes | ||||
| Literature | Herbert Fritz, Günter Schulze (Hrsg.) Fertigungstechnik. 6. Aufl. Springer Verlag 2003 | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | An excursion to one or two manufacturing engineering plant is planned. | ||||
| 151-0708-00L | Manufacturing II | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | K. Wegener, M. Schmid, S. Weikert | |
| Abstract | Exemplary discussion on modern manufacturing methods to add and delete material as well as modern measuring methods. Introduction to general environmental problems of production up to the product disposal. | ||||
| Objective | Deepen the specialized knowledge of most modern mechanical manufacturing methods. Learn to consider aspects of environment and resources at careful manufacturing. | ||||
| Content | Modern manufacturing methods like rapidly prototyping and rapid Tooling, high-speed cutting and processing of hard materials, machininig with laser beams and waterjet, high performance casting technology. CAD - CAM coupling, strategies of the process selection. Devices, principle considerations for relationship between production and environment. Waste disposal engineering, disposal-fair designing. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Yes | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Attendance of the lecture Manufacturing (151-0700-00L) recommended Combination with production machines I and II recommended | ||||
| 151-0712-00L | Engineering Materials and Production II | 4 credits | 3V + 1U | K. Wegener | |
| Abstract | Knowledge about the properties and application area of metals. Understanding the fundamentals of high polymers and ceramics for engineers that can be confronted with material decisions in construction and production. | ||||
| Objective | Knowledge about the properties and application area of metals. Understanding the fundamentals of high polymers and ceramics for engineers that can be confronted with material decisions in construction and production. | ||||
| Content | The lecture contains two parts: For metallic materials fatigue and heat treatment will be discussed. Physical properties such as thermal, electric and magnetic properties will be examined. Important iron- and non-iron- alloys will be introduced and their cases of applications will be discussed. In the second part of the lecture the structure and the properties of the high polymers and ceramics will be discussed. Important subareas are the crystalline and non-crystalline materials and the porous solid bodies, the thermal- mechanical engineering material behaviour, as well as the probabilistic fracture mechanics. Beside the mechanic- the physical-properties will be also discussed. Engineering material related fundamentals of the productions engineering will be discussed. | ||||
| Lecture notes | yes | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisite: Lecture “"Engineering Materials and Production I"” Examination: Session examination; Written examination in Engineering Materials and Production I. and II.; Allowed resources: Scripts Engineering Materials and Production I and II, pocket calculator, No laptop nor mobile phone; Duration: 2 Hours. Repetition only in the examination session after FS | ||||
| 151-0720-00L | Production Machines I | 4 credits | 4G | K. Wegener, S. Weikert | |
| Abstract | First part of the lecture on production machines. Introduction to the special features of production machines on the basis of metal cutting and forming machine tools. Dimensioning and design, as well as specific functional components. | ||||
| Objective | Elaboration of the special requirements on the machine tools, such as precision, dynamics, long-life and their realisation. Development and respectively assortment of the most important components. | ||||
| Content | Basics of the machine tool design, Six-point principal is shown. Components of machine tools (foundations, frames, bearings, guides, measuring systems, drives and their control) and their types of machine designs. Terminology, classification and quality characteristics. Special components and selected types of forming machines and there design and dimensioning. Insight into safety of machinery and automation. | ||||
| Lecture notes | yes | ||||
| 151-0802-00L | Automation Technology | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | H. Wild, K. Wegener | |
| Abstract | The automation of production lines will be dealt as interdisciplinary topic. The course contains: - elementary elements of automatized systems - Chain of action: sensors, signalisation, control and closed loop control, power electronics, actors - Conception, description, computation, layout, design and simulation - Availability and reliability - Modern concepts | ||||
| Objective | The students shall acquire knowledge for projection and realization of highly automatized production systems. They will be trained to understand, overview and supervise the whole value chain from the definition of task the specification tender, conception and projection, the detailed design and startup. They shall know and be able to evaluate the solution possibilities, and the concepts in research and development. | ||||
| Content | Highly developed industrialized nations are necessarily bound to automatization of manufacturing processes for their competitiveness. Conception, realization, startup and run in of automatized production lines, "to make them alive", is one of the most exciting businesses in engineering. For the layout of automatized systems mechatronic design is of greatest importance to achieve optimal and overall supreme solutions. The course focuses on the interdisciplinary solution space, spanned by mechanical engineering, process technology, electronics and electrical engineering, information technology and more and more optics. subsystems , the information and optical subsystems. The complete processing chain, from sensing to action, sensors, signalization, control and closed loop control, power electronics and actors is discussed. Basic elements, sensors and actors, transmitting from mechanics to electronics and vice versa, as well as control systems and interfaces and bus systems are presented. In production technology these are applied in the different automation devices and then condensed to full production lines. Different concepts for automation, layout planning, description and simulation and the interface to and safety of humans are topics. The economic boundary conditions are taken into account and lead to concepts for availability and reliability of complex systems and to the discussion of today's research concepts for fault tolerancing systems, to autodiagnosis and self repair, cognitive systems and agent systems. In theoretical and experimental exercises the students can gain experience, that qualify them for the conception, computation and startup of automatized systems. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Manuscripts are distributed per chapter | ||||