Design and Development of Integrated Lab-Practical Class in Manufacturing Engineering

Abstract

University studies have changed in Spain in the last five years in order to adequate them to the European Space for Higher Education. Under these changes Spanish law fixes the skills and abilities that must acquire the Graduates in Engineering with competences and applications in the Industrial Field. Among them, it can be found the corresponding to Manufacturing Engineering. In this work an Integrated Lab-Practical Class has been performed including different stages of a Manufacturing Process from the Product/Process Design to the Final Product. This Practical Class is developed in six sessions. This experience has shown the interest of the students for the contents of the subject and its relationship with the theoretical concepts.

Accelerating the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Supporting Technologies in Manufacturing Engineering Courses

“…In the direct category courses, due to the links with the aerospace industry, the solutions from the software vendor Dassault Systèmes are used. In this case, a project-based working methodology is used [24]. However, the ideal solution would be to develop integrated projects or master programs, applying a hierarchy of roles, for this approach a software infrastructure different from the current one is need.…”