Online Systems for Training the Evaluation of Deviations of Geometrical Characteristics

Abstract

In mechanical design, product manufacturing and product maintenance, geometrical characteristics such as straightness, flatness, roundness and cylindricity are very important, first in detail design with the specification of their tolerances in order to translate functional requirements into geometrical requirements and later, in the verification of the manufactured workpieces (measurement procedure) for compliance with the design objective. Coordinate Measuring Machines are very expensive equipment widely used to perform automated measurement, to inspect and to analyse engineering components in order to check their conformity with the specifications. This work presents augmented reality systems for conveying these concepts and to provide an introduction to the straightness and flatness evaluations. These systems intend to enable the users to explore the related concepts for training or educational purposes in a more immersive way.

Advanced Applications in Process Control and Training Needs of Field and Control Room Operators

“…Virtual reality is defined as "the ability to augment, replace, create, and/or manage a learner's actual experience with the world by providing realistic content and embedded instructional features" (Cannon-Bowers & Bowers, 2010, p. 230). Training simulators with virtual reality have been successfully employed in medical and surgical scenarios (Aggarwal et al, 2006), mechanical systems (Restivo et al, 2013), aviation (Rupasinghe et al, 2011), and the military (Lele, 2013). Adaption of virtual reality in training simulators for process industry can bring several benefits.…”

Online Experimentation in Education and Training

“…• To disseminate the cross-collaboration in online experimentation between university-secondary schools, bringing teachers and students to cooperate in testing and evaluating the effectiveness of some of the developed resources as reported in different works [7] and in engineering education [8] In the next sections different approaches supported in emergent technologies and some outcomes of the Experiment@Portugal-2012 project will be briefly described.…”