![]() ![]() ![]() The UCD Learning Factory facility includes a 5 axis computer controlled (CNC) machining centre (Mori Seiki), a CNC turning centre, and other machine tools, in conjunction with sample handling, metrology (CMM), high levels of process monitoring and “supply chain” interconnectivity using an RFID system. It thus helps to address industries need for interdisciplinary training in technologies related to advanced manufacturing processes. Its goal is to provide a new engineering educational experience that emphasizes the interdependency of ICT-enabling technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. The Learning Factory approach aims to achieve this through the integration of a practice-based curriculum and advanced manufacturing facilities. In order for existing staff involved in manufacturing as well as undergraduate students entering the market significant training is required. to the complex global supply chain, and through the product-service lifetime. This transformation will affect all business processes, from in-house operations. In addition there is the potential of integration through cloud computing, the application of advanced software such as data analytics, as well as interconnectivity through the “internet of things”. with higher levels of ICT-enabled technologies impacting on manufacturing processes. “Industry can have direct input into the types of things students learn, practice and implement,” says Guglielmo.“They can then turn the projects into meaningful activities or initiatives in their own organizations.Manufacturing is currently undergoing a significant transformation. Vince Guglielmo, vice president, Automotive Parts Manufacturers says that industry can improve their own practices by partnering with students in the Learning Factory. ![]() “A place like this is changing that dramatically. “Before having a place like this, students who graduated would go into an environment where they needed to be mentored and where it took them a lot of time to get up to speed,” explains Tim Valters, chief executive officer, Surteco Americas Plastics Division. My project exposed me to the real projects happening in industry,” “Everything from my classes came together in one project,” says Hasselman “It’s no longer these separate entities you learn in class, write about it in a test and forget about. YuMi uses a vision system on its wrist to take pictures and assemble parts. She used the robot to assemble a handheld electric screwdriver from scratch. Items that are built also carry chips that hold data relevant to their production.įourth year B.Tech Automation Engineering Technology student, Amy Hasselman, worked with YuMi, a collaborative robot, inside the Learning Factory. For post-processing there are stations for marking and tracing information about an item with a 2D bar code reader, assembly of mechanical and electronics components with two collaborative robots and a station for packaging and testing.Įach station is equipped with a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, which collects data to optimize a manufacturing process. The manufacturing stations have equipment for metal additive manufacturing, CNC machine tooling, 3D printing, injection moulding, laser cutting and electronics. The Learning Factory is arranged in several different manufacturing and post-processing stations. “We chose to design a space based on our experience and the new knowledge we want to give to our students.” “Our university has always been a key player in manufacturing research and education in the country,” says Mo Elbestawi, Director of the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology at McMaster. The facility, located in the basement of the Engineering Technology Building, introduces advanced manufacturing technologies to students and industry partners and provides the opportunity to work on hands-on projects to improve individual manufacturing processes. ![]()
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