Chemnitz UT: Mechanical Engineering: Professorship: Courses of study

lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Müller

exam: written exam, 150 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 30 lectures, 7 tutorials

contents:

• basic principles of the reorganisation of enterprises in the technical-technological, organisational, social, ecological and economic context
• product definition, product development, product manufacturing
• selection of business locations
• content-related and methodical aspects of the planning and construction of factories
• development of complete system solutions of product, material, information and
• future production and factory systems

lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egon Müller

exam: written exam, 180 min
semester: 1 semester (ss)
lectures: 15 lectures

contents:

• contents and key elements of the science of management and its sub-disciplines
• factories and facilites as systems
• types and tasks of factory and facility systems
• historical and future development of the factory and facility systems and the science of management
• planning of factory and facility systems
• management of factory and facility systems
• modelling and simulation of systems and processes

lecturer: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ralph Riedel, Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ackermann

exam: written exam, 180 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 15 lectures, 15 tutorials

contents:

• application-oriented teaching of methods for the solution of tasks and problems in the context of the holistic planning and the management of production systems
• basic principles of project management: tasks, project structuring, project planning, project organisation
• network planning technology as well as specific methods of analysis
• introduction into philosophy, procedure model, principles and tools of System Engineering
• Reliability Theory

lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egon Müller, PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ralph Riedel

exam: written exam, 120 min
semester: 1 semester (ss)
lectures: 15 lectures

contents:

• methods of the reorganisation of enterprises in the technical-technological, organisational, social, ecological and economic context
• factory and productions systems
• basics of factory management
• life cycle of factory systems
• sub-processes of the procedures in a factory/ production system
• visualisation, modelling and simulation of complex system solutions for product, material and information flow
• modern factory concepts

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Strauch

exam: written exam, 150 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 7(15) lectures, 7(15) tutorials

contents:

• order processing in enterprises
• data bases in the production and SQL
• data structures of the PPC
• basics of the PPC-/CAx- integration
• selected strategies and procedures of the PPC
• selection and introduction of PPC-systems
• selection and introduction of PPC-systems
• exercises concerning the order processing, modelling of data structures, creation of SQL- data requests and production control

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ackermann

exam: written exam, 120 min
semester: 1 semester (ws and ss)
lectures: 15 lectures, 7 tutorials

contents:

• systematic transfer of knowledge and skills concerning the technological planning of production plants (factory planning)
• implementation of the planning steps production programme modification, function identification, dimensioning, structuring and configuration of complex production systems on the basis of the Flow System Theory
• planning of the required equipment for the main process and the required facilites for the peripheral processes as well as the integration into the total system

lecturer: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ralph Riedel, Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Horbach

exam: written exam, 120 min
semester: 1 semester (ws and ss)
lectures: 15 lectures, 15 or 7 tutorials + practical courses

contents:

• transfer of theoretical and methodical contents concerning the production planning and control (PPC) as well as the technical order processing
• basics of the PPC, subjects, goals and sub-functions
• workflow, enterprise typology
• production plan generation and requirements planning, inventory, task and capacity management, order release and monitoring
• production characteristic curves
• methods, models and procedures of the PPC/ production control
• configuration and introduction of PPS-Systems

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Strauch

exam: written exam, 120 min
semester: 1 semester (ss)
lectures: 15 lectures, 7 tutorials

contents:

• The lecture serves as the basis for logistics. The focus is on material flow structures and material flow technology, logistics systems and logistics strategies.
• An overview is given on logistic-related subjects, such as conveying and storage systems, internal and external transport chains, supply chain management, new commissioning procedures and identification systems with RFID. The students are enabled to implement material flow analyses and to plan logistics solutions.

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ackermann

exam: written exam, 150 min
semester: 1 semester (ss)
lectures: 14 lectures, 8 practical courses

contents:

• transfer of knowledge about the application of PC-technology for the planning of production plants
• use of adequate software for the efficient implementation of the projection steps
• data modification with data bases
• optimisation of production programmes
• optimisation of the command sequence
• layout designing with a CAD-system
• visualisation of production systems in a virtual reality
• dynamic dimensioning of production systems

lecturer: Prof.-Dr.-Ing. Egon Müller, Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ackermann

exam: project documentation and final presentation
semester: 1 semester (ss)
lectures: 4 SWS

contents:

• mainly indepentend work on a planning project
• formation of a project team for the work on the planning tasks
• elaboration of a project documentation
• intermediate and final presentation of the results
• practical application of the knowledge gained in the modules Facility and Production System Planning and Computer-Based Factory Planning

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Ackermann

exam: exam, oral exam (30 min)
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 3 lectures, 9 practical courses

contents:

• transfer of basic knowledge about the simulation technology and the approach to implementing simulation studies
• development of simulation models
• dynamic research on production and logistics systems using simulation software
• use of simulation the systems Taylor ED (Incontrol) und eM-Plant (Tecnomatix)
• practical realisation of examples

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Strauch

exam: written exam, 90 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 15 lectures, 7 practical courses

contents:

• The students are introduced to the enterprise logistics with the production, supply, distribution logistics as well as the disposal and transport logistics particularly from the perspective of logistics managers of well-known international enterprises. Additionally, they gain insight into the strategic management. Field-trips provide the possibility to experience and discuss logistics concepts and detail solutions. Enterprise examples are: VW Fahrzeugfertigung Mosel, Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, BMW Werk Leipzig, Deutsche Post and other logistics service providers.

lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Strauch

exam: written exam, 90 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 15 lectures, 7 tutorials

contents:

• The objective of the lecture is to transfer basic knowledge about ecological interrelations concerning the planning and management of factories and to enable the students to implement ecological and legal environmental measures. The topics range from: environmental problems within the industrial enterprise; environmental management system according to ISO and EMAS; recycling and waste management; process- and product-integrated environmental protection; environmental planning; energy efficiency; sustainability through ecological, economical and social responsibility.

lecturer: PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Ralph Riedel

exam: written exam, 120 min
semester: 1 semester (ws)
lectures: 15 lectures, written assignment

contents:

• transfer of basic knowledge about how to successfully plan and implement projects in times when resources are running low and priorities are constantly changing
• principles of project organisation and planning, especially from the field of industry and enterprise construction
• strategic management
• feasibility studies and system design
• categorisation of projects and implementation strategies
• facility management and sustainability
• technical-technological basic principles of the industrial construction