Industrial Equipments

One of the objectives is to complement knowledge acquired throughout the bachelor’s degree course.

For students to develop the ability to apply and interconnect this knowledge, they must master the contents of the structuring curricular units of the bachelor course, allowing the application of an integrative approach in the design, development and construction of specific industrial equipment.

Program contents will be presented to the students more academically, instigating them to reflect on possible solutions, and prompting technical and/or scientific debate.

Whenever possible, organisations/companies will be invited to give lectures/technical seminars on the content taught, giving students contact with practical cases and with the components and services available on the market.

Part of the teaching time will be allocated to drawing up the report for the project to be developed, encouraging students to carry out bibliographical and market research that will enable them to know and acquire the necessary technical and scientific bases and to substantiate this knowledge within the scope of the project to be developed.

Project themes will be assigned to groups of two students. Exceptionally and with justification, project themes may be allocated individually or to groups of three students. The project themes is proposed by the group or defined by the teacher.

The aim is for students to be able to apply and interconnect the knowledge acquired during the degree course, namely in the selection and design of various components that make up industrial equipment in different sectors of the economy, stimulating their research, analysis and critical thinking skills.

Students must carry out and present project work(s) during the academic term. As such, they will be familiarized with the design, development, and implementation of the project, without neglecting the associated economic aspects. This will involve selecting the most suitable components and systems for a given piece of equipment.

It is also intended that students develop their skills in the acquisition and development of soft skills, such as communication, teamwork, innovation, creativity, organisation and planning, resilience, the ability to adapt to new circumstances and contexts, writing and oral presentations.

Students should acquire skills and competencies such as i) identifying, analyzing and solving problems; ii) supporting a given solution among several alternatives; iii) collecting, selecting and interpreting relevant information to support the recommended solutions and judgments issued; iv) planning activities in space and time, identifying and managing the resources needed to carry them out; v) integrate recent technological innovations in potential professional areas of intervention; vi) convey information, ideas, problems and solutions clearly and objectively; vii) teamwork.

PART I

Pneumatic Systems: Pneumatic compressors: constitution, types and working principles; Pneumatic cylinders: constitution, types and working principles; Compressed air distribution networks: types and sizing; Compressed air treatment: lubricator, pressure regulator and filter: constitution and operating principles; Valves: constitution, types and operating principles; Software related to pneumatic systems.

Oil-hydraulic Systems: Hydraulic pumps: constitution, types and operating principles; Hydraulic motors: constitution, types and operating principles; Distributors: constitution, types and operating principles; Valves: constitution, types and operating principles; Hydraulic cylinders: constitution, types, operating principles and sizing; Accumulators: constitution, types, operating principles and sizing; Electric pump group: constitution, types and operating principle; Piping; Software related to oil-hydraulic systems.

PART II

Industrial Pipes: Standards, codes and specifications; Main standards and codes on pipes; Specifications of materials used in pipes; Examples of specifications; Application of industrial pipes; Types of pipe protection; Pipe sizing; Pipe supports; Accessories used in pipe installation.

Industrial Valves: Valve classification; constitution and characteristics; means of operation; materials used in valve construction; rotary unions; servo motors; pneumatic actuators; traps; expansion compensators; equipment used in valve installation.

PART III

Power and Motion Transmission Systems: Speed Reducers: constitution, types and operating principle; selection, main applications; Motion Inverters: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Speed variators: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Clutches: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Industrial Brakes: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Torque Limiters: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Shaft Unions: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Freewheels: constitution, types and operating principles; selection; main applications; Tensioning, support and lifting systems: Tensioning Systems: constitution, types and operating principles; selection, main applications; Supports: constitution, types and operating principles; selection, main applications; Overhead cranes and cranes: constitution, types and operating principles; selection, main applications.

The assessment is exclusively continuous.

The final grade depends on a minimum frequency of 80% of lectured theoretical and theoretical-practical classes. The minimum attendance criterion does not apply to students with worker-student status or similar.

The final grade results from the average of the partial grades obtained in each of the three parts that make up the course program.

The partial classification for each part results from the sum of the following components: i) quality of the project report (70%) and iii) quality of the presentation and discussion of the report (30%).

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