The course focuses on Industry 4.0 and its applications, and gives a deeper insight in what possibilities there are to connect the equipment of a factory to internet and to cloud services.
ML1615 Reliability and Maintenance in the Smart Factory 7.5 credits
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About course offering
For course offering
Autumn 2024 TIIPS programme students
Target group
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Degree Programme in Industrial Technology and Production Maintenance, åk 3, Mandatory
Periods
P1 (7.5 hp)Duration
Pace of study
50%
Form of study
Normal Daytime
Language of instruction
Swedish
Course location
KTH Södertälje
Number of places
Min: 10
Planned modular schedule
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Autumn 2024 TIIPS programme students
Application code
51774
Contact
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Autumn 2024 TIIPS programme students
Examiner
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Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student must, for grade E, be able to:
- report on trends in industrial digitalization and automation as well as the benefits that industrial digitalization solutions can lead to
- explain how a production plant works from an overall system perspective
- explain the principles of cloud services and reason about how they can be applied within industry 4.0
- explain the content of reference architecture for Industry 4.0
- explain the function of software for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
For higher grades, the student must also be able to:
- show competence for the points above on a deeper level
- explain the driving forces behind ongoing changes in industrial digitalization and automation
- evaluate how industrial digitalization solutions can be used to achieve efficiency gains in production
- apply reference architecture for industry 4.0
- apply software for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
- critically review the benefits and challenges that Industry 4.0 entails and propose how organizations and individuals can deal with them
- develop an implementation plan for a digitalization case within industrial production
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Meddelas vid kursens start.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- INL1 - Assignments, 1.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- SEM1 - Seminars, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
The examiner decides, in consultation with KTH's coordinator for disabilities (Funka), about possible adapted examination for students with documented, permanent disabilities. The examiner may permit other examination format for re-examination of individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Attendance at specified compulsory course dates (or completed compensation assignment to these) are requirements for final grading.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.