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Acquisition and use of production equipment (5 cr)

Code: 8B00BT51-3006

General information


Enrollment

17.04.2023 - 06.09.2023

Timing

28.08.2023 - 17.12.2023

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Food Processing and Biotechnology

Teachers

  • Joni Viitala

Student groups

  • MBIELI21

Objective

Upon completion of the course, the student will
- know the acquisition process of production equipment
- be able to define the critical points for food safety and hygiene of the food machines
- be able to produce a requirements specification for the machine designer
- be able to apply standards for hygiene requirements of food processing machinery and machine safety.
- be able to evaluate a significance of an integrated operation and maintenance for the company
- able to apply for maintenance methods
- be able to plan, implement and manage the integrated operation and maintenance.

Content

The acquisition process of production equipment:
- Safety requirements in machanical engineering
- Special requirement of machines used in the food industry
- Hygiene requirements of food processing machinery
- Materials made of metal
- Choosing materials and processing methods
- Common work methods used in making machine parts
- Fixed, detachable and flexible jointing
- Methods of power transmission
- Hydraulics .

Integrated operation and maintenance:
- Maintenance operations and methods
- maintenance and development for service reliability- Maintenance revenues and costs
- the development of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- planning and management of the integrated operation and maintenance.

Materials

Materials distributed in lectures

Teaching methods

Predefined information acquisitions and tasks

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2): The student knows and understands to a basic concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to usual problems.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4): The student is familiar with the concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to different types of problems. The student is able to combine the accumulated knowledge and skills with previous experiences in the subject.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): The student is familiar with the concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to a variety of different problems. The student has demonstrated creativity and innovation, and is able to find new meanings when applying what they have learned.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows and understands to a basic concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to usual problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is familiar with the concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to different types of problems. The student is able to combine the accumulated knowledge and skills with previous experiences in the subject.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is familiar with the concepts and methods of topics, and is able to apply them to a variety of different problems. The student has demonstrated creativity and innovation, and is able to find new meanings when applying what they have learned.