italian version

Aims :

The Mechanical Plants course intend to supply guide lines and analytical methods for the choice, the design and realization of industrial mechanical plants concerning production plants and service plants.

Topics :

Feasibility study of industrial plants. Choice of the product and of the production cycle. Analysis of the production and exercise costs. Evaluation of the industrial investments. Facility location problems. Systematic layout planning. Flow analysis and activity analysis. The relationship diagram. Space requirements and availability. Designing the layout. Group technology. Lines balancing. Project management techniques: Gant, PERT and CPM. Piping : fundamentals and components. Water systems piping. Fire protection systems. Steam systems piping. Compressed air piping systems.

Textbooks :

A. Pareschi - Impianti industriali – Progetto Leonardo , Bologna 1994
R.L. Francis, J.A. White - Facility layout and location: an analytical approach. Prentice – Hall Inc. , New Jersey 1994
A.Monte. Elementi di Impianti Industriali. Vol. 1° - Ed. Libreria Cortina , Torino 1994
O.Pierfederici Corso di Impianti Meccanici . Pitagora editrice , Bologna 1980
S. Fabbri Impianti meccanici Vol.1° - Ed. Patron , Bologna 1985

Exam :

Written and oral exam on the program really development.

Tutorial Session :

The date for tutorial session will be defined soon after the start of the academic year.