ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
July 21st – August 14th 2009
Manufacturing provides the society with products and systems to satisfy technical and day- life necessities. The modern production of discrete goods outlines new challenges for the manufacturing technology. The necessity of customized and individualized products, generation of workpieces with high complexes forms, application of new materials, miniaturization and precision added to requirements of energy efficiency and environmental protection, demand the development of new strategies and concepts inside the modern manufacturing. As alternative or complement to the conventional manufacturing processes, developments based on the innovative application of physical and chemical principles and the manipulation of several types of energy integrated to computer-controlled machinery have been applied to produce work pieces, components and systems that satisfy the functional requirements considering productivity, quality, flexibility and cost.
The objective of the course is to present some aspects related with the advanced manufacturing technology, principally its fundamentals, selection and application. Emphasis will be made in some developments that can have a wide application in diverse industrial branches. Among them, Rapid technology, that includes rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing and rapid tooling. Precision machining with defined cutting edge geometry. Jet machining, micro electrical discharge machining, laser cutting, high-speed machining, micromachining, precision engineering and advanced measurement technology.
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Carlos Julio Cortés, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaProf. Cortés carried out his PhD studies in the University of Kassel in Germany. He is MSc. in Materials and Manufacturing Processes and MSc. in Economic Sciences- Industry and Technology. Prof. Cortés studied Automatic Control in Kitakyushu- Japan and he obtained his BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Colombia. His research interests are focused on manufacturing processes and precision engineering applied to metalworking and plastics, and advanced manufacturing applied to medical technology. Prof. Cortés is head of the group of Biomechanics and Medical Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics at the National University of Colombia. He was associated researcher in the Institute of Production Technology in Kassel. Prof. Cortes is member of VDI (Society of German Engineers) and senior member of SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). |
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Eberhard Paucksch, Universidad de Kassel, AlemaniaProf. Paucksch obtained his PhD from the TH Hannover University in Germany. After a wide experience in the industry in control technology in Siemens & Halske at Karlsruhe, in product development and machine tools in Rheinstahl at Kassel and machine tools development in Ernst Krause & Co at Sttutgart, he was Professor and head of the Department of machining technology in the Institute of Production Engineering at the University of Kassel- Germany. His research and teaching are focused on production engineering, machine tools, metal cutting and precision machining. Prof. Paucksch is visiting Professor and academic consultant in Chile. He is author of diverse technological publications related on machining technology and also author of the book “Zerspantechnik- Prozesse, Werkzeuge, Technologien” (Machining- processes, cutting tools and Technology) with 12 editions published in German language (the last edition was published in 2008). |
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Andreas Gebhardt, Universidad de Aachen, AlemaniaProf. Gebhardt obtained his PhD from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He is consultant specialized in Rapid Prototyping. Currently, he is general manager of “CP- Centrum für Prototypenbau GmbH”, a Rapid Prototyping services company that covers the integrated process chain of Rapid Technology. Since 2000 he is professor of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany heading the chair of Advanced Production Technologies and Rapid Prototyping, also he is visiting professor of the City University of New York. Since 2004, Prof. Gebhardt is editor of RTeJournal, an on-line technical magazine for Rapid Technology. He is author of the book “Rapid Prototyping”, edited in English language and with three editions in German language, the last edition in German language was published in 2007 with the title “Generative Fertigungsverfahren. Rapid Prototyping –Rapid Tooling- Rapid Manufacturing”. |
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