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Precision Engineering and Microengineering

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Precision Engineering and Microengineering
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019
Module code: MST2.FMF
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P231-0042
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
3V+1P (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
4
Semester: 5
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam 120 min.

[updated 06.11.2020]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MST2.FMF (P231-0042) Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 5, mandatory course
MST2.FMF (P231-0042) Mechatronics and Sensor Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 5, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 120 hours (equivalent to 4 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 75 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MST2.DAS
MST2.DIF


[updated 14.02.2023]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. John Heppe
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Günter Schultes


[updated 14.02.2023]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this course, students will be familiar with the most important manufacturing processes of DIN 8580 with special reference to precision engineering. They will also be familiar with technological features such as operating principles and process parameters. Students will be able to assess the application areas of the processes and materials. They will have extended their knowledge about mechanics. And thus, link that knowledge with the content discussed in the course.
Students will be familiar with the most important manufacturing processes in microtechnology, their fields of application and MEMS design examples. They will understand precision and microtechnical products and their manufacturing processes.

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Module content:
Precision Engineering
1. Overview and classification
2. Primary forming processes, casting: Processes, materials and design rules, sintering
3. Forming manufacturing processes
4. Separating processes:
   Machining with geometrically determined cutting edge (turning, milling, drilling)
   Machining with geometrically indeterminate cutting edge (grinding)
5. Joining
   Hard and soft soldering
   Press and fusion welding processes, laser beam welding, resistance welding,  
 
Microtechnology
1. Introduction: What makes "micro" different?
2. Micromechanical silicon pressure sensors, operating principle and designs
3. Microsystems: Acceleration and rotation rate sensors
   Physical operating principles, designs and measurement technology
4. Necessary technologies for the production of microstructures
   Silicon wafer, thermal oxidation
   Coating technologies, PVD and CVD
   Structuring and etching processes
5. Nanotechnology         
   Nanoscale metal matrix layers (granular metals) in sensor technology, examples from our own research
   Laser micromachining with ultra-short laser pulses


[updated 06.11.2020]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture / slides as lecture notes
Preparation of a talk and handouts on a specific topic in groups of two,
Special teaching units with practical demonstrations at ZeMA (Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik),
Trip to a manufacturing plant,
Demonstration of CNC machines
 

[updated 06.11.2020]
Recommended or required reading:
Precision Engineering
- A. H. Fritz , G. Schulze, Fertigungstechnik, Springer Lehrbuch, also available as an e-book
- A. Risse, Fertigungsverfahren der Mechatronik, Feinwerk- und Präzisionsgerätetechnik, Springer Lehrbuch
- W. Krause, Fertigung in der Feinwerk- und Mikrotechnik, Hanser Verlag
- W. Krause, Grundlagen der Konstruktion, Hanser Verlag
- Tabellenbuch Metall und Werkstofftechnik für Metallberufe, Verlag Europa Lehrmittel
  
Microtechnology
- F. Völklein, T. Zetterer, Praxiswissen Mikrosystemtechnik, Vieweg Verlag
- T.M. Adams, R.A. Layton, Introductory MEMS, Springer Verlag
- Bosch, Sensoren im Kraftfahrzeug, Springer Verlag
- M. Glück, MEMS in der Mikrosystemtechnik, Teubner Verlag

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