Smart Mechanical Workshop


Teacher Zhong-Kun Yan
Extension 3206
E-mail alden0113@isu.edu.tw
Equipment The smart mechanical workshop is mainly divided into two areas, namely {smart flexible manufacturing center area} and {large CNC machine tool area}. The equipment system planned in this workshop is a basic Internet of Things (IOT) architecture, and is also a teaching platform to guide students into Industry 4.0. In addition to improving practical and innovative teaching, it also allows relevant departments to have teaching, research and development, and also hope to have substantial output value. {Smart Flexible Manufacturing Center Area} is an intelligent manufacturing platform that can be implemented by all kinds of students when conducting multi-discipline learning, considering the teaching and research of prototype design. This manufacturing center takes a PC-based medium-sized machine as the main resource, and uses the components in the system to achieve different degrees of flexibility, taking into account the ease of operation and safety. The center includes CAD/CAM software and processing machines, including two three-axis, four-axis, five-axis 3D printing and CNC complex machines, one industrial-grade scanner, two robotic arms, and an IOT structure. The raw material area, reverse engineering scanning area, design area, processing area, testing area and shipping area are arranged, with an IOT structure that digitally monitors, predicts and tracks the processing process of the machines. {Large CNC machine tool area} includes a five-axis vertical machining center, a three-axis turning-milling machine, a two-axis CNC lathe, a two-spindle turning-milling machine, a three-axis vertical milling machine, an electric discharge machine, and there are vertical five-axis machining centers. Therefore, through the network devices of the machines, in conjunction with the product of prototype design in the {Smart flexible manufacturing center area}, the processing capability of this workshop can be greatly increased, in addition to increasing the size of the workpiece. We expect the students' skills to improve in operating processing tools, meet the practical needs of industry, and can be applied to batch processing inside and outside the school.
Courses and research topics Computer aided design, Computer aided manufacturing, 3D printing tecniques, Computer numerical control