Machine Components (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

There are theory based lessons during the whole course. There are also weekly calculation exercises which are based on theory lesson of each week.

Team project exercise will start at the beginning of the course and it will continue through the whole course. At the end of the course there is end seminar for exercise.

Objective

After completing the course, you will know the operating principles of common component-like machine parts used in mechanical engineering. You will also learn basic dimensioning principles, taking into account the operating conditions of the machine. You are able to select machine parts for their applications with sustainability and responsibility in mind. You will also learn working life project skills and requirements through assignments.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You can analyze and solve technical challenges.

Engineering practice:
You can calculate and select the most common machine components.

Content

The basics and selection of the most common components in machine engineering.
Selected components:
- gears
- power transmission of v-belt and chains
- bearings, slide and rolling bearings,
- couplings and brakes
- springs

Materials

Handouts, Shigley, Mechanical Engineering Design. McGraw-Hill 2003.

Teaching methods

Weekly lessons consists of theory of the course and there are also weekly calculation exercises. There are also exercise project which gives you technical skills and team working skills.

Exam schedules

There are small exams during the course. There is alternative way to replace the last small exam by exam which consists of the whole course. There are also two resits after that based on JAMK orders.

Student workload

Lectures 55 h.
Calculation exercises and team project exercise which includes self-reliant work 80 h.
Total 135 h.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

There are small exams during the course based on course time schedule. There are no resists of these small exams. At the end of the course there is possibility to choose small exam or exam of the whole course. After this there are 2 resists.

Adequate (1): You can identify the basic knowledge and terminology but can only adequate way to apply them to simple selection and calculating tasks of machine components.

Satisfactory (2): You are familiar with the basic knowledge and terminology but can only satisfactorily apply them to selection and calculating tasks of machine components.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): You are familiar with the most common machine components, understands their purposes and operation models and can apply the theory for calculating and selection of machine components.

Very good (4): You master the essential knowledge and skills to dimension and select the machine components and understands their purposes and operation models. You master the related theory and can apply the knowledge in an innovative manner to calculating and selection process of the machine components.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You master the essential knowledge and skills to dimension and select the machine components and understands their purposes and operation models. You master the related theory and can apply the knowledge in an innovative manner to calculating and selection process of the machine components with more complicated methods.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Team work project is compulsory.

Calculation exercises of every topic of the course are also compulsory. Calculation exercises has to be returned based on course time schedule. 2/3 of each topic exercises has to be passed.

Qualifications

- basics of statics
- basics of 3-D modeling
- basics of mechanical drawings
- basics of material technology

Further information

The assessment is carried out through intermediate tests or an exam. Team project has also affect to assessment of the course. The grade can be affected by increasing the amount of homework when you return more than a certain amount of homework compared to the minimum number of submissions.