Authors:
Fábio Lima
;
Álvaro Camargo Prado
;
Alexandre Augusto Massote
and
Fabrizio Leonardi
Affiliation:
Centro Universitário da FEI, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Simulation, Software tools, Learning enhancement, e-Learning.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Assessment Software Tools
;
Computer-Aided Assessment
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Pedagogy Enhancement with e-Learning
;
Supervising and Managing Student Projects
Abstract:
This paper describes the experience of using software tools associated with an integrated manufacturing laboratory in an industrial engineering undergraduate course at FEI (Fundação Educacional Inaciana, Brazil). The integrated manufacturing laboratory has got three complete manufacturing cells integrated by computer. The aim of the laboratory is to provide to the industrial engineering student a powerful analysis capability of how to use these kinds of systems to improve product quality and production performance. To do that, computational models are implemented using software tools like Visual Object Net++, Promodel® and WEB support. Finally, the models are validated in laboratory experiments. It was observed that such strategy has been given excellent learning results.