Industrial Technologies for Schools

1. Industrial Technologies for Schools

2. Industrial Technologies For Schools: Background Industrial Technologies for Schools is a national outreach activity organized in the context of the Industrial Technologies 2014 Conference http://www.industrialtechnologies2014.eu/

3. Industrial Technologies For Schools: Background • The activity has the following objectives: • Acquaint students with modern industrial technologies, including nanotechnologies, advanced materials and new production technologies • Engage them in a debate about the relevance of industrial technologies with the grand societal challenges of Europe (e.g. resources efficiency, ageing society, innovative societies etc.) • Promote creative thinking through a project-based competition: • Use of industrial technologies to address in a novel way everyday life problems associated with Europe’s Grand Societal Challenges • Conceptualize a new product / service • Enable students to actively participate in the Conference, present their ideas and interact with the European Industrial Technologies community

4. Industrial Technologies For SchoolS: PROCEDURE PART 1 • LMS staff will visit schools. Presentation (slides / videos) on modern industrial technologies - A state of the art and future perspectives (content adjusted to student audience). Debate / Discussion • Student groups from schools will visit LMS facilities. Demonstration of selected industrial technologies (e.g. laser processing, robotics, virtual manufacturing, nano-manufacturing etc.) at LMS facilities. Debate / Discussion

5. Industrial Technologies For Schools:PROCEDURE • PART 2 • Students will be posed with the question: • “What can NMP technologies do for addressing the grand societal challenges with a view to year 2020?” • and participate in a project competition • Each school group will conceptualise a product / service based on advanced NMP technologies that may contribute in addressing one of the grand societal challenges • Each school group will deliver a short report with their ideas • Some dedicated space will be reserved in the posters areas at the Conference site, where each school group will present their ideas on a poster

6. Industrial Technologies For Schools:PROCEDURE PART 2(continued) The international Experts Advisory Group of the Conference and the Conference participants will be engaged in a selection process to pick the best 1-3 ideas A dedicated workshop (e.g. A “student-eye” view on the future potential of industrial technologies, etc.) will be organized, e.g. on Day 3, where representatives of each group will present their ideas on slides The competition results will be announced at the end of the Workshop and an award will be given to the winning group(s)

7. Industrial Technologies For Schools:LOGISTICS • Participation: 10-15 schools from Achaia and Attica, including public and private schools • Target group: 4th and 5th year secondary school students, school teams of 15-20 students • Timeline • Engaging schools: Nov – Dec 2013 • Visits & project: Dec 2013 – Feb 2014 • Delivery of reports: end of Feb 2014 • Participation of the student groups to the Conference – poster session & student workshop: 11th of April 2014

8. Nanotechnology Human Hair • Nano Scale Any element or component only a few nanometers (10-9m) in size • Nanotechnologyelements less than 100 nanometers in size (100 nm) in order to create new systems, materials and devices Nano-manufactured Race Car Nano  1 billion 100.000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair

9. Nanotechnology: Fields of Application Materials Powders, Coatings, Carbon Nano-Materials, C-Nano Fabrics Energy Solar power, Photo-voltaics, Hydrogen fuel cells, LED White Light Medicine / Bioengineering Genomics, Lab on a chip, C-Nanotubes Electronics Nanochips, Nanosensors, NanoRAM, MagneticRAM Devices Lithography, Nano scale microscopes, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

10. Nanotechnology: products Glass nanofibers Nanofibers Fibers with diameters less than100 nm Nanowire Structures with constrained diameter to tens of nanometers and an unconstrained length Nanowire array

11. Nanotechnology: products Nanotubes: Tube-like structures in nano scale (i.e. carbon, silicon, DNA) Carbon nanotube • Must-know facts: • 4 nm width (smaller diameter than DNA) • 100 times stronger than steel, 1/6 weight • Thermal conductive • Metallic & electrically semi-conductive

12. Nanotechnology: products • Nanoelectronics: Electrically charged components with nano scale dimensions but with the same or even better efficiency that the conventional ones Semi nano conductor Nano processor chip Nano sensor Nano transistor

13. Nanotechnology: products Drugs • Better and targeted drug delivery • The rate at which the drug stays in the body can be manipulated • Lower doses needed Treatment • New medical diagnostic devices are able to detect small amounts of proteins related with serious illnesses • Research is undertaken in order to use carbon nanotubes in bone implants Nanomedicine

14. Materials: COMPOSITES • Combinationof two or more materials (reinforcing elements, fillers, and composite matrix binder), different in form or composition • The constituents retaintheir identities, that is, they do not dissolve or merge completely into one another although they act in concert

15. Materials: ADHESIVES • Avoid concentration stresses • No negative influence on the substrate’s mechanical properties • Ability of designing lightweightstructures • Joining different materials • The best strength-weight ratio from any of the others joining methods

16. Materials: INNOVATIVE MATERIALS • Titanium(turbojet engines) • Light aluminium alloys(transport, electrical conductors) • Kevlar(aerospace use) • Liquidmetal(smartphone industry) • Porousmetal(medical use; filtration) • Shape memory foam (medical use; treatment) • Bioplastic polymer with nanofillers(electronic circuits) Aluminum Foam Liquidmetal

17. Materials: CUTTING TOOLS • Diamond(for composites) • Graphite(for EDM sinking) • Carbide(for metalworking industries) • Coatings from titanium nitride(for ultra high speed processing) Diamond cutting tools Carbides Titanium nitride coated cutting tools

18. BIO-TECHNOLogY • Biomechanics • Muscoloskeletal applications • Neuromechanical control • Noninvasive surgery (ultrasound techniques) • Neurotechnology • Biosensors for monitoring • Brain-machine interfaces • Electrochemical biosensors

19. BIO-TECHNOLogY • Implants & regenerative medicine • Ligament, cartilage and meniscus replacement tissues • Biocompatible endovascular stents • Detection devices • Medical imaging techniques • Low power circuits for data processing and wireless transmission • Cell & molecular bioengineering • Synthetic biology • Cellular pattern formation Minimally invasive surgery

20. Production Research Areas: • Aeronautics • Automotive • Energy generation • Footwear • Micro-systems • New manufacturing processes • Optical and Textiles industries • Innovative technologies for buildings Automotive Industry Footwear Industry New Laser welding machine

21. PRODUCTION: Manufacturing Robots • More degrees of freedom • Extreme accuracy and precision • Obstacle detection • Ability to carry awkward-shaped and heavy components • Handle tasks that are hazardous to people (i.e. mining robots) • Reduce flow-time in production lines • Provide high quality results compared to humans Mining Robot Robotic production line

22. PRODUCTION: Manufacturing Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machines Machine tool that uses programs to automatically execute a series of machining operations with the aid of an on-board computer • Increased productivity • Reduced parts inventory • Reduced tool/fixture storage and cost • Flexibility that speeds changes in design • Accurate processing • High surface quality products • Improvement in manufacturing control

23. PRODUCTION: New forms of production Rapidmanufacturing: a production technique that involves the creation of solid objects, delivering energy/material to specific points in the production line • Time & cost elimination • Raw material waste reduction • Total flexibility in design phase • Improved speed & flexibility • Early stage optimisation • Easy customisation

24. PRODUCTION: New forms of production 3DPrinting: a layer manufacturing technology in which the layers are formed by using a printhead-like device to distribute an adhesive to bond the surface of a powder in the desired shape • Time & development cost elimination • Variety of printing materials • Impart more information than a computer image • Functionalityoptimisation in an early stage • Personalise merchandise 3D printed objects

25. PRODUCTION: Digital Manufacturing Virtual Reality The technology that allows humans to visualise, manipulate and interact with highly complex computer generated data in a realistic way • Interaction • IMMERSION • Navigation • Visualisation Ford’s CAVE VR environment

26. PRODUCTION: Digital Manufacturing Types of VR in engineering applications Immersive VR Augmented Reality Collaborative VR Desktop VR

27. PRODUCTION: Digital Manufacturing Manufacturing Applications • Virtual Maintenance • Virtual Shipbuilding • Virtual Collaboration • Virtual Machining • Virtual Ergonomics • Interaction techniques

28. PRODUCTION: Digital Manufacturing Simulation Programs The process of designing a mathematical or logical model of a real-system and then conducting computer-basedexperiments with the model to describe, explain, and predict the behaviour of the real system Example from a simulation model of a production line

29. PRODUCTION: Digital Manufacturing Internet of things • Application of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to manufacturing • includes features unique to industrial applications • improvemanufacturing performance • enable better integration with business systems

30. KNOWLEDGE based engineering (kbe) • The idea: a merging of object-oriented programming, artificial intelligence, and computer aided design • The aim: capture product and process information to allow businesses to model engineering processes, and then use the model to automate all or some parts of the process. • System consulting • Product development • Process improvement • Development and maintenance

31. Construction Innovative technologies for buildings • sonic attenuation • vibration absorption • fire-prevention techniques • reduced maintenance • indoor parameter monitoring systems • new construction methods • reduced energy consumption

32. Construction Tunneling Design Phase • An Integrated Optimisation Platform is launched (IOPT) providing expert knowledge, artificial intelligence and continuous monitoring of the tunneling process • The data collected are stored for future use in Knowledge Repositories Tunnel boring machine with monitored cutters and screen display in the operator’s cabin

33. Construction Excavation Process • Special helmets with built in displays provide information • Fiber-optic cable installed in the tunnel provides early warnings of excessive settlement • New larger tunnel boring machines • Innovative cutting tools • Improved tunnel monitoring system A helmet with built-in data display gives an engineer up-to-date information on geology and displacements in his location.

34. Construction Innovative stone extraction and conversion • Reduction of stone waste • Incorporation of marble & granite powders into concrete road paving to absorb pollutants • New high speed hammerless drilling system • Non-destructive testing methodology (sonic waves) • Nanodiamond ultra thin slab cutting disks Accurately drilled holes with hammerless drilling machine

35. Construction Finite Elements Method (FEM) • The idea: The finite element method is a numerical analysis technique used to obtain solutions to the differential equations that describe, or approximately describe a wide variety of physical problems • Eliminate time & cost for physical experiments • Complex geometries are easy to analyse under any case of loading / boundary condition • Models made from composite / multiphase materials are accommodated • Model is easily refined at no cost Composite in FEM

36. Industrial Technologies For SchoolsCONTACT For more information: Dr.Dimitris MOURTZIS (Tel.: 2610-997262, email: mourtzis@lms.mech.upatras.gr) Dr.DimitrisMAVRIKIOS (Tel.: 2610-997262, email: mavrik@lms.mech.upatras.gr) Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS) Director: Prof. George Chryssolouris Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics University of Patras, Greece www.lms.mech.upatras.gr