CODE 72343 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 INGEGNERIA MECCANICA 8720 (L-9) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/17 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Creating base for industrial plants engineer able to integrate designing and economics-management aspects over the entire lifecycle of complex plants. Thus the learning process is based on general feasibility studies allowing to define, through different phases, useful elements for designing, construction and operation of the system. The course aims to provide the mechanical engineering students a systemic approach, techniques and methodologies widely adopted in industrial context. TEACHING METHODS Lessons on powerpoint presentations in Italian/English language. Course book. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Fundamentals of process plants and production systems. Features of industrial buildings and related designing criteria, structural loads, lighting engineering, work place climatic control. Internal transportation and containment equipment, load units definition. Designing and testing elements for: overhead travelling crane, motorized trolleys, elevators, rolling and gravity transporters, chain transporters (mono- and bi-rails), trolleys and special transporters. AGV, LGV transportation systems and control logics of automatic systems. Designing of transportation plants including: conveyors, cup elevators, and pneumatic transportation. Designing features and targets for production and service plants. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Pietro Giribone, “Impianti meccanici”, Dispense TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LORENZO DAMIANI Ricevimento: On appointment. LESSONS LESSONS START https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/8720/studenti-orario Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examination with written exercise on designing process. FURTHER INFORMATION Pre-requisites: Fundamentals courses of mechanical engineering from Bachelor degree.
