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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

Course objectives

Premise Industrial plants are production systems characterized by a degree of complexity, tailored to the needs of a user (industrial company) in order to pursue economic goals. Within an industrial plant, several technical components can be identified, essentially related to the production of industrial activities (production plants) and to the realization of all the services necessary for the operation of the plant (service facilities) . Today's productive economic environment, in which industrial plants find use, requires some reflection in order to fully appreciate the needs of industrial companies and hence the role of the plant engineer. In recent years, there have been significant economic and social changes, largely linked to the extraordinary technological progress that has characterized in particular the past of the last century and which have led to phenomena that have profoundly changed the markets. Among others, the following are particularly important and characterized by a sufficient degree of generality: - the increase in the quantity and quality of information available to both suppliers and consumers; - the expansion of markets, namely the so-called globalization; - the increase in consumption; - the enhancement of the quality of life. These circumstances, in turn, have determined, from the point of view of the design and management of industrial plants: - rationalization requirements; - ability to satisfy ever more particular and changing needs; - increase of competitiveness and competition; - Increasing management needs compared with operating and executive requirements. All this in a context that, due to the need to meet the new market perspectives and to renewed social and environmental sensitivity, is gradually becoming more interested in issues such as: (A) Sustainable development (which in general terms translates into issues of rational use of energy, conservation / maintenance and security), (B) the economic efficiency of production activities and C) satisfaction of stakeholders (which translates into quality issues). From a socio-economic point of view, the formation of new Political Entities (European Union) and of the new World Trade Organization (OCT) are also being formed. These include, inter alia, the definition of new rules aimed at homogenization Of technical and commercial behaviors: - international voluntary standards on the management of productive activities; - harmonized standards; - directives of the "new approach". Ultimately, processes such as European integration and, at a wider scale, globalization of markets, as well as creating new competitive conditions (all stakeholders), bring companies to more and more aggressive competitors, Coming from different economic realities. The tightening of business competition thus greatly enhances the importance of effectively combining customer satisfaction and cost containment, which can now be considered as the two core principles to be followed for the development of Any productive system economically and financially sound. Educational goals In view of the premise, the course of Industrial Plants aims to: (A) provide basic knowledge of Industrial Facilities (identification, classification, description of the main elements); B) provide elements related to the design and management of industrial plants

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LORENZO FEDELE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program

THE GREEN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY (15 hours) Definitions and terminology. Production plants. Service systems. Characterization of production processes. Dimension of an industrial plant. Level of automation of an industrial plant. Production to order. Batch production. Continuous production. Life cycle of a production process. Production processes and their division into elementary sub-processes. Legal structure (Enterprise, Company). Classification of business areas. Institutional and governance structure: technical structure; organizational structure; ecnomic combinations. Distinctive features of economic combinations: unity, extension and dynamism of economic combinations. The reference environment: socio-institutional environment; competitive environment; the European context. The organization: types of organization; organizational structures (functional, divisional, etc.). ELEMENTS OF GENERAL ACCOUNTING AND INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTING (8 hours) Elements for the evaluation of the economic-financial performance of a productive activity. The Financial Statements: Balance Sheet and Income Statement. Industrial accounting: industrial accounting criteria and methods. FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF GREEN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS (10 hours) Investments. Feasibility analysis. Analysis of industrial investments. Market survey. Investment evaluation criteria and methods. DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS (15 hours) The location study. Product study. The life cycle of products. BOM, types and methods of representation. Tools for quality design: co-design, quality function deployment, concurrent engineering, etc.. The study of the production process. Product-process matrices. Economy of scale. level of automation. Production mix. Quantitative and qualitative diagrams. Sheets and processing cycles, representation methods. The study of the layout. Types of layouts. Layout selection criteria. Service facilities. Classification of service facilities. Choice factors. General criteria for the design of service systems. Transportation facilities. Water treatment plants. Plants for the processing of pressurized fluids. Electrical system. Lighting system. Fire system. Ventilation and air conditioning system. Industrial buildings. Dependent and independent demand materials. Management of dependent demand materials. MRP systems (Material Requirement Planning). Independent demand materials management. ROC (Re-Order Cycle) and ROL (Re-Order Level) management models. Analysis by value (ABC). INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ECO-MANAGEMENT: QUALITY, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE FOR RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY (20 hours) Quality. Process approach. Quality management systems. Reference legislation. Fundamental principles of Total Quality Management (TQM). Fundamental principles of Just In Time (JIT). Supply chain concept. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Comparative analysis of the reference legislation for safety in production systems. Definition of risk. Typology and classification of industrial risks. Prevention and protection interventions. Safety in the life cycle of the industrial system. Risk assessment and acceptability criteria. Economic evaluations for security planning. Security planning. Setting up the safety project. Elements of the safety design of an industrial system. Risk analysis methodologies. The human factor. Safety Management Systems. Reliability of an industrial system. Reliability analysis of industrial systems. Techniques for the analysis of complex systems. Design maintenance. Manage maintenance. In-out organization of maintenance. Qualification of maintenance suppliers. Maintenance contracts. Management of maintenance plans. Data acquisition and performance monitoring. Maintenance scheduling. Maintenance cards. Information systems for maintenance. Tele-maintenance. Soft-computing techniques for maintenance. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY (4 hours) Technological innovation. Reference model for the evolution of industrial systems. Internet of Things. cloud systems. Soft computing techniques. Communication architectures. Interconnection. Industry 4.0.

Prerequisites

Knowledges given in basic courses.

Books

Richard B. Chase, Nicholas J. Aquilano, Robert Jacobs, Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services, McGraw Hill. Teaching materials by the professor. L.Fedele, Progettare e Gestire la Sicurezza, McGraw Hill, 2008. L.Fedele, L.Furlanetto, D.Saccardi, Progettare e Gestire la Manutenzione, McGraw Hill, 2004.

Frequency

Attendance at the classes in presence

Exam mode

Students are required to realize a project (Technical-economic feasibility study of an industrial investment with the characteristics of the innovation and of the sustainability). The project is discussed in the oral session together with the theory of the course.

Lesson mode

Lectures and exercises assisted by the professor in class.