Division of Design & Manufacturing

(Director: Mourtzis Dimitris)
Members: Nikolakopoulos Georgios, Makris Sotirios, Nikolakopoulos Pantelis, Fassois Spilios, Stavropoulos Panagiotis, Koustoumpardis Panagiotis, Filippatos Angelos, Sakellariou Ioannis

General: The division offers courses on: Mechanical Drawing – Theory of Machines and Mechanisms – Machine Elements – Engineering Design – Theory and Applications of CAD – Design and Planning of Production Systems – Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing – Rapid Prototyping – Machine Tools – Material Processing – Metrology and Measurements – Maintenance of Machinery –  Machine Fault Diagnosis and Reliability- Automatic Control – Modeling, Identification and Optimization of Mechanical Systems – Mechatronic Systems – Robotics – Industrial Automatic Control – Applications of Artificial and Computational Intelligence – Stochastic Dynamic Signals and Systems – Acoustics – Sound Pollution – Medical Systems – Man-machine Systems

  • Website: http://www.smsa.upatras.gr/
    Email: fassois@mech.upatras.gr
    Phone: 2610 969 492/495

    Director: Fassois Spilios

    Members: Sakellariou Ioannis

    The Laboratory for Stochastic Mechanical Systems & Automation (SMSA) specializes on statistical methods for the estimation, analysis, prediction, fault diagnosis and control of stochastic mechanical signals and systems. Emphasis is placed on structural identification, Structural Health Monitoring, random vibration analysis, aircraft automation, aircraft systems and control.

    Teaching
    Undergraduate courses:
    1) Mechatronic Systems
    2) Systems & Automatic Control I
    3) Systems & Automatic Control II
    4) Stochastic Signals & Systems
    5) Flight Mechanics II
    6) Structural Identification and Health Monitoring

    Post-graduate courses:
    1) Identification & Estimation of Stochastic Systems

    Research
    Τhe Laboratory has long experience on innovative industrial research projects with various companies in Greece, Europe, and the US. It also has extensive international relations, and actively collaborates with many research establishments and Universities in Europe and the world in the following areas:
    • Smart systems and structures
    • Experimental vibration analysis
    • Experimental modal analysis
    • Structural Health Monitoring
    • Aircraft automation
    • Aircraft guidance and control
    • Fault detection systems
    • Vibration control
    • Non-stationary vibration analysis
    • Non-linear identification of systems and structures
    • Monitoring of moving structures and structures under earthquake excitation
    • Reliability assessment and intelligent maintenance systems (IMS)
    • Industrial SCADA signal acquisition and analysis systems (industrial informatics)
    • Virtual sensor technology
    • Experimental dynamic analysis
    • Self-learning and intelligent industrial systems

    Equipment 

    The Laboratory runs fully equipped and modern facilities for mechanical (including vibration and acoustics) measurements and computer based identification, fault diagnosis and control of mechanical, aeronautical, and structural systems. Its main equipment includes:

    • Data acquisition systems
    • Impedance Heads for force excitation measurement
    • Various accelerometer arrays
    • Electromechanical and peripherals for experimental modal analysis
    • Instrumented impulse hammers
    • Arrays of PZTs and peripherals for smart structures
    • Arrays of dynamic (wide bandwidth) strain gauges and peripherals
    • Signal Conditioning equipment and dedicated amplifiers
    • Analogue and digital controllers
    • Real Time data acquisition systems
    • Real Time control module
    • Servo motor systems
    • Hydraulic control systems
    • Modern computing facilities
    • Specialized software for DAQ, vibration and modal analysis, stochastic signal and system analysis and control.

    The laboratory has also several prototype structures for the application and analysis of novel methodologies. Among them: Garteur aircraft scale skeleton structure, aircraft panels, bridge type structures, robotic devices, wind turbine structures, and so forth.

  • Website: http://mdl.mech.upatras.gr
    Phone: +30 2610 997 195, +30 2610 969 457

    Director: Nikolakopoulos Pantelis

    Members: Filippatos Angelos

  • Website: https://lms.mech.upatras.gr/
    Email: mourtzis@lms.mech.upatras.gr
    Phone: 2610 – 910160

    Director: Mourtzis Dimitris

    Members: Makris Sotirios, Stavropoulos Panagiotis

    LMS is involved in a number of research projects funded by the CEU and European industrial partners.  Particular emphasis is given to the co-operation with the European industry as well as with a number of “hi-tech” firms.  LMS is organized in three different groups:

    1.     Innovative Manufacturing Processes

    2.     Advanced Human-Centered Design Techniques including Virtual Reality

    3.     Production Systems Planning, Control and Networking.

    Teaching

    LMS is responsible for the delivery of the following courses:

    1. Non-Conventional Manufacturing Processes
    2. Mechanical Drawing and Machine Shop I
    3. Mechanical Drawing and Machine Shop II
    4. Manufacturing Processes & Laboratory I
    5. Manufacturing Processes & Laboratory II
    6. Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
    7. Ιntroduction to Manufacturing Systems

    Research

    Innovative Manufacturing Processes

    LMS is involved in the research and development of innovative manufacturing processes with a high potential for improving quality, productivity, cost and environmental efficiency.  Specific fields involve:

    • Laser manufacturing techniques, including 3D laser machining, laser gladding and remote laser welding
    • Rapid Manufacturing, focusing mainly on Rapid Tooling techniques and new materials
    • Nanomanufacturing and nanomaterial processing
    • Advanced grinding techniques, including grind hardening
    • Electro Discharge processes
    • Life-Cycle Assessment, focusing mostly on Design for Assembly/Disassembly

     

    Advanced Human-Centered Design Techniques

    LMS is involved in research and development of advanced design techniques in order to support the verification of products and processes in terms of feasibility, functionality, ergonomics and reliability. Specific fields involve:

    • Virtual and Augmented Reality industrial applications for process simulation and verification
    • Digital Human Simulation, including motion capturing and modeling techniques
    • Virtual Collaborative Environments
    • Ergonomics and safety, employing prognostic and diagnostic tools (fault tree analysis, decision tools, risk assessment, discomfort evaluation)
    • Systems reliability assessment

     

    Production Systems Planning, Control and Networking

    LMS interest is focused on the development, software implementation and use of advanced tools based on Artificial Intelligence methods for production systems planning & control and for the development of intelligent Internet-based applications addressing the enterprise-wide business activities.  Specific fields involve:

    • Real-time manufacturing scheduling and production planning
    • Enterprise networking & Internet based software applications
    • Concurrent Engineering approaches
    • Flexibility in manufacturing systems
    • e-business and e-work applications
    • Statistical Process Control
    • Model-based quality control procedures

     

    More than three hundred publications on scientific journals and conferences as well as numerous technical reports have been produced based on these research activities and are available upon request.

    Equipment 

    Additive Manufacturing and Rapid Tooling

    • Stereolithography machine 3DSystems SLA 250/30 with 30 mW HeCd
    • LOM (Laminated Object Manufacturing) machine Helisys 1015
    • FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) machine Stratasys 1650

     

    Materials Processing

    • 2 industrial robots COMAU NJ130-2.6 and NJ370-2.7
    • Machine for laser processing TRUMPF TCL 2530, with CO2 pulsed laser TLF turbo
    • Electro Discharge Machine Charmilles ROBOFORM 22 CNC EDM
    • CNC equipment consisting of: 1 3axis vertical CNC milling machine XYZ 3000 SMX SLV, 3 desktop CNC lathes and 4 desktop 3axis vertical CNC milling machines (Sherline)
    • Conventional machine tools (lathes, milling, grinding and drilling machines)

     

    Virtual Reality (VR)

    • Advanced Working Stations: SGI Onyx2 Infinite Reality2 RK Workstation and 2 SGI Octane / SSE Workstations.
    • Peripheral VR devices: FS5 Head Mounted Display, Cyberglove / Cybertouch / Gesture Plus data glove system, 2 position and direction location devices Long Ranger Fastrak, 1 set of stereoscopic glasses CrystalEyes and 1 3D mouse input device.

Research