2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Fundamentals of Precision Machinery
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tadahiko Shinshi / Wataru Hijikata
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.J311
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on fundamentals of precision machinery and introduces modern precision machines and micro-nano machines.
Course description and aims
In order for students to understand the concept of precision machinery, the instructor lectures on many precision elements such as bearings, guideways, feeding elements, actuators and sensors and fabrication methods.
Keywords
precision machinery, micro-nano machine, feeding mechanism, guiding mechanism, actuator, sensor, control, motion generation, motion constraint, Abbe's principle, precision machining, assembling
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- This class aims at learning 4, 6 and 7 of learning objective.
Class flow
At the end of each lecture, you should take a mini test.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of precision machinery (precision, ultra-precision and micro-nano) | Understanding of the concept of precision machinery |
| Class 2 | Examples of precision machinery (ultra precision machine, micro-nano machine) | Understanding of examples of precision machinery |
| Class 3 | Machine element 1 | Understanding of feeding elements, guideways and bearings |
| Class 4 | Machine element 2 | Understanding of actuator, sensor and control |
| Class 5 | Design of precision machinery | Understanding of design of precision machinery |
| Class 6 | Fabrication of precision machinery 1 | Understanding of fabrication of precision machinery 1 |
| Class 7 | Fabrication of precision machinery 2 | Understanding of fabrication of precision machinery 2 |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Precision Machine Design, Alexander H. Slocum SME
Evaluation methods and criteria
Understanding of the lecture will be evaluated by exercises (30%) and the final exam (70%).
Please note that mere copies of the answers to exams and assignment reports using AI, such as ChatGPT, will not receive a passing grade.
Related courses
- MEC.J432 ： Mechanism and Control for Ultra-precision Motion
- MEC.J332 ： Fundamentals of Precision Measurement
- MEC.J431 ： Ultra-precision Measurement
Prerequisites
Students who enrolled on or after April 1, 2023 (23B-) are not eligible to take this course in the 2024 academic year.