Study programme Construction of Production Machines and Equipment

Graduates can find employment as calculation specialists, designers, development staff in design, designers in sections dealing with the construction of machines and equipment and in companies dealing with assembly, the operation and maintenance of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, but also pumping equipment, pipeline distribution, lubricating equipment, testing areas and other areas.

The Construction of Production Machines program aims to educate researchers in the field of machine design and sophisticated production technologies, whether they are basic structural elements and nodes, or complex projects of large machinery. The program consists of several specializations. These specializations cover a relatively large area of construction and calculations of both machines and their parts and groups. Another area is the issue of machine drives, both mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic. Other specializations are transport and material handling, earthmoving, mining and construction machinery. Within the complexity of the program, knowledge in the field of maintenance and diagnostics is deepened for all the above-mentioned devices. The whole study is highly professional and the latest knowledge of the field is applied in it. Top designs and optimization methods are used in designs and calculations. Of course, work with modern 3D CAD applications and FEM systems. Students design machines and machine parts with regard to load-bearing capacity and required service life. Graduates acquire these resources on a professional level. They become experts in individual specializations and at the same time their knowledge is sufficient to be able to work as designers or calculators in other design fields.

Graduates of the program will gain information and knowledge in the field of design, construction, operation, maintenance and diagnostics of production machines and equipment in various fields of human activity. They will acquire the principles and skills of methodological design and design theory using computer support. They will gain a deeper knowledge of the major disciplines of mechanical engineering as a broad basis for creative application in mechanical engineering and for further professional growth through various forms of lifelong learning.

The basic knowledge of the graduate of the program includes:
 technical drawing in mechanical engineering, metal production and other industrial fields according to the respective focus;
 general principles and procedures of care for machines, equipment and investment units;
 metallic materials and alloys and their properties (eg hardness, flexibility, toughness, etc.);
 machine parts and semi-finished products and their parameters (dimensions, surface quality, etc.);
 design principles and procedures;
 utility value and price of the product;
 machine mechanisms;
 basics of technologies, basic types of machines and equipment;
 quality and quality systems and standards;
 hydromechanics, hydraulics, pneumatics;
 statics, flexibility and strength;
 plastic and thermoplastic materials and their properties;
 basics of metalworking technology and more.

Graduates of doctoral studies in the field of Construction of Production Machines and Equipment will gain theoretical knowledge, practical skills and experience necessary for independent scientific work in various specializations of the field, which reflect the design directions of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the needs of industrial practice.

The basic skills of the graduate program include:
 Orientation in engineering standards and in technical documentation of machines, devices and equipment.
 Management of construction work and projects on a complete type of product from design to introduction into production.
 Independent processing of design solutions for more demanding engineering products.
 Elaboration of design documentation of engineering products and their parts.
 Communication in production, design, technology, economics, etc.
 Selection of suitable materials and semi-finished products for designed components, design of methods of their heat treatment and surface treatment.
 Strength calculations of complex stressed machine parts and metal structures.
 Elaboration of procedures, instructions and other documents for testing, use and technical conditions of the product, documents, etc.
 Carrying out economic evaluation of the product and more.

Graduates will develop their knowledge and skills in the construction of machine parts, groups and machinery, learn the principles and knowledge of the methodological approach to design, design theory and thoroughly learn to use the means of computer technology and computer graphics in the construction and design of machinery and equipment. They will gain information and knowledge based on practice in the field of design and construction of machinery and equipment. Through their studies, graduates will deepen their skills in further education. They will be guided to communicate both inside and outside the team, including industrial practice. An integral part of the study is the formation of one's own personality, or one's own judgment.