Precision engineering
The precision engineering (also known as precision engineering ) is an interdisciplinary field within the engineering that deals with the development and manufacture of very small or more specific products.
Selected (incomplete ) examples of the application of precision engineering are:
- Medical
- Measurement
- Microelectronics
- Microscopy
- Watches
- Aerospace Engineering
- Consumer electronics
While in university education often associated with the machinery, includes precision engineering, in addition to parts of this discipline, other areas of knowledge such as:
- Precision Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Opto - electronics
- Technical Optics
- Technical Acoustics
A distinguishing feature of mechanical engineering are often dissimilar goals in the design of components.
- In mechanical engineering, are often sufficient strength considerations.
- In order to achieve the highest precision and accuracy, precision engineering products must not only be stable. One of the requirement for safety against breakage addition, continuous aspect is the stiffness of individual parts and device structures.
In addition (for very small functional elements ) that physical laws of nature at the microscopic level have different effects, as in the man immediately accessible world. As a well-known example of this is the capillary
In an era in which human life is increasingly determined by technology, precision engineering makes a significant share in protecting the environment. On the one hand, the consumption of resources is lower than in traditional industries with precision engineering products, on the other hand, the control and thus the protection of the environment be ensured only through powerful metrology.
Training
At the University of Applied Sciences Kiel, University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main, University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg and the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, the course precision engineering has been transferred to the mechatronics course. This is also true for the University of Esslingen, Heilbronn University and the University of Furtwangen.
At the Ernst -Abbe- University of Applied Sciences Jena, the course is located precision engineering in SciTec and supplemented here with the existing in this field courses of Engineering Physics, Laser and optical technologies, materials technology and photovoltaic and semiconductor technology. At the University of Stuttgart in precision engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is integrated and can be dealt with in depth in the pre-diploma there already. At the TU Ilmenau in the Department of Mechanical Engineering specialization can also be selected precision engineering and the bachelor and are treated in greater depth later in the master. At the school in Dippoldiswalde can undergo the training for " State-certified technicians for Precision Engineering ".
The TU Dresden offers students of Electrical Engineering Degree Courses in " Precision and Micro Technology" at. Since this course also includes an integrated engineering degree, this training with the title "Diplom-Ingenieur " degree ( with an equivalent certificate "Master of Science, M.Sc. "). A standalone Masterststudium is also possible in this study.