Description About Mechatronic
Mechatronics is centred on mechanics, electronics, control engineering, computing, molecular engineering (from nanochemistry and biology) which, combined, make possible the generation of simpler, more economical, reliable and versatile systems. The portmanteau "Mechatronics" was first coined by Mr. Tetsuro Mori, a senior engineer of the Japanese company Yaskawa, in 1969. Mechatronics may alternatively be referred to as "electromechanical systems" or less often as "control and automation engineering".

Engineering cybernetics deals with the question of control engineering of mechatronic systems. It is used to control or regulate such a system (see control theory). Through collaboration the mechatronic modules perform the production goals and inherit flexible and agile manufacturing properties in the production scheme. Modern production equipment consists of mechatronic modules that are integrated according to a control architecture. The most known architectures involve hierarchy, polyarchy, hetaerachy (often mispelled as heterarchy) and hybrid. The methods for achieving a technical effect are described by control algorithms, which may or may not utilize formal methods in their design. Hybrid-systems important to Mechatronics include production systems, synergy drives, planetary exploration rovers, automotive subsystems such as anti-lock braking systems, spin-assist and every day equipment such as autofocus cameras, video, hard disks, CD-players, washing machines.

A typical mechatronic engineering degree would involve classes in engineering mathematics, mechanics, machine component design, mechanical design, thermodynamics, circuits and systems, electronics and communications, control theory, programming, digital signal processing, power engineering, robotics and usually a final year thesis.

ICT IN ENGINEERING

Since engineering educations are separate into many courses we have choose to make this in case of Manufacturing education .There are many of application of ICT in Manufacturing education such as AutoCAD (automatic computer aided design) for accurate measurement in drawing, CAM (computer aided manufacturing), CNC (computer numerical control) and etc.
Student must have proficiency in materials and manufacturing processes: understanding the behavior and properties of materials as they are altered and influenced by processing in manufacturing; process, assembly and product engineering: understanding the design of products and the equipment, tooling, and environment necessary for their manufacture; manufacturing competitiveness: understanding the creation of competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy, and control; manufacturing systems design: understanding the analysis, synthesis, and control of manufacturing operations using statistical and calculus based methods, simulation and information technology; laboratory experience: graduates must be able to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and make technical inferences about the process.

Milling Machine

Automotive parts subject to high loads, such as drive shafts, gear wheels, and cardan joints, are formed using special tools. Besides having to meet increasingly demanding quality requirements, component manufacturers have to pay particular attention to the cost of the manufacturing process as a whole.

Automotive parts, for instance, and the cold-working tools used to shape them, are expected to last for increasingly longer. For this reason, they are made out of extremely hard, high-strength materials, but this also means that they are more difficult to machine. It is a major challenge for the European tooling and mould-making industry, because the parts have to be manufactured to a high standard of quality, without driving up costs of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology, in Aaachen.

In Hard Precision, we took a broad view of the whole process chain. Our partners told us which materials they intended to work with in future. These comprised mainly conventional and powder-metallurgical cold-work and high-speed steels. The modern trend in manufacturing is to use a single forming process to produce increasingly complex shapes, for instance, highly loaded steering system components. As a consequence, toolmakers are also having to deal with highly complex shapes. This, in turn, increases the complexity of the necessary machining tools and the design of the individual milling paths.

The solution found by the researchers was to adapt the machine to the new requirements by developing an optimized prototype with all-hydrostatic bearings. The improvements they implemented included the integration of lightweight structures and optimizing the coordination between the machine and the control system.