
From graduation to Master’s degree
Success of the second Level II University Master’s degree organised in collaboration between the Politecnico di Torino and the Merlo Group.
A ceremony at the Energy Center of the Politecnico di Torino closed the first second-level University Master’s degree in the presence of its didactic coordination commission.
This highly specialised training has involved for two years young graduates in engineering, engaged in the development of “Design and process methodologies for the industrialisation of modular telescopic handlers” to ensure an increase in efficiency and a reduction in consumption and emissions with significant benefits in terms of environmental impact.
The lessons of the Politecnico’s lecturers alternated in the Lingotto premise classrooms and at the CFRM and an important part of the practical activities took place in the company’s departments under the guidance of expert tutors from the Merlo Group.
The final projects were integrated into the company’s development and production processes and their executors were all hired on a permanent basis.
Thanks to the positive experience that has just ended, the Merlo Group and the Politecnico have decided to continue the collaboration with a third edition for the academic years 2022/2024.
High-Tech contents
With this project, the Merlo Group provides young engineers with the opportunities and tools to acquire the new skills necessary to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving global manufacturing industry and know thoroughly the new technologies and tools of Industry 4.0.
– Gabriele Ceglia: Reorganisation and balancing of an assembly line aimed at an increase in production.
– Federico Conte: Testing system for Merlo hydraulic distributors.
– Giacomo Cravero: Forecasting, controlling and monitoring stock levels.
– Nicolò Dalmasso: Supplier performance monitoring and evaluation.
– Sabino Di Gioia: Sizing and implementation of a new final assembly line: the e-Worker case.
– Francesco Gallo: Optimization of a machining center for the production of polymeric components.
– Luciano Manfreda: hanges and optimizations of supermarket warehouses in Merlo SpA.
– Stefano Russo: Hydraulic distributor test bench predictive analysis.
– Matteo Salviani: Modeling, parameterization and simulation of a diesel engine control for Merlo trough-terrain telescopic handlers.
– Mattia Tomatis: Crash scenarios of a rough-terrain telescopic handler: definition, simulation and detection via on-board sensors.
– Filippo Virgilio: Analysis, realization and optimization of the new production process of the engine compartment.
A collaboration that looks to the future
Aurelio Somà, coordinator of the Master’s Degree Course and lecturer at the Mechanical and Aerospace Department of the Politecnico, in highlighting the key stages of the two-year period, stressed the fruitful collaboration between the University and the Merlo Group, both in higher education and in innovative R&D projects.