Requirements for hybrid laboratories in Manufacturing Engineering

The article presents a proposal for a combination of laboratories in engineering, called hybrid laboratories (LH, for its acronym in Spanish), that is, a mixture of face-to-face (HO), virtual local (LV) and remote (LR) laboratories. To exemplify this proposal was developed a module for teaching processes in manufacturing (CNC machining). From this study we propose the generic characteristics of design, structure and the way of incorporation in a general system. The laboratory experiences are developed through a methodology supported by the tool 'Deployment of the Quality Function (QFD). The characteristics found in these LH laboratories are the basis for a possible general, replicable and scalable modular structure in a flexible laboratory practice development system.