12907 (v.2) Industrial Technology 433

Area:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12921 (v.2) Industrial Technology 332 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Modern day manufacturing - limitations of traditional manufacturing concepts, need for better communications and integration of total design emphasis. CAD/CAM and CNC machining centre and use of CAD/CAM equipment. Preventative and breakdown maintenance. Review of manufacturing concepts - mass, batch and jobbing shop production MRP&MRP11 and JIT. New manufacturing demands - greater quality, shorter lead-time, increased product complexity, global market. Western versus Japanese approach to manufacturing. The use of special purpose automated systems compared with robotic systems and types of manufacturing robots. Flexible manufacture system (FMS), assembly equipment and material handling. Concurrent engineering - design, manufacturing and modular production systems. Role of CAD in manufacturing. Case study of companies trying to implement automation. CIM model and concepts.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030703 Industrial Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External