12907 (v.3) Design For Manufacturing 431

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 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

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

Syllabus:

Manufacturing matters; Introduction of classifications of manufacturing systems; The product life cycle; Flexible manufacturing and its impact on competitive strategy; Simulation and modelling software; Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and Just in Time (JIT); Outsourcing; Lean manufacturing; Concurrent Engineering (CE); Product design for assisting manufacturing; Product assembly; The strategic importance of innovation; Product design for manufacturing; Value analysis of a products; Product economical design; Types and characteristics of assembly methods; Product Design for Assembly (DFA); Methods for evaluating and improving product DFA; Environmental conscious manufacturing; Waste management; Design for disposal; Pollution control legislation; Computer Integrated Manufacture (CIM); Group Technology (GT); Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP); Product labour cost analysis; Equipment and material cost analysis; Design and Engineering cost; Overhead cost; Quality in manufacturing; Control of design quality; Quality control techniques; Variable control charts; Six sigma concept; What are the quality costs; The future of manufacturing; Intelligent machines; Security in e-manufacturing.

** 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*:

Essential
*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
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	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