Rapid Prototyping detailed syllabus for Medical Electronics (MEE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MEE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Medical Electronics 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MEE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to MEE Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of rapid prototyping is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION
Overview -Need -Development of Additive Manufacturing Technology -Principle – AM Process Chain-Classification -Rapid Prototyping-Rapid Tooling -Rapid Manufacturing – Applications-Benefits -Case studies.
Unit II
DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Design tools: Data processing -CAD model preparation -Part orientation and support structure generation -Model slicing -Tool path generation-Design for Additive Manufacturing: Concepts and objectives-AM unique capabilities -DFAM for part quality improvement-Customised design and fabrication for medical applications.
Unit III
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Unit IV
EXTRUSION BASED AND SHEET LAMINATION PROCESSES
Extrusion Based System: FDM-Introduction -Basic Principle -Materials -Applications and Limitations -Bio extrusion. Sheet Lamination Process: LOM-Gluing or Adhesive bonding -Thermal bonding.
Unit V
PRINTING PROCESSES AND BEAM DEPOSITION PROCESSES
Droplet formation technologies -Continuous mode -Drop on Demand mode -Three Dimensional Printing -Advantages -Bioplotter -Beam Deposition Process: LENS-Process description -Material delivery -Process parameters -Materials -Benefits -Applications.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Demonstrate the basics of Additive manufacturing.
- Design and assembly of various parts for the desired task.
- Explain the process involved in laser and UV based AM
- Illustrate the process of fused deposition moulding and sheet lamination
- Support design and manufacturing, case studies relevant to mass customized manufacturing, and some of the important research challenges associated with AM and its data processing tools.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Ian Gibson, David W.Rosen, Brent Stucker, Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing,Springer, 2010.
- Tom Page Design for Additive Manufacturing, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012.
- Hilton, P.D. and Jacobs, P.F., Rapid Tooling: Technologies and Industrial Applications, CRC press, 2005.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Medical Electronics 5th Sem, visit MEE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Medical Electronics results, visit Anna University MEE all semester results direct link.