Design For X detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM 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 Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design for x is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
General design principles for manufacturability – strength and mechanical factors, mechanisms selection, evaluation method, Process capability – Feature tolerances GeometricTolerances – Assembly limits -Datum features – Tolerance stacks.
Design to minimize material usage – Design for disassembly – Design for recyclability – Design for manufacture – Design for energy efficiency – Design to regulations and standards.
Unit II
FACTORS INFLUENCING FORM DESIGN 9
Working principle, Material, Manufacture, Design- Possible solutions – Materials choice -Influence of materials on form design – form design of welded members, forgings and castings.
Unit III
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Unit IV
COMPONENT DESIGN – CASTING CONSIDERATION 9
Redesign of castings based on Parting line considerations – Minimizing core requirements, machined holes, redesign of cast members to obviate cores. Identification of uneconomical design – Modifying the design – group technology – Computer Applications for DFMA
Unit V
DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 9
Introduction to AM, DFMA concepts and objectives, AM unique capabilities, exploring design freedoms, Design tools for AM, Part Orientation, Removal of Supports, Hollowing out parts, Inclusion of Undercuts and Other Manufacturing Constraining Features, Interlocking Features, Reduction of Part Count in an Assembly, Identification of markings/ numbers.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Elaborate the design principles for manufacturability
- discuss the factors influencing in form design
- Apply the component design features of various machine.
- Discuss the design consideration principles of welding in the design of welded products.
- Discuss the design consideration principles of additive manufacturing.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- CorradoPoli, Design for Manufacturing: A Structured Approach, Elsevier, 2001.
- David M. Anderson, Design for Manufacturability & Concurrent Engineering: How to Design for Low Cost, Design in High Quality, Design for Lean Manufacture, and Design Quickly for Fast Production, CIM Press, 2004.
- Erik Tempelman, Hugh Shercliff, Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, Manufacturing and Design: Understanding the Principles of How Things Are Made, Elsevier, 2014.
- Graedel T. Allen By. B, Design for the Environment Angle Wood Cliff, Prentice Hall. Reason Pub., 1996.
- Boothroyd, G, Heartz and Nike, Product Design for Manufacture, Marcel Dekker, 1994
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