Industrial Layout Design and Safety detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech 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 Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of industrial layout design and safety is as follows.
Course Objectives:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit I
INTRODUCTION 6 Industrial Facility Layout: Definition, Types of Layout Problems, Engineering Design Problem Approach – Product Analysis, Equipment Selection, Personnel Requirement Analysis, Space Requirement and Availability – Process and Material Flow Analysis, Data Requirement for Layout Decisions, Tools for Presenting Layout Designs.
Unit II
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit III
FACILITIES LAYOUT PROBLEM MODELS & ALGORITHMS 6 Models for the Layout Problem, Generic Modeling Tools, Models for the Single-Row Layout Problem, Models for the Multi row Layout Problem with Departments of Equal and Unequal Area – Material Handling, Principles, Types, Models for Material-Handling System Design – Storage and Warehousing, Warehouse Functions, Warehouse Design and Operation.
Unit IV
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit V
APPROACHES IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT 6 Safeguarding against Common Potential Hazards: Trips, Slips and Falls, Preventing Electrocution, Static Electricity, Hazardous Energy Control. Specific Hazard Control Measures: Forklift Hazard Control, Tractor Hazard Control. Safe Handling and Storage: Material Handling, Compressed Gas Cylinders, Corrosive Substances, Hydrocarbons, Waste Drums and Containers.
Industrial Layout Design Laboratory
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Explain the industrial facility layout design principles, process and material flow analysis and product and equipment analysis.
- Discuss the facilities layout design algorithms and selecting appropriate software.
- Describe the facilities layout problem modeling tools and algorithms for production, warehouse, and material handling.
- Explain the safety planning and management principles in industries.
- I llustrate the various safety management approaches in industries.
Text Books:
- Sunderesh S. Heragu, Facilities Design, 3rd Edition, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.
- L. M. Deshmukh, Industrial Safety Management: Hazard Identification and Risk Control, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005.
Reference Books:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit Mech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Mechanical Engineering results, visit Anna University Mech all semester results direct link.