Design for Manufacturing detailed syllabus for Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MAE 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 & Automation Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MAE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to MAE Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design for manufacturing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION AND CASTING 9
Introduction – Economics of process selection – General design principles for manufacturability; Design considerations for: Sand cast – Die cast – Permanent mold cast parts.
Unit II
FORMING 9
Design considerations for: Metal extruded parts – Impact/Cold extruded parts – Stamped parts -Forged parts.
Unit III
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Unit IV
WELDING 9
Arc welding – Design considerations for: Cost reduction – Minimizing distortion – Weld strength – Weldment & heat treatment. Resistance welding – Design considerations for: Spot – Seam – Projection – Flash & Upset weldment.
Unit V
ASSEMBLY 9
Design for assembly – General assembly recommendations – Minimizing the no. of parts – Design considerations for: Rivets – Screw fasteners – Gasket & Seals – Press fits – Snap fits – Automatic assembly.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Discuss the economic process selection principles and general design principles for manufacturability in the development and design of products for various engineering applications. Also, apply design consideration principles of casting in the design of cast products.
- Explain design consideration principles of forming in the design of extruded, stamped, and forged products.
- Explain design consideration principles of machining in the design of turned, drilled, milled, planed, shaped, slotted, and ground products.
- Explain design consideration principles of welding in the design of welded products.
- Explain design consideration principles of assembly in the design of assembled products.
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.
- Henry Peck, “Designing for Manufacture”, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1973.
- Matousek, “Engineering Design”, Blackie & Sons, 1956.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical & Automation Engineering 6th Sem, visit MAE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Mechanical & Automation Engineering results, visit Anna University MAE all semester results direct link.