Plastics Product Design detailed syllabus for Manufacturing Engineering (Manuf) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Manuf 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 Manufacturing Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Manuf 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Manuf Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of plastics product design is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PRODUCT DESIGN REQUIREMENT 9
Introduction to Product Design – Principles & Methodical approach for Product Design – Design Process – Material selection – Process selection – Safety Factors in Product Design – Product Design Appraisal- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances on Product-Product Design criteria -Structural, Environmental, Assembly, Aesthetics & Decoration- Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA)- Tooling Aspects on Product Design – Cost Analysis for Product Design.
Unit II
PRODUCT DESIGN FEATURES 9
Wall thickness – variations in wall thickness – suggested wall thickness for various plastics materials – Taper & Draft – Design of radii, fillets, ribs and bosses- Shrinkage – Fits &Tolerances- External & Internal Undercuts
Unit III
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Unit IV
ASSEMBLY FEATURES 9
Part Consolidation-Mechanical Fasteners- Snap Fits Joints- Snap Fit Theory, Annular and T orsional Snap fits, Assembly Procedures and Issues with Snap Fits- Welding -Ultrasonic Welding, Vibration and Hot-Plate Welding, Spin Welding- Bonding – Solvent and Adhesive Bonding-Retention Features-Alignment Features- Orientation-Expansion Differences- Tolerances – Introduction to Inmould Assembly.
Unit V
DESIGN FOR COMPOSITES 9
Design Criteria for Composites- Cost, Size, Mechanical Properties, Repeatability and Precision, Damage Tolerance and Durability, Environmental Constraints – Design allowables- Need for Design allowables- development of design allowables- Important factors that affect the selection of allowables – Specific techniques used in the statistical development of allowable values.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to
- Apply the knowledge and principles of basic product design
- Apply plastics product design for various applications.
- Apply for structural elements design
- Apply composite product design
- Apply various assembly features in plastics product design
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Belofsky, H, “Plastics Product Design and Processing Engineering, Hanser Publishers, Munich Vienna New York, 1994.
- Sidney levy J. Harry Dubois, “Plastics Product Design Engineering Hand Book”,
- Second Edition, Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1984
- Paul A. Tres, “Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly”, 2nd Revised Edition, Hanser Publishers, Munich Vienna New York, 1994
- Alfredo Campo E. “The Complete Part Design Handbook for Injection Molding of Thermoplastics”, Hanser Publishers, Munich, 2006
- Daniel B. Miracle and Steven L. Donaldson “Composites” Volume 21, ASM Handbook,ASM International, 2001.
- P.K. Mallick, “Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Materials, Manufacturing, and Design”, Third Edition, CRC Press 2007
- N G Mc Crum, Principles of Polymer Engineering, Oxford Science Publications, New York, 1997.
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