Credit Hours:	3-0-3
Prerequisites:	ME 4210 or equivalent; or with the consent of the instructor
Catalog Description:	Materials processing analysis and selection. Manufacturing systems design. Economic analysis.
Textbook:	George Tlusty, Jiri Tlusty, Manufacturing Processes and Equipment, 1st Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
Instructor:	Jonathan Colton (Fall 2003, Fall 2004)

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Goals:

To provide graduate students with an integrated treatment of the analysis of traditional and non-traditional manufacturing processes, their selection and planning, within an economic framework.

Prerequisites by topics:

Topics:

Fundamental Topics:

Review of material properties and behaviors

Review of manufacturing processes

Process Capabilities:

Geometry (size)

Complexity (1D, 2D, 3D)

Tolerance/ precision

Surface finish/ roughness

Numbers (one-off, small lot, mass production)

Material properties related:

Hardness

Melting temperature

Process economics

Cost

Economies of scale

Manufacturing Systems Design:

Matching product to processes (what are the steps)

Process selection models and methods:

Integration of process capabilities and economics

Inspection/ SPC

Virtual factories

Robotics / Assembly
 

Specific Processes (a few selected from):
Material Removal Processes

Cutting

EDM/ ECM

Welding

Laser machining

Metal Deformation Processes

Polymer and Composites Processing

Electronics Manufacturing

Silicon manufacture

PWB manufacture

PWB population and attachment

Ceramic Processing

Powder Processing / Metallurgy

Course Format:

The course will be taught in two segments. The first segment will introduce the fundamental topics. These will provide a common background for all of the students and for the second segment of the course.

The second segment will focus on specific processes and products. A number of products, which undergo multiple manufacturing processes, will form the centerpieces of the second segment. These topics will be introduced by the instructors. Students will examine and analyze the products and determine the most cost effective set of processes that will produce the product. A manufacturing system design and analysis will be a typical output (mini-project).

Delivery mode (%):

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Revised June 2004