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Unit of Study ENI72005 - Introduction to Mechanical Design and Manufacturing (2016)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the interactions between manufacturing, materials performance and engineering design processes. Students explore this through a team-based reverse engineering exercise. Common and new manufacturing processes are addressed. Students undertake Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Manufacturing (CAM) exercises, including numerically controlled production of a component.

Unit content

1. Design as a problem solving activity

2. Interactions between manufacturing and design processes

3. Common and new manufacturing processes

4. Materials behaviour in manufacturing

5. Design within manufacturing and material constraints

6. Computational modelling in design

7. Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) exercises

8. Reverse engineering, manufacturing and assembly project

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2016

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Appreciate the engineering design process and the role of engineering standards in graphical communication
2 Develop skills in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
3 Develop skills in solving engineering problems using a logical framework
4 Understand the role of modelling and simulation in manufacturing
5 Develop knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials and use it to reverse engineer a component
6 Develop communication skills in writing and master appropriate graphics, data manipulation, and word processing software
7 Work effectively in teams

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate the engineering design process and the role of engineering standards in graphical communication
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. Develop skills in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. Develop skills in solving engineering problems using a logical framework
    • GA2:
  4. Understand the role of modelling and simulation in manufacturing
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. Develop knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials and use it to reverse engineer a component
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  6. Develop communication skills in writing and master appropriate graphics, data manipulation, and word processing software
    • GA6:
  7. Work effectively in teams
    • GA6: