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Unit of Study MECH2002 - Introduction to Mechanical Design and Manufacturing (2022)

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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

Module 1. Engineering design and the interactions between manufacturing and design processes

Module 2. Manufacturing process in engineering

Module 3. Design for manufacturing

Module 4. Computational modelling in design

Module 5. Computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)

Module 6. Reverse engineering, manufacturing

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Location Domestic International
Online
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Learning outcomes

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:

develop skills in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)

understand the role of modelling and simulation in manufacturing

develop knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials and use it to reverse engineer a component

develop communication and collaboration skills in writing to demonstrate appropriate graphics and data manipulation.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Kalpakjian, S & Schmid, S, 2014, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 7th edn, Pearson. ISBN: 0133128741.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.