Manufacturing Systems
Semester 2, 2018
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An introduction to the procedures and technological aspects of typical manufacturing systems; basic concepts of plant and work design; automation; planning, implementation; simulation, and monitoring of production processes; project-based introduction to the tools and techniques applied by professional engineers in modern manufacturing plants. Restriction: MECHENG 351
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Reliability and failure: The student is able to describe the concept of reliability and compute failure rates, NTBF and MTTF. They will be able to estimate typical failure rates for manufactured products. The student will compare various approaches to maintenance scheduling. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA02: problem analysis (3) ENGA03: design and solution development (5) ENGA04: investigation (2) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (2) ENGA11: project management and finance (1) ENGK02: mathematical modelling (1) ENGK03: abstraction and formulation (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (3) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (1) ENGP05: extent of applicable codes (2) ENGP07: interdependence (2) UOA_6: Social and Environmental Responsiblities (0) |
No related assessments |
CAPP and CNC: The student will analyse a component part drawing and, using industry standard software, and generate working NC code for its manufacture. The student will describe the place of CAPP and CAM/CNC technologies in manufacturing systems and explain the basic procedure of producing CNC code from an analysis of component requirements and available machine tools and cutters. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA02: problem analysis (3) ENGA03: design and solution development (5) ENGA04: investigation (2) ENGA05: modern tool usage (5) ENGA09: individual and team work (5) ENGA11: project management and finance (1) ENGK02: mathematical modelling (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (3) ENGK05: engineering design (2) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (5) ENGP03: depth of analysis required (2) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (2) ENGP05: extent of applicable codes (2) ENGP07: interdependence (2) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (3) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) UOA_5: Independence and Integrity (2) |
No related assessments |
Production planning and scheduling: The student will be able to formulate a planning schedule bound by resource capacity to meet customer requirements utilising industry standard finite resource scheduling tools. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA02: problem analysis (3) ENGA03: design and solution development (5) ENGA04: investigation (2) ENGA05: modern tool usage (5) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (2) ENGA09: individual and team work (5) ENGA11: project management and finance (1) ENGK03: abstraction and formulation (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (3) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (1) ENGP05: extent of applicable codes (2) ENGP06: conflicting stakeholder requirements (0) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (3) UOA_2: Critical Thinking (3) UOA_4: Communication and Engagement (2) UOA_6: Social and Environmental Responsiblities (0) |
No related assessments |
Industrial ergonomics and work enviroment: The student will be able to identify and analyse situations where good ergonomic principles may be applied to improve work environments.The student will explain the value of systematically analysing jobs and be able to apply the principles of methods analysis and choose which recording and charting techniques to use. The student will evaluate and analyse a potentially unsound lifting operation and utilise the NIOSH equation to determine the lifting index and, thus, its level of safety from an ergonomics point of view. The student is able to state the concept of, and necessity for, work standards and apply some of the basic procedures involved in developing work standards through work measurement. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA04: investigation (2) ENGA06: engineering and society (2) ENGA07: environment and sustainability (2) ENGA08: ethics (1) ENGA12: lifelong learning (1) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (1) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (3) |
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Manufacturing systems simulation: The student will construct a software model of a medium-sized manufacturing enterprise utilising Arena simulation software, and run, and evaluate, a series of simulations upon it. The student will be able to describe the basic methods for analysing the behavior of queues, arrival and service rates and their distribution. They will be able to explain the importance, use and design of models and simulations in manufacturing systems. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA02: problem analysis (3) ENGA03: design and solution development (5) ENGA04: investigation (2) ENGA05: modern tool usage (5) ENGA06: engineering and society (2) ENGA09: individual and team work (5) ENGA10: communication (3) ENGK03: abstraction and formulation (1) ENGK05: engineering design (2) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (2) ENGP05: extent of applicable codes (2) UOA_1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice (3) UOA_3: Solution Seeking (4) |
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Facilitites & layout/material flow planning: The student will create a feasible manufacturing system layout, utilising Muther’s technique from a basic description of requirements and organise effectively with peers in critiquing their solution. The student will be able to give examples of the various tools and equipment used in the moment and storage of entities in manufacturing systems |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (5) ENGA02: problem analysis (3) ENGA03: design and solution development (5) ENGA06: engineering and society (2) ENGA09: individual and team work (5) ENGK02: mathematical modelling (1) ENGK04: specialist knowledge (3) ENGK06: engineering practice (5) ENGP02: range of conflicting requirements (5) ENGP04: familiarity of issues (2) ENGP07: interdependence (2) UOA_4: Communication and Engagement (2) |
No related assessments |
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