ME701A

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY

Credits:

 

 

3-0-0-9

 

Course-Title:


Design for Manufacture and assembly

Course Number:


ME701A

Department:


Mechanical Engineering

Other interested faculty:


Dr. J. Ramkumar (ME), Dr. S. Bhattacharya (ME), Dr. V.K. Jain (ME)

Expected enrollment:


15-20 students

Pre requisites:


TA 202 or equivalent

Aimed at:


Advanced undergraduates and postgraduates

Other Departments:


Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering. Civil Engineering. and Design Programme

Course description:


The success of a product in the market depends on many factors. These include cost, reliability and time to market. With globalization, companies need to devise techniques in order to remain competitive in the current scenario. To this end, design and manufacturing operations no longer function in isolation but have to interact closely. Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) is a technique of integrated pro duct development process as opposed to the serial or "over the wall" philosophy. The advantages of implementing DFMA include reduced time-to- market, reduced number of subcomponents, enhancement in quality, and reduced product and process cost. DFMA has been applied successfully in many automobile, aerospace, telecommunications, medical equipment, and consumer products companies. The basic objective of this course is to acquaint the participants with the concepts of the pro duct design process and simultaneous engineering by integrating design for manufacturing and design for assembly to arrive at a good quality product in a cost effective way in less time. With consumers becoming environmentally conscious, design for environment will also be covered. Each module will cover relevant case studies during their discussion.


Course Contents


Module

Topic

No. of hours

1: Introduction

DFMA: overview

01

2: Pro duct design Process

Need identification and problem

01

 

definition Conceptual design

02

 

Embodiment design

02

3: Selection of materials and shapes

Overview of engineering materials

01

 

and standards for

 

 

materials selection Selection of materials

02

 

Introduction to limits, fits and tolerances

01

 

Selection of shapes

01

 

Co-selection of materials and shapes

02

4. Design For X

The concept of manufacturability

01

 

Limitations of manufacturing

01

 

Design of jigs and fixtures

01

 

Design for manufacturability

05

 

Design for assembly

05

 

Design for environment

01

5: Modeling and simulation

Mathematical modeling and

02

 

Finite element analysis

02

 

Simulation

02

 

Rapid prototyping

02

6: Design for reliability

Reliability theory and design for

02

 

Failure mode and effects analysis

01

 

Design for safety

01

 

Design for Quality

01

 

Design optimization

02

   

Total = 42

Reference Texts:

  1. G. Dieter, Engineering Design - a materials and processing approach, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill, NY, 2009.

  2. G. Boothroyd, P. Dewhurst and W.  Knight, Product  design for manufacture and assembly, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2011.

  3. M. F. Ashby and K. Johnson, Materials and Design - the art and science of material selection in product design, ButterworthHeinemann, 2 003.

  4. 0. Molloy, S. T:lley and E.A. Warman, Design for manufacturing and assembly: Concepts, architectures anc implementation, Springer, 1998.

  5. David M. Anderson, Design for manufacturability and concurrent engineering; How to design for low cost, design in high quality, design for lean manufacture, and design quickly for fast production, CMC Press, 2004.

  6. Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger, Product design and development, 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.

  7. G. Pahl, W. Beitz and J. Feldhusen, Engineering design: A systematic approach, 3rc Edition, Springer, 2007.

  8. S. S. Rao, Enginering optimization: theory and practice, 4th Edition, John Wiley, NJ, 2009.