Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
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Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (subject code 3710810) as prescribed for AMT · Semester 1 divides the course into 3 units, covering 32 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3710810)Unit 1 Introduction to tolerances
- Tolerances: Limits and Fits
- tolerance Chains and identification of functionally important dimensions.Dimensional chain analysis-equivalent tolerances method
- equivalent standard tolerance grade method
- equivalent influence method
- Geometric tolerances: applications
- geometric tolerancing for manufacture as per Indian Standards and ASME Y 14.5 standard
- surface finish
- Tolerance stackup calculations
- Review of relationship between attainable tolerance grades and different machining
Unit 2 Form design of castings, weldments, forging and sheet metal components
- Materials choice
- Influences of materials
- Space factor
- Weight- Surface properties and production method on form design
- Redesign of castings based on parting line considerations
- Minimizing core requirements
- redesigning cast members using Weldments-Form design aspects in Forging and sheet metal components
Unit 3 Design for Assembly - Machining Considerations
- Design features to facilitate machining
- Milling cutters
- Doweling procedures
- Counter sunk screws
- Reduction of machined area
- Simplification by separation
- Simplification by amalgamation
- Design for machinability
- Design for economy
- Design for clampability
- Design for accessibility
- Design for assembly
- Redesign For Manufacture
- Design features to facilitate machining: datum features
- functional and manufacturing.Component design
- machining considerations