Design for manufacturing & assembly
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The official GTU curriculum for Design for manufacturing & assembly (subject code ME01000491) as prescribed for M(D · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 59 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 (ME01000491)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
Unit 4 DFMA Tools
- Rules and methodologies used to design components for manual
- automatic and flexible assembly
- traditional design and manufacture Vs concurrent engineering
- DFA index
- poke -yoke
- lean principles
- six sigma concepts
- DFMA as the tool for concurrent engineering
- three DFMA criteria for retaining components for redesign of a product
- design for manual assembly
- design for automatic assembly- Computer- aided design for assembly using software
Unit 5 Design for the Environment
- Environmental objectives
- Global issues
- Regional and local issues
- Basic DFE methods
- Design guidelines
- Weighted sum assessment method
- Lifecycle assessment method
- Techniques to reduce environmental impact
- Design to minimize material usage
- Design for Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Machine Design Course / Subject Code : ME01000491 Course / Subject Name : Design for manufacturing & assembly disassembly
- Design for Recyclability
- Design for remanufacture
- Design for energy efficiency
- Design to regulations and standards
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