Designing of Plastic Products
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The official GTU curriculum for Designing of Plastic Products (subject code DI04023051) as prescribed for AI & ML · Semester 4 divides the course into 4 units, covering 49 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 (DI04023051)Unit 1 Introduction To Product Design
- 1.1. Introduction to product design
- 1.2. Difference between drawing & design
- 1.3. Product design flow chart
- 1.4. Factors affecting product design
- 1.5. Steps involved in product design
Unit 2 Product Design Considerations
- 2.1. Check list for product design
- 2.2. Preliminary design considerations
- 2.2.1. End user’s requirements
- 2.2.2. Drafting preliminary design
- 2.2.3. Prototyping the design
- 2.2.4. Testing the design
- 2.2.5. Taking a second look
- 2.2.6. Writing meaningful specifications
- 2.2.7. Setting up production
- 2.2.8. Assuring the quality
- 2.3. General design considerations related to
- 2.3.1. Wall thickness
- 2.3.2. Fillet & Radii
- 2.3.3. Ribs & Bosses
- 2.3.5. Taper or Drafts
- 2.3.7. External & Internal threads
- 2.3.9. Parting lines
- 2.3.10. Surface treatments
- 2.3.11. Molded lettering
- 2.3.12. Snap fitting
- 15. 34 % (24 Marks) Unit – III Material Selection
- 3.1. Concept of Material selection
- 3.1.1. Listing out available materials
- 06. 15 % (10 Marks) GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Plastics Engineering Subject Code: DI04023051 Subject Name: Designing of Plastic Products w.e.f. 2025-26 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 5
- 3.1.2. Mapping of properties with end user’s requirements
- 3.1.3. Screening method
- 3.1.4. Identifying missing properties in selected material
- 3.1.5. Use of compounding to fulfill missing properties selected materials
- 3.2. Long term & Short term properties of plastic materials
- 3.3. Cost effectiveness of selected material
Unit 3 Process Selection
- 4.1. List of variety of plastic processing techniques
- 4.2. Identifying features of products made by different processes
- 4.3. Impact of size & shape of product on process selection
- 4.4. Effect of quantity of products to be made on process selection
- 4.5. Manual, Semi-automatic & automatic process with respect to product design 07
Unit 4 Case Studies
- 5.2. Disposable cup
- 5.3. Overhead water tank
- 5.4. Contact lens
- 5.6. Chemical container
- 5.7. Wind mill blade
- 5.8. O-ring / Seal
- 5.9. Food package
- 5.10. Weather shades
- 10. 17 % (12 Marks) Total 45 100 % (70 Marks)
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