Design for Plastic Products
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Design for Plastic Products Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Design for Plastic Products (subject code 4372304) as prescribed for AI & ML · Semester 7 divides the course into 3 units, covering 46 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 (4372304)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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Competency-focused Outcome-based Green Curriculum-2021 (COGC-2021) Diploma Engineering Syllabus (Semester VII) Subject Code : 4372304 Subject Name : Design for Plastic Products https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/Page 5 above level) Topics and Sub-topics
- 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
Unit 3 Material Selection
- 3.1. Concept of Material selection
- 3.1.1. Listing out available materials
- 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 fulfil missing properties in selected material
- 3.2. Long term & Short term properties of plastic materials
- 3.3. Cost effectiveness of selected material UNIT IV: Process Selection 4a.List out available plastic processing techniques
- 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 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Competency-focused Outcome-based Green Curriculum-2021 (COGC-2021) Diploma Engineering Syllabus (Semester VII) Subject Code : 4372304 Subject Name : Design for Plastic Products https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/Page 6 above level) Topics and Sub-topics process selection. product design UNIT V: 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 Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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