Undergraduate Course: Manufacturing Technology 3 (MECE09013)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Manufacturing is the creation, through one or several processing operations, of components or products from basic raw materials. The effectiveness of process selection will be based on the inter-related criterion of design parameters, material selection and process economies. |
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview
1. Introduction. Processing overview. Materials-process matrix.
2. Microstructure and properties
Mechanical properties, length scales, examples
3. Materials Selection
Ashby approach using materials selection maps
Processes
4.Casting
Liquid to solid transition; phase diagrams.
The importance of oxide films and residual stresses.
Microstructure of castings; porosity; removal of porosity.
Defects in castings
Sand casting, Die casting, Centrifugal casting, Slush casting.
Investment casting aerospace turbine blade.
Design for castings.
Trends in casting
5. Thermomechancial processing (forging, extrusion and rolling)
The importance of grain size; Hall-Petch relationship
Forging
General deformation characteristics, Hot working, Cold working, Open die forging, Closed die forging, Impression die forging.
Rolling
Rolling dynamics, Rolling forces, Rolling design.
Extrusion
Direct and indirect extrusion processes. The role of friction in extrusion.
6. Heat treatment
Steel heat treatment; precipitation hardening. Problems with heat treatment processes.
7. Machining processes
Single-point cutting, Multiple-point cutting, Tool geometry, Chip formation, Chip types.
Cutting dynamics: Chip formation, Chip types, Cutting forces, Shear angle vs. shear stress, tool materials, tool life, cutting tool materials
Non-traditional machining processes
Electrochemical machining, Electrodischarge machining, Ultrasonic machining, Electron-beam and laser machining.
Polymers, composites, ceramics and glasses
8. Manufacture with plastics and composites
Plastic forming processes, compression moulding, blow moulding, extrusion, vacuum forming.
9. Ceramic and glass processing
10. Finishing and Surface treatments:
Chemical cleaning, Ultrasonic cleaning, electropolishing, electroplating, vapour deposition.
11. Joining
Fastening, Welding, MIG, TIG, laser, EBM, Bonding
12. Process Selection
How to select a process.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the students should be able to
1. Understand the principles and techniques of casting, forming, joining and finishing operations and be able to determine their suitability.
2. Calculate and understand appropriate single-point machining relationships taking tool material and machine constraints into consideration.
3. Understand the principles and appropriateness of non-traditional machining processes
4. Select a suitable manufacturing process in order to achieve the specified product performance and design criterion while considering cost
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Reading List
| Principles of modern manufacturing, Mikell Groover, 4th Ed, Wiley 2011. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Anthony Callanan
Tel: (0131 6)51 7071
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Course secretary | Mrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
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