Program : Engineering Design & Product Development (EDPD)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : EDD 611

Course Name : Production Technology

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : First Semester

Credit Hours : 3

An analysis of the physical, chemical and mathematical principles underlying modern manufacturing processes and processing equipment and technology. The economics of shaping and joining materials in the liquid, plastic and solid phases. Basi-plasticity. Melting and casting of metals. Fusion and sintering of metals. Hot forming and cold forming of metals. Explosive and hydro forming processes. Plastics and their manufacture. Joining of metals—metal cutting principles; cutting tool geometry and tool materials. Tool wear mechanisms. Milling and broaching; metal grinding principles. Economics of metal removal: electrochemical, electro-
erosion and laser machining. Ultrasonic machining. Vibration characteristics of machining operations. Additive manufacturing: 3D printing.