Program : Engineering Design & Product Development (EDPD)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : EDD 615

Course Name : Analysis of Manufacturing Processes and Machines

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : First Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Classification of industrial manufacture; analysis of machinery requirement; the concept of design for manufacture; theory of power absorption at tool point; merchant’s chip formation theory; built up edge phenomena and frictional behavior of the rake face; chip-less machining techniques. Abrasive machining and super finishing. High energy forming methods. Engineering metrology; statistical quality control. Design of jigs, fixtures, press tools and dies. The Concept of automation; selection of power medium and control techniques for automation; cam dependent mechanized systems; sequence controlled systems; cam-less automatics; in-process  error sensing techniques and adaptive control. Processing of non-metals. Numerically controlled  machines. Economics of numerically controlled machines (NC); NC machining centres; programming techniques; tooling and auxiliary equipment for NC. Materials handling techniques for automated manufacture of multi-component products. Logic and sequencing; introduction to robotics. Trends in modern manufacturing techniques:Electric Discharge Machining (EDM); Ultrasonic Machining (USM); Electro chemical machining (ECM); Laser Beam Machining (LBM), Electron Beam Machining (EBM), Plasma arc Machining (PAM), Ion beam Machining

(IBM); Abrasive Jet Machining (AJM); Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM); Micromachining; Advanced finishing processes: - Abrasive Flow Machining, Magnetic Abrasive Finishing; Magnetorheologic Abrasive Flow Finishing, Magnetic Float Polishing, Elastic
Emission Machining. High velocity forming of metals; Electro hydraulic forming; Development of industrial manufacturing machinery and systems in the context of a developing country. Planning for manufacture. Philosophy for investment in industrial machines.