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Become What You Want To Be: Unit Guide

This document provides an overview of the unit guide for the Advanced Manufacturing unit DMS-M-149, which is part of the MSc Quality Engineering Management course. The unit is worth one credit and involves 45 contact hours and 75 private study hours. It aims to familiarize students with manufacturing processes and materials selection. Key learning outcomes include understanding manufacturing capabilities and principles of materials selection. The unit will be taught through lectures, online resources, seminars and case studies. Students will be assessed through two coursework assignments worth 50% each. The indicative content will cover topics like metals, polymers, composites and manufacturing processes. The teaching team includes Professor D.T. Gawne and Dr. Y. Bao.

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Become What You Want To Be: Unit Guide

This document provides an overview of the unit guide for the Advanced Manufacturing unit DMS-M-149, which is part of the MSc Quality Engineering Management course. The unit is worth one credit and involves 45 contact hours and 75 private study hours. It aims to familiarize students with manufacturing processes and materials selection. Key learning outcomes include understanding manufacturing capabilities and principles of materials selection. The unit will be taught through lectures, online resources, seminars and case studies. Students will be assessed through two coursework assignments worth 50% each. The indicative content will cover topics like metals, polymers, composites and manufacturing processes. The teaching team includes Professor D.T. Gawne and Dr. Y. Bao.

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UNIT GUIDE

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

DMS-M-149

Faculty of Engineering, Science and the Built Environment

2010/2011

become what you want to be


Unit Guide

DMS-M-149 ................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1. UNIT DETAILS ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

2. AIMS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

3. LEARNING OUTCOMES ......................................................................................................................................... 4

4. TEACHING AND LEARNING PATTERN .............................................................................................................. 4

5. INDICATIVE CONTENT .......................................................................................................................................... 4

6. ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 5

7. INDICATIVE READING LIST ................................................................................................................................. 5

8. TEACHING TEAM.................................................................................................................................................... 5

9. INDICATIVE TEACHING PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................. 5

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1. UNIT DETAILS
Unit Title: Advanced Manufacturing M
Unit Level: M
Unit Reference Number: DMS-M-149
Credit Value: One
Student Study Hours: 120
Contact Hours: 45
Private Study Hours: 75
Pre-requisite Learning: None

Course(s): MSc Quality Engineering Management


Year and Semester 2010/2011
Unit Coordinator: Professor D. T. Gawne
UC Contact Details [email protected]
Teaching Team & Contact Details Professor D.T. Gawne, [email protected]
(If applicable): Dr Y. Bao, [email protected]
Summary of Assessment Method: 2 coursework assignments each contributing
50% of the total marks.

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2. AIMS

• To familiarize students with the scope of manufacturing processes together with the
integrative role of materials performance and selection.
• To provide an understanding of how manufacturing processes can be designed and
controlled to meet the requirements of high-performance products.
• To provide an understanding of the need for and mechanisms of technological
innovation.

3. LEARNING OUTCOMES

• To appreciate manufacturing processes and their capabilities


• To appreciate the main classes of materials, their properties and limitations
• To understand the principles of materials selection
• To understand the guidelines for process selection
• To understand surface behaviour and its control for high-performance materials
• To appreciate the rapidly advancing field of materials and its relationship to
engineering

4. TEACHING AND LEARNING PATTERN


The unit will be covered by formal lectures supplemented by the BlackBoard website,
audio visual aids, case studies, group discussion seminars and the use of computer
software and hardware.

5. INDICATIVE CONTENT
Overview of industrial materials, manufacturing technologies and applications.
Generic metals and alloys. Principles and development.
Principles of solidification.
Solid-state manufacturing.
Polymers. Structure, properties and applications.
Adhesives. Science and practice.
Casting processes. Theory and technology.
Composites: fibre and particulate. Models.
Ceramics and glasses: science and technology
Principles of diffusion. Relevance to manufacturing.
Carburizing processes. Theory and technological control.
Surface engineering. Thermal spray technology.
Surface characterization. Parameters.
Materials degradation.
Mechanisms and control of degradation.
Product design for surface protection.
Methodology for selection of processes.
Materials selection: charts, selection methodology.

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6. ASSESSMENT
Coursework assignments will be set and weighted as follows:

Assignment l A report based on a knowledge and understanding of the main processes


and materials in manufacturing (50%).

Assignment 2 A report based on a knowledge and in-depth understanding of engineering


materials and processes in manufacturing (50%).

7. INDICATIVE READING LIST


Kalpakjian, S, Manufacturing Engineering & Technology, 3rd Ed, Addison Wesley, 1995.
Callister, W D, Materials Science and Engineering, 7th Edition, Wiley, 2005.
Ashby, M & Jones, D, Engineering Materials 2, Pergamon, 1986.
Ashby, M, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design.3rd Edition, Elsevier, 2005 .
Askeland, D R, Science and Engineering of Materials, 4th edition, Thomson, 2003.
Edwards,L & Endean, M, Manufacturing with Materials, OU, Butterworths, 1990.
DeGarmco,E Materials and Processes in Manufacturing, Collier MacMillan, 1986

8. TEACHING TEAM
Dr Y Bao
Professor D T Gawne

9. INDICATIVE TEACHING PROGRAMME

WEEK 1 Overview of industrial materials and their applications.


Overview of manufacturing processes and technologies.

WEEK 2 Generic metals and alloys. Principles and development.


Principles of solidification.

WEEK 3 Solid-state manufacturing.


Casting processes and technology. Theory.

WEEK 4 Deformation processing.


Consolidation. Powder technology.

WEEK 5 Adhesives. Mechanisms. Classes.


Adhesives technology. Applications.

WEEK 6 Formability. Forming limits. Application.


Principles of diffusion. Relevance to manufacturing.

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WEEK 7 Ceramics: structure/property relationships, effect on design.


Carburizing processes. Theory and technological control.

WEEK 8 Glasses. Theory and practice.


Surface engineering. Processes and products.

WEEK 9 Polymers: structure, properties and applications.


Thermal spray technology. Products.

WEEK 10 Composites, fibre and particulate. Models.


Selection of materials for engineering applications.

WEEK 11 Degradation mechanisms, practical applications.


Materials selection charts and methodology.

WEEK 12 Control of degradation.


Selection of manufacturing processes.

WEEK 13 Surface protection. Role in product design.


Manufacturing processes. Modification. Case studies.

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