Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Course aim

To develop the ability to design/redesign a product for the ease of manual and automatic assembly, and also the ease of manufacture, along with the environmental consideration.

Course content

What is DFMA, Traditional Design and Manufacture vs Concurrent Engineering, DFMA as a tool for concurrent engineering, three DFMA criteria for retaining components for redesign of a product; Design for Manual Assembly; Design for Automatic Assembly; Computer-Aided Design for Assembly; Design for Manufacture (design for machining); Geometric Tolerancing for Manufacture as per Australian Standards; Social and Environmental impacts of design and manufacture.

Textbook(s)

G.Boothroyd,P.Dewhurst & W. Knight 2011, Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, 3rd Edition , CRC Press

Associate Professor Kazem Abhary 2013, Reader, -

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
MFET 2001	Manufacturing Processes
COMP 1036	Computer Techniques

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Computer Practical	2 hours x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	15 hours x Block
Tutorial	5 hours x Block
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 1 week
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, M2 EDUCATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
Tutorial (weekly tutorial supported by online learning material)	2.5 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, Tutorial (A number of problems on each topic.)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.