Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Course aim

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

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

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
ENGG 1004	Engineering Design and Innovation
COMP 1045	Programming Concepts
MFET 2001	Manufacturing Processes

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	3 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 4 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

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.