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Week - 1 |
Course Introduction and Design-Manufacturing Relationship: The importance of manufacturability in the design process, the scope of the course, and the evaluation criteria |
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Week - 2 |
Introduction to Plastic Part Design: Basic principles like Plastic material behavior, nominal wall thickness, draft angle, fluidity, and collapse. |
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Week - 3 |
Injection Molding and Design Requirements I: Part geometry, nominal wall thickness, mold parting line, ejector system, runner and gate, possible errors, Part design |
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Week - 4 |
Injection Molding and Design Requirements I: Part geometry, nominal wall thickness, mold parting line, ejector system, runner and gate, possible errors, Part design |
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Week - 5 |
Blowing and Rotation Methods and Design Requirements: Part geometry, nominal wall thickness, mold parting line, ejector system, runner and gate, possible errors, Part design |
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Week - 6 |
Thermoforming Method and Design Requirements: Part geometry, nominal wall thickness, mold, possible errors, Part design |
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Week - 7 |
Extrusion Method and Design Requirements: Part geometry, nominal wall thickness, mold, possible errors, Part design |
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Week - 8 |
Plastic Part Application: Starting to design a sample plastic product in a CAD environment (example: modem shell) |
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Week - 9 |
Introduction to Metal Part Design: Moldability, cutting-bending principles, draft angle, and joining details |
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Week - 10 |
Sheet Metal Forming Methods: Tolerances in bending, punching, embossing and sheet metal design |
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Week - 11 |
Aluminum Injection Molding: Casting geometry, shrinkage-void management, mold design, machining requirements |
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Week - 12 |
Machining Processes: Evaluation of Machining Tolerances, Clamping Surfaces, and Machinability |
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Week - 13 |
Designing sheet metal or cast parts in a CAD environment (such as an internal component for a remote control) |
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Week - 14 |
Final Presentation and Evaluation: Presentation of all student projects, with feedback on the suitability of the design for production criteria. |
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