ME 317 Design for Manufacturing

Schedule: Winter 2010-1

 

Day

 

Reading

Lecture

Assignments

Resources

1 (11/28)

General Principles of DFM

1.3, Syllabus

Schedule

Day 1 DFM

 

Stanford - How things are made

Berkeley - Process Overview

DFM Links from NPD

2 (11/29)

Economics of Process Selection

Characterization of Part Geometry (metrology, tolerances, surface finish)

1.2

Econ/Geom

Mini-Project 1 Assigned

MIT Reading calipers

Reading a Mic virtual shop

Starrett tools

Using a Sine Bar

YouTube using a Sine Bar

Surface Finish

3 (12/1)

Metal Extrusions

Roll Forming

3.1 3.11

Extrude/RollForm

Homework 1 Soln 

Process Overview - IAI

Process Overview - AEC

Design Guidelines

Design Guidelines

Steel and Ti

Roll Forming

4 (12/5)

Metal Stampings

3.2

Stamping Bending

 

PMA Guidelines

Efunda stamping

Fine-blanking

5 (12/6)

Bending

 

 

 

 

6 (12/8)

Powder Metal Parts

3.12

Powder Metal

 HW2

HW2 Soln

MPIF

MPIF Design guidelines

Gallery of Pictures

7 (12/12)

Forgings

3.13

Forgings

Mini-Project 2 MP2 Template

Forging - FIA

Forging Design - FIA

8 (12/13)

Tolerance Stack-ups

 

Tol-Stack

Mini-project 1 Due

Info source

Statistical Technique

Example of a stack problem

9 (12/15)

Project Day

 

Old Test, some answers

 Mini-Projects 3

Assigned

 

10 (12/19)

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

 

 

 

11 (12/20)

Exam 1

 

GD&T

 

Efundas perspective

Reference Guide

Tec Ease Training

12 (1/5)

Intro to Machining, Hole Making

4.34.5

Machining

Hole Making

 

Source for info on machining

Virtual Machine Shop 

Buy parts on line

Modern Machine Shop

13 (1/9)

Turning, Milling

4.3, 4.44.6

Turning

Milling

 

 

14 (1/10)

Milling, Grinding

4.13,14,15

Grinding

 

 

15 (1/12)

Sand Casting

5.1

Sand Casting

 

Gartland Foundry in TH

Metal Casting Design

Steel Founders of America

Example from SFSA

Ductile Iron Society

Modern Casting

Do It Yourself

Video

16 (1/16)

Investment Casting

5.3

 

Mini-Project 2 Due

Hitchiner

Drawing Details, Hitchiner 

17 (1/17)

Die Casting

5.4

Die Casting

 

NADCA Die Casting

18 (1/19)

Rapid Prototyping

 

Rapid Prototyping

 

ProtoLabs Comparison

Overview Site

Primer from Penn State

Some Videos

19 (1/23)

Plastic Injection Molding

6.2

Injection Molding

Mini-Project 4 Assignment

ReportTemplate

Design Guides

SPI (Society of the Plastics Ind)

Injection Molding mag

20 (1/24)

Rotational Molding

Blow Molding

Thermoforming

6.4

6.5

6.8

RMBMT

 

Rotational molding

Thermoform design guide

21 (1/25)

Exam 2

 

 

 

 

22 (1/26)

Snap-fits

Living Hinges

Assembly techniques for polymers

 

Joining, Snap

 Ultrasonic welding

TWI plastics welding

Compliant mechanisms

Living Hinges machine design

23 (1/31)

Joining

 

Joining

 

 Welding methods

24 (2/2)

Design for Assembly

 

DFA

Mini-Project 3 Due

 Overview

Boothroyd Dewhurst

25 (2/6)

Poka Yoke (mistake proofing)

 

Mistake proofing

 

 John Grout

Assured Quality

26 (2/7)

Product structure

 

Product Structure

 

 

27 (2/9)

Six Sigma, Cp, Cpk

 

Lean

 

 Seven Wastes

Womack

28 (2/13)

Statistical process control

 

Control Charts

 

 Tutorial

Tutorial

29 (2/14)

Robust Design

 

 

Mini-Project 4 Due

 

30 (2/16)

Contingency/Evals