Key factors for success in modern manufacturing include quality, productivity, efficiency, flexibility, agility, and customer satisfaction all while maintaining control over cost. Depending on the characteristics of the product and its market, an appropriate manufacturing process needs to be designed. This course is closely aligned with the characteristics and requirements of small to medium scale manufacturing, entrepreneurial start-ups and prototyping.
MANF3510 builds on knowledge gained in MMAN1130(2130) Design and Manufacturing and DESN2000 Engineering Design, where the aim is to develop a design or prototype into a product that can be successfully manufactured. MANF3510 takes this concept to the next stage through teaching you how to design a manufacturing process by specifying, selecting and integrating the basic building blocks of process technology and automation into a successful manufacturing process or machine. The course contains appropriate theory and also focuses on the required practical knowledge to be able to put this theory into practice.
This course focuses on manufacturing technology as well as the main building blocks of industrial automation including materials handling technologies and actuation technologies such as pneumatics, electric motors, solenoids, switches, programmable logic controllers, CNC technology and industrial robotics. The aim of the course is to build understanding of the behaviour and specify the appropriate level of process technology and automation aligned with a specific product design.
