AMIE INDIA Students Forum

[Ssirana]

Group A
Engineering design process and its structure
Identification and analysis of need, product design
specifications, standards of performance and constraints. Searchingfor design concepts; morphological
analysis, brainstorming. Evaluation of design concepts for physical reliability, economic feasibility and utility.
Detailed design; design for manufacture, assembly, shipping, maintenance, use, andrecyclability. Design
checks for clarity, simplicity, modularity and safety. Standardization and size ranges. Reliabilityand robust
design. Design organisation and communication, technical reports, drawings, presentations and models.
Concept of manufacturing
classification of manufacturing processes. Fundamentals of casting . Basic understanding of commonly used
casting processes (sand casting, investment casting and permanent mouldcasting processes). Fundamentals
of metal forming; hot and cold working; basic understanding of primary metal forming processes (rolling,
forging, extrusion anddrawing processes, punching and blanking).
Group B
Fundamentals of metal cutting.
tool-work interaction for production of machined surfaces.
Classification of machining processes .
Basic machining operations (turning, shaping, planning, drilling and milling processes).
Fundamentals of grinding and finishing
overview of unconventional machining processes; fundamentals of welding processes; introduction to primary
welding and allied processes; selection of manufacturing processes.
Design for manufacturability.
Need for integration commercial, economic and technological perspective; basic tools of integration;
concept of a system.
Introduction to information technology
and its elements. Introduction to group technology; introductionto simulation and database management
systems. Elements of integration controllers, sensors, robots, automated machines; AGVs, AS, RS, etc.
Product and process design for integration; design for economic manufacturing; design for manufacturing
integration. Introduction to computer aided process planning; selection of machine tools.