Precision Machine Design

Course	T-865-MADE
Semester	20243
ETCS	8
Core	No

Year	1. year
Semester	Fall 2024
Level of course	4. Second cycle, introductory
Type of course	Elective
Prerequisites	No prerequisites.
Schedule	No schedule found.
Lecturer	Joseph Timothy Foley
Content
Taught in English A systematic approach to designing machines able to reliably and repeatedly perform a task.  Factors that are of minor importance for low-performance simple machines can quickly become impossible obstacles without the right tools and techniques. The tools introduced in this class is Axiomatic Design Theory aka. Complexity Theory.  In this class these techniques will be applied for designing and building high-perfomance machine(s) with our sponsors. Customers will be interviewed to develop Customer Needs(CN).  From these CNs, Functional Requirements and Design Parameters will be developed to evaluate possible solutions.  The chosen solution will be prototyped and evaluated.  LaTeXintroduced for proper documentation and citation generation with Subversion as a mechanism for collaboration.   There is a high expectation of documentation and mathematical analysis.
Learning outcome - Objectives
Prerequisites: Basic PLC, Python, C/C++ or Java programming Basic electronics (resistors, inductors, capacitors) Understanding of structural analysis (stresses, strains, bending) Familiarity with solid modeling tool (Inventor, Solidworks, etc) On completion of the course the student should be able to: solve complex and open-ended "hard" mechanical design problems using systematic design processes Apply Axiomatic Design to develop Functional Requirements, Design Parameters, and Design matricies analyze error budgets in machine design and propose improvements understand what is "hard" about precision and how to address those challenges create effective design documents including reports, risk assessment, and time assessment present their ideas effectively for customers and peer reviews design and perform experiments to test design choices build prototypes of their designs analyze the performance of prototypes through experiments harness creative instincts as part of a deterministic process competently use CAD modeling(Creo, Solidworks, Inventor), LaTeX, Subversion
Course assessment
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Teaching and learning activities
Language of instruction	English