WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014
ME 458
PRODUCT DESIGN AND PROCESS PLANNING
(ELECTIVE - III)
Instruction 4 Periods per week
Duration of University Examination 3 Hours
University Examination 75 Marks
Sessional 25 Marks
Unit-I
Product Design and Process Design functions. Selection of right product. Systematic procedure of product innovation. Factors contributing to successful technological innovation - need for creativity and innovation. Techniques of innovation like brain storming and Delphi techniques.
Unit-II
Project Selection and Evaluation: Function of design - Design with Human Machine Interaction (HMI). Collection of ideas and purpose of project. Selection criteria - screening ideas for new products using evaluation techniques. Principles of ergonomics.
Unit-Ill
New Product Development: Research and new product development. Patents, definitions, patent search, patent laws, international code for patents -Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
Unit-IV
New Product Planning : Interaction between the functions of design, manufacture, quality, testing and marketing. Steps for introducing new products after evaluation.
Unit-V
Process Planning : Process planning, process sheets, selection of manufacturing process, estimation of machining time in various cutting operations - estimation of costs for manufacture. Value engineering in product design, group technology, concepts of concurrent engineering.
Suggested Reading:
- 1.Niebel BW & Draper AB: Production Design & Process Engg,
McGraw Hill, Kogakusha, 1974.
- 2.Harry Nystrom, Creativity and Innovation, John Wiley & Sons,
- 3.Brain Twiss, Managing Technological Innovation, Pittrnan Publications, 1992.
- 4.Harry, B.Waton, New Product Planning, Prentice Hall Inc., 1992.
- 5.Chitale, A. K. & Gupta RC., Product Design & Manufacturing,
PHI, 1997.