3 credit hours. Factors in plant location, design and layout of equipment. Techniques for obtaining information essential to the development and evaluation of alternative facility layout designs are presented with an emphasis on environmental and safety considerations. Design of departmental areas, resource allocation and flow, materials handling, storage and the economic implications of alternative designs are discussed. Students work in small groups on the design of a manufacturing facility to produce an actual consumer product.
Project culminates in both a written and oral presentation of the proposed facility design.
CAD techniques are used extensively in the development of the final facility layout. 3 credit hours. A course for understanding machining economics and the basic principles of the theory of metal cutting and metal working to improve manufacturing engineering operations. Course emphasizes design and operation of better tooling for different types of manufacturing operations. Experimental investigation of metal cutting and metal working methodologies stressed.