Syllabus - Product Design (ME-603 (C))

Introduction to product design

Product life-cycle, product policy of an organization. Selection of a profitable product, Product design process, Product analysis.

Value engineering in product design

Advantages, applications in product design, problem identification and selection, Analysis of functions, Anatomy of function. Primary versus secondary versus tertiary/unnecessary functions, functional analysis: Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST), Case studies.

Introduction to Product design tools

QFD, Computer Aided Design, Robust design, DFX, DFM. DFA, Ergonomics in product design.

DFMA guidelines

Product design for manual assembly, Design guidelines for metallic and non-metallic products to be manufactured by different processes such as casting, machining, injection molding etc.,

Rapid Prototyping

Needs of rapid prototyping, needs, advantages, working principles of SLA, LOM and SLS.