Manufacturing Systems and Design
Overview
This unit of study aims to provide you with sufficient knowledge and applicable experience in designing manufacturing processes and tooling for high quality products.
Requisites
Undergraduate
200 credit points
OR
Postgraduate
Admission into the Master of Professional Engineering
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Appreciate the use of product features to enable efficient design for manufacture (K3, K6, A3)
- Use applicable formulae for decision making in the design of forging dies (K2, S1, S2)
- Design progressive dies and moulds for plastic and metal parts (K3, K4, S1, S3, S4, A2, A5, A6, A7)
- Appreciate the use of industrial robots for efficient manufacturing (K6)
- Apply Australian Standards to design product quality control processes (K6, K4, S1)
- Use applicable methodology for product reliability calculations (K2, S2)
- Use computer aided design for metal and plastic die design (K2, S3, A2, A4, A6, A7)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-sampus Lecture |
4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
| On-campus Class |
2.00 | 8 weeks | 16 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
7.16 | 12 weeks | 86 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 15 - 20% | 2,5,7 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 5 - 10% | 2,5,7 |
| Assignment 3 | Individual | 20 - 30% | 2,5,7 |
| Presentation | Individual | 5 - 10% | 1,2,3,4,6,7 |
| Design Project | Individual/Group | 25 - 35% | 1,2,3,4,6,7 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final assessment.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Design for assembly: Methods of assembly. Feed mechanisms; manual and automated, part transfer, insertion and fastening
- Die and mould design: Design of dies for metal forming processes: forging dies, cold, warm and hot forging, forging sequence. Design of plastic moulding, heat analysis techniques
- Design for industrial robots: Robot end effector design. Robot applications: materials handling, palletising, welding, gluing. Robot dynamics: Cartesian and polar configurations, external load, acceleration and forces
- Design for Assembly: Methods of assembly, part handling, insertion and fastening. Assembly time studies
- Quality control and reliability: Control charts for variable and attribute data, process capability, Pareto diagrams, acceptance sampling, incoming and final inspection, quality rating. Reliability of systems, modes of failure, mean time to failure
- Computer laboratory: Using parametric CAD software for tool/ mould design
Communication 1 - Verbal Communication (GA1)
Communication 2 - Communicating using different media (GA2)
Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy (GA5)
Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy (GA6)
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.