MEC 431 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Drawing, Problem Solving

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Course: MEC 431
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Process planners: technical staff function concerned with planning the manufacturing processes for economical production of high quality products. Manufacturing engineering dept: process planning is usually the principal function within the, )n addition to process planning, the scope of manufacturing. Manufacturing engineering department of a company engineering also includes: Problem solving and continuous improvement staff support to operating departments. Design for manufacturability manufacturability advisors to product designers. Manual process planning following skills and abilities: compiled set of machining descriptions: depending on the shop, the process plan can be very elaborate, )n order to prepare a process plan, the process planner must have the. Knowledge of resources available in the shop. Access to reference books (cid:523)machinery"s handbook, tool catalogs, etc. (cid:524) Ability to estimate machining time, material and tooling costs. practice. Material of the part: number of parts, shape and dimensions, gd&t, cost of machining, casting, molding, etc, available machine tools, requiredmechanicalproperties, selectthebestpractice(orprocesses)foreach feature.