Syllabus

Course Code: ELECTIVE- II MTIP-111    Course Name: Product Design and Development

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 INTRODUCTION: Introduction to product design, Design by evolution and innovation, Essential factors of product design, Production consumption cycle, Flow and value addition in production consumption cycle, Morphology of design.
PRODUCT DESIGN PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY: Product strategies, Time to market, Analysis of the product, Basic design considerations, Role of aesthetics in product design.
2 DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY: Overview and motivation, Basic method: Design guidelines: Design for assembly, Design for piece part production, Advanced method: Manufacturing cost analysis, cost driver modeling, Critique for design for assembly method.
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Environmental objectives, Basic DFE methods, Design guidelines, Life cycle assessment, Techniques to reduce environmental impact
3 HUMAN ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS IN PRODUCT DESIGN: Human being as applicator of forces, Anthropometry, the design of controls, the design of displays, Man/Machine information exchange, Workplace layout from ergonomic considerations.
VALUE ENGINEERING: Value, Nature and measurement of value, Maximum value, Normal degree of value, Importance of value, value analysis job plan, creativity, steps to problem solving and value analysis, value analysis tests, value engineering idea generation check list, Cost reduction through value engineering-case study, materials and process selection in value engineering.
4 MODERN APPROACHES TO PRODUCT DESIGN: Concurrent design, Quality function deployment (QFD), Rapid prototyping, 3D printing, Introduction to 4D printing.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: A modern product development process, reverse engineering and redesign product development process, product life cycle, product development teams, Product development planning, Manufacturing & economic aspects of product development.
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