University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Mechanical Science & Engineering

ME 270

ME 270 - Design for Manufacturability

Fall 2022

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB164686LAB00900 - 1050 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Irwin Loud, IV
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB264687LAB01100 - 1250 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB364688LAB01300 - 1450 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Chi-Ting Lee
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB464689LAB01500 - 1650 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ziyao Guo
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB564690LAB01700 - 1850 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB664863LAB00900 - 1050 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB764864LAB01100 - 1250 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB864865LAB01300 - 1450 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AB964866LAB01700 - 1850 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABA64867LAB01200 - 1350 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABB64868LAB01400 - 1550 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABC64869LAB01600 - 1750 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ziyao Guo
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABD64870LAB01800 - 1950 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABE65214LAB01000 - 1150 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABF65215LAB01200 - 1350 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ABG65216LAB01700 - 1850 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityME270AL164669LEC31500 - 1550 T R  100 Materials Science & Eng Bld  Bruce Flachsbart
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ZJ171287PKG32000 - 2050 M W  ARR Zhejiang University  Bruce Flachsbart
Design for ManufacturabilityME270ZJ171287PKG32100 - 2250 M  ARR Zhejiang University  Bruce Flachsbart
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB170018LAB00900 - 1050 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Irwin Loud, IV
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB270019LAB01100 - 1250 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB370020LAB01300 - 1450 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Chi-Ting Lee
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB470021LAB01500 - 1650 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ziyao Guo
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB570022LAB01700 - 1850 M  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB670023LAB00900 - 1050 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Krithsanvith Manthripragada
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB770024LAB01100 - 1250 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB870025LAB01300 - 1450 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AB970026LAB01700 - 1850 T  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABA70027LAB01200 - 1350 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABB70028LAB01400 - 1550 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ben Yang
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABC70029LAB01600 - 1750 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Ziyao Guo
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABD70030LAB01800 - 1950 W  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABE70031LAB01000 - 1150 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABF70032LAB01200 - 1350 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ABG76372LAB01700 - 1850 R  0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg Vivek Sharma
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270AL170017LEC31500 - 1550 T R  100 Materials Science & Eng Bld  Bruce Flachsbart
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ZJ176717PKG32100 - 2250 M  ARR Zhejiang University  Bruce Flachsbart
Design for ManufacturabilityTAM270ZJ176717PKG32000 - 2050 M W  ARR Zhejiang University  Bruce Flachsbart

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Official Description

Introduction to DFM methodologies and tools; material selection (new and traditional materials); designing for primary manufacturing processes (cutting fundamentals, casting, forming, and shaping); designing with plastics (snap-fits, integral hinges, etc.); design for assembly (DFA); geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Course Information: Same as TAM 270. Prerequisite: ME 170. ME and EM majors only.

Detailed Course Description

Introduction to DFM methodologies and tools; material selection (new and traditional materials); designing for primary manufacturing processes (cutting fundamentals, casting, forming, and shaping); designing with plastics (snap-fits, integral hinges, etc.); design for assembly (DFA); Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). Prerequisite: ME 170. 3 undergraduate hours.

DFM methodologies and tools:

1. DFM overview/strategy

2. Quality function deployment (QFD)

3. Concept Selection

4. Product Design Specification

5. Design for assembly (DFA)

6. Design for Economic Manufacture (material removal, casting, forming, & shaping)

7. Designing with plastics (snap-fits, integral hinges, etc.)

8. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

9. Selection of materials (life-cycle economics)

Laboratory Projects:

1. Introduction to machine tools (in machine shop)

2. Injection Molding

3. CNC Machining

4. Sand Casting

5. Rapid Prototyping

6. Water Jet Cutting

7. Design of Experiments

8. Inspection/metrology (CMM/GD&T)

DFM Team Design Project:

Students will work in teams of 3 throughout the semester to design and build a functional prototype of a small mechanical or electro-mechanical product with your partner. The product should be of their own design and have something new or different about it; innovation will be a portion of the grade. It does not have to define a new problem; it can also provide a novel and/or economic solution to an existing problem. For example: an electromechanical toothbrush designed for use by disabled or motion-impaired, a garden hose attachment that automatically washes your car while you sleep, a shoe cleaning attachment for a vacuum cleaner, shoes that transform into a skate board……

ME: Required.

EM: TAM 270 required instead.

Last updated

9/26/2018

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