TAM 270
TAM 270 - Design for Manufacturability
Spring 2025
Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
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Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB1 | 63246 | LAB | 0 | 1300 - 1450 | M | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB2 | 63247 | LAB | 0 | 1500 - 1650 | M | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB3 | 63250 | LAB | 0 | 1100 - 1250 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB4 | 63251 | LAB | 0 | 1300 - 1450 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB5 | 63252 | LAB | 0 | 1700 - 1850 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB6 | 63254 | LAB | 0 | 1200 - 1350 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB7 | 63255 | LAB | 0 | 1400 - 1550 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB8 | 63256 | LAB | 0 | 1600 - 1750 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AB9 | 63257 | LAB | 0 | 1800 - 1950 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | ABA | 63258 | LAB | 0 | 1000 - 1150 | R | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | ABB | 63259 | LAB | 0 | 1200 - 1350 | R | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | ME270 | AL1 | 63243 | LEC | 3 | 1500 - 1550 | T R | 151 Loomis Laboratory | Mickey Clemon |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB1 | 68580 | LAB | 0 | 1300 - 1450 | M | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB2 | 68581 | LAB | 0 | 1500 - 1650 | M | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB3 | 68583 | LAB | 0 | 1100 - 1250 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB4 | 68584 | LAB | 0 | 1300 - 1450 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB5 | 68585 | LAB | 0 | 1700 - 1850 | T | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB6 | 68587 | LAB | 0 | 1200 - 1350 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB7 | 68588 | LAB | 0 | 1400 - 1550 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB8 | 68589 | LAB | 0 | 1600 - 1750 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AB9 | 68590 | LAB | 0 | 1800 - 1950 | W | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | ABA | 68591 | LAB | 0 | 1000 - 1150 | R | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | ABB | 68592 | LAB | 0 | 1200 - 1350 | R | 0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
Design for Manufacturability | TAM270 | AL1 | 68578 | LEC | 3 | 1500 - 1550 | T R | 151 Loomis Laboratory | Mickey Clemon |
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Official Description
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: Possible secondary field, with approval.