TAM 270

TAM 270 - Design for Manufacturability

Spring 2025

Title	Rubric	Section	CRN	Type	Hours	Times	Days	Location	Instructor
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB1	63246	LAB	0	1300 - 1450	M	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB2	63247	LAB	0	1500 - 1650	M	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jahid Emon
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB3	63250	LAB	0	1100 - 1250	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB4	63251	LAB	0	1300 - 1450	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Arifa Akther
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB5	63252	LAB	0	1700 - 1850	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB6	63254	LAB	0	1200 - 1350	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Charul Chadha
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB7	63255	LAB	0	1400 - 1550	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jahid Emon
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB8	63256	LAB	0	1600 - 1750	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jiamiao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	AB9	63257	LAB	0	1800 - 1950	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Liyuan Zhang
Design for Manufacturability	ME270	ABA	63258	LAB	0	1000 - 1150	R	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Liyuan Zhang
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	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB2	68581	LAB	0	1500 - 1650	M	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jahid Emon
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB3	68583	LAB	0	1100 - 1250	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB4	68584	LAB	0	1300 - 1450	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Arifa Akther
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB5	68585	LAB	0	1700 - 1850	T	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Ziyao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB6	68587	LAB	0	1200 - 1350	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Charul Chadha
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB7	68588	LAB	0	1400 - 1550	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jahid Emon
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB8	68589	LAB	0	1600 - 1750	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Jiamiao Guo
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	AB9	68590	LAB	0	1800 - 1950	W	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Liyuan Zhang
Design for Manufacturability	TAM270	ABA	68591	LAB	0	1000 - 1150	R	0023B Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg	Liyuan Zhang
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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Web Page

https://canvas.illinois.edu/courses/55065

Official Description

Course Information: Same as ME 270. See ME 270.

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.

Last updated

9/20/2018