- UCAS course code
- H3ND
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Master of Engineering (MEng)
MEng Mechanical Engineering with Management
- Typical A-level offer: A*A*A including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: A*AA including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 38 points overall with 7,7,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Manufacturing Engineering 2
Unit code | MECH20051 |
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Credit rating | 10 |
Unit level | Level 2 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Engineering manufacturing is vital to the economy of a modern developed nation. Whatever is designed by mechanical engineers has to be manufactured. The times when a designer completed a design and sent it to the manufacturing department to make are gone. Most of the costs of manufacture are determined at the design stage, so it is vital that there is effective collaboration between designers and manufacturing engineers.
This unit covers three key elements of manufacturing for mechanical engineers: It introduces some of the most common machining process. It then introduces various types of machine tools and the way these are programmed. Finally, key equipment employed for the inspection and testing of the components manufactured is presented.
Pre/co-requisites
Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
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Manufacturing Engineering 1 (Mechanical) | MECH11012 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
This unit aims for students to acquire knowledge and develop an understanding of three aspects of manufacturing for mechanical engineering: Machining; NC machine tools and the programming of these; engineering metrology.
Syllabus
Machining: Fundamentals of cutting theory; Introduction to a range of machining processes, such as turning, milling, drilling and tapping; Cutting tool design and geometry; Cutting parameters.
Numerically controlled machine tools: Description of machine tool types; Definition and merits of NC hardware; Applications of computers in NC activities; NC programming.
Metrology: General introduction to metrology (types of errors, traceability); Introduction to common metrology equipment, its operating principle and limitation, e.g. callipers, slip gauges, micrometres; Design, application and operation of coordinate measuring machines; Surface metrology (roughness and hardness); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Written exam | 80% |
Report | 20% |
Feedback methods
Exam - Written individual and general feedback, three weeks after the last group of students attended their lab session.
Report - Immediate verbal feedback during the lab session.
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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eAssessment | 10 |
Lectures | 22 |
Practical classes & workshops | 2 |
Tutorials | 2 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 64 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Robert Heinemann | Unit coordinator |