MEN332-Syllabus

Manufacturing Technology MEN 332

Credits                          3

Contact Hours                5

Instructor/Coordinator:

                   Dr. Abdel-Wahab El-Morsy

                   aalmursi@kau.edu.sa

Textbook:

S. Kalpakjian, Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, PEARSON Prentice Hall /2008

Supplemental Materials:

1. S. Kalpakjian, S. Schmid, Manufacturing Engineering & Technology, 7^th Ed., PEARSON Prentice Hall /2014
2. Mikell P. Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems 5^th Ed., Wiley/ 2012.

Specific Course Information:

1. Brief Description of the Content of the Course (Catalog Description)

   Introduction, Casting processes (solidification, permanent and expendable mold casting), Bulk forming processes (cold forming, hot forming, formability, and forming limits), Sheet metal processes (formability of sheets and sheet forming processes, Manufacturing of polymer, Powder and Ceramic materials, Welding process, Principles of metal cutting and machining, Mechanism of chip formation, Heat treatment of materials, Laboratory.

2. Pre-requisites (P) or Co-requisites (C)

   MEN 130, CHEN 212

3. Course Type (Required or Elective)

     Required

Specific Goals:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

1. identify basic manufacturing processes and describe the economic considerations involved in products
2. describe the principles and characteristics of major joining processes
3. explore the manufacturing processes for producing parts from Ceramics, powder, as well as composite materials
4. use common measurement equipment
5. correlate the behavior of some engineering materials to stress-strain diagram
6. describe the fundamentals of metal casting and estimate the solidification time of different product shape
7. estimate the important deformation processing parameters such as force, power requirements, and die materials
8. analyze sheet forming operations and the important parameters involved
9. calculate proper speeds, feeds and depths of cut for machining operations

Student Outcomes Addressed by the Course

Brief List of Topics to be covered:

1. Introduction
2. Fundamental of the mechanical Behavior of Materials
3. Structure and manufacturing properties of metals
4. Metal Casting Process and Heat treatment
5. Bulk Deformation Process
6. Sheet Metal Forming
7. Material Removal Process
8. Joining and Fastening processes
9. Properties and Processing of Ceramics, Metal Powders, and Composite Materials