Manufacturing Engineering (ME) Purpose Responsibilities Coordination A variety of approaches Personnel Training 1
ME: Principles 1 Precision Contamination Accuracy (stop watch exercise) Tolerance Contamination Standardization and Interchangeability 2
ME: Principles 2 Continuity Synchronization Efficiency Flexibility Redundancy Synchronization Efficiency Flexibility Experimentation and Testing 3
ME: Facility Siting Technical requirements Design Implementation Transportation Storage Legal Proximity Technical requirements Utilities and Access Design Implementation 4
ME: Quality Assurance Purpose Total quality management Inspection and sampling Statistical process control 5
ME: Equipment Tools and Machinery Tooling Materials Handling Safety Testing and Measuring Other 6
ME: Common Types of Tooling Jigs & fixtures Patterns & templates Gages Other 7
ME: Concepts in Tooling Registration Accumulation of tolerances Effects of wear and fatigue Vectors Chip removal Other 8
ME: Tooling Purpose Design Installation Evaluation Maintenance Alternatives 9
ME: Materials Handling Engineering Storage Transport Inventory Safety 10
ME: Transport Equipment Gravity Fed Hoppers Tubes and Rails Pressurized Pipelines Motorized Conveyors Lifts AGVs 11
ME: Inventory Parameters Tracking systems 12
ME: Impacts of Manufacturing on Design Design for Manufacture Design for Assembly Rapid Prototyping Near Net Shape Processing Other 13
ME: Workstation Design Human Requirements Physical Needs Anthropometrics and Limitations Ergonomics Worker Safety Special needs Social and Psychological Needs 14
ME: Maintenance Engineering Scheduled maintenance Unscheduled maintenance Scheduled upgrades Service contracts 15