This is an introductory level course in Manufacturing Systems Technology and management. For most enterprises, the long term goal is to stay in business, grow and make profits. This is particularly true for manufacturing enterprises, which must understand the dynamic changes that are taking place in business environment and are flexible enough to change at every level. This course is an introductory course for engineering professionals who would like to take up careers in manufacturing and also for professionals who are already in manufacturing careers and would like to see the technological changes that manufacturing paradigm has witnessed in the last 3 decades.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students of BE/ME/MS/BSc/MSc stream
CORE/ELECTIVE: Core
UG/PG: Both UG/PG
PREREQUISITES:None
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Small and medium scale production industries.
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya is currently as Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of technology Kanpur. Prior to joining the department he has been associated at a senior management level at Suzuki Motors and has over 6 years of experience in various production capacities and positions. Prof. Bhattacharya currently takes care of the 4-I laboratory at IIT Kanpur as its coordinator and has also been associated with the TA202 laboratory as coordinator between 2012-2015. Both these laboratories are very high end in terms of offering manufacturing training programs.
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1: Manufacturing properties of materials
Week 2: Casting processes
Week 3 and 4: Machining processes
Week 5: Joining processes
Week 6 and 7 : Non-traditional machining processes
Week8: Introduction micromanufacturing
Week 9 and 10: Advanced machining processes (AJM, USM, ECM and EDM)
Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems by Mikell P. Groover
Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 4e by Kalpakjian
Manufacturing Science by Amitabha Ghosh and Mallick
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date of Exam: April 28th 2019 (Sunday).
Time of Exam: Morning session 9am to 2 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 8 out of 12 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
