ME-440 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND REVERSE ENGINEERING
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 2
Practical = 1
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | PLO | Taxonomy |
| 1 | Explain the concepts of product development, reverse engineering, product planning and their industrial applications. | PLO-1 Engineering Knowledge |
Cognitive Level 2* |
| 2 | Apply design tools and methods for conceptual design, product architecture, and prototyping. | PLO-3 Design/Development of Solutions |
Cognitive Level 3* |
| 3 | Develop a product using industrial reverse engineering techniques to improve design and manufacturability. | PLO-3 Design/Development of Solutions |
Cognitive Level 5* |
| 4 | Practice product development techniques, including reverse engineering, 3D scanning and CAD modeling. | PLO-5 Tool Usage |
Psychomotor Level 3* |
COURSE CONTENT
- Engineering Design: Introduction to engineering design, Challenges of Product Development, approach and flow of engineering design process, Product Development Process Flows, Importance of team work, project planning tools.
- Product Development Process: Product life cycle, Concept development, Product development organizations
- Product Planning: Product planning process, opportunity identification, project prioritization, resource allocation, identifying customer needs, Design tools including pairwise comparison chart, morphological charts, Quality Function Deployment
- Conceptual Design: Product concept creation, Pugh’s concept selection method, weighted rated method; concept generation, selection and testing
- Product Architecture: Modularity, implications of product architecture, Product Variety, Component Standardization, Manufacturability, Delayed Differentiation, Platform Planning, industrial design
- Material and Manufacturing Process Selection: Interdependency of production function, material used, manufacturing process and geometry.
- Design Methods & Building Prototypes: Robust design, Design for X, DFM method, DFA method, DFMA method, Ergonomics and Environmental concerns in product design, prototyping concept and its building process, importance of prototype in engineering design. Costing approaches, Estimation of product cost.
- Reverse Engineering: Introduction, significance and industrial applications of reverse engineering, reverse engineering process, scanning equipment, data acquisition methods, 3D scanning, contact and non-contact scanner, Point cloud data processing, CAD modeling from scan data.
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T): Symbols, applications, ASME Y14.5 standards, form tolerances, datum, orientation and position tolerancing, runout, profile
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Text Book(s)
- Ulrich, Karl, Steven Eppinger, and Maria C. Yang, Product Design and Development, 7th Ed., 2020.
- Gary C. Confalone, John Smits, Thomas Kinnare, 3D Scanning for Advanced Manufacturing, Design, and Construction, Wiley, 2023.
- Bruce Wilson, “GD&T: Application and Interpretation”, Goodheart-Willcox, 2024.
Reference Book(s)
- Cross, N. “Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design”, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2023.
- Schmidt, L. C. and Dieter, G. “Engineering Design”, 6th ed. ,McGraw Hill, 2021.
- David V. Tennant, Product Development: An Engineer's Guide to Business Considerations, Real-World Product Testing, and Launch 1st Edition, 2022.
- Raheja, Amar, Reverse Engineering: An Industrial Perspective, Springer Nature, 2008.
- Wang, Wego. “Reverse Engineering: Technology of Reinvention:, CRC Press, 2010
- Kevin Otto and Kristin Wood, Product Design: Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development, Prentice Hall, 2001.
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