Concurrent Engineering And Rapid Prototyping
Supported by
the Manchester Metropolitan University
TEMPUS-TACIS
EBSC Georgia
Georgian Technical University
Course Philosophy
Create an understanding of the product design process and its relationship with manufacturing and cost.
Objectives
- Indicate the role of Concurrent Engineering in reducing “Time to Market” a new product.
- Emphasize the importance of Market Driven Design in CE.
- Describe methods for developing a Product Design Specification based on QFD.
- Describe the Conceptual Design Process.
- Provide techniques of Design Evaluation Techniques.
- Apply guidelines for improving component manufacture and product assembly at the conceptual and detail design stages.
- Recognize the influence of process, material and tolerances on component and product cost.