Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

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Course title: Product Realization - MET 104

Prerequisite: Dev 108 or Equivalent

Credit Hours: Three credits ( 2 lecture/ 2 laboratory)

Date: March 24, 2001

Prepared by: Jim Houdeshell P.E.

Course Objectives and Description

• To outline the career possibilities for engineering technologists.
• To introduce and reinforce the five step problem process for solving analytical problems.
• To provide opportunities to apply the engineering design process to real world problems.

Course Description

Fundamentals of the product realization process including engineering design and problem solving with emphasis on, dimensional analysis, design for manufacturability, and customer satisfaction.

Link To Course Outline

Student Competencies

Upon completion of this course the students will be able to:

From Units and Conversions

• Describe and define the primary units of measurements in the US Customary System
• Describe and define the primary units of measurement in the International Metric System
• Use Both the US and SI measurement systems in real-world problems and everyday situations as applied to length, area, dry volume, liquid volume, temperature, mass and weight or force.
• Develop the unit conversions between US and SI systems for the fundamental units in area, mass, temperature and volume.
• Use dimensional analysis to ensure quantities are reported in appropriate units.

From Customer Satisfaction

• Apply the elements of the marketing mix to a product or service.
• Apply a consumer research technique to identify elements of customer satisfaction.

From Conceptual Design

• Participate effectively on a Product Development Team.
• Articulate the essential characteristics of a Product Development Team.
• Derive functional requirements, design requirements, and design criteria based on customer requirements.
• Develop conceptual designs based on functional requirements, design requirements and design criteria.
• Present conceptual designs in the form of sketches and written narration that shows how specifications have been met.
• Identify appropriate manufacturing processes for a particular design.
• Perform a standard decision analysis.
• Present a final product design, including its manufacturing process, to a design review process committee.
• Respond effectively to a design review committee's questions and constructive criticism relating to conceptual design
• Complete a Fault Tree Analysis for the loss of a major function of a product.

Overall Course Integration:

• Apply a systematic approach to the solving of analysis problems.
• Relate marketing techniques to the design and implementation of the product design
• Demonstrate skills in teamwork and oral and written communications.

Course Materials:

Engineer's Toolkit: Engineering Design and Problem Problem Solving , written by Stephen Howell and published by Benjamin/Cummings, 1996.

FMEA Supplement and Reference Guide, by Mike Schubert and James Houdeshell, published by Carillon Technologies Limited, 1997.

Customer Satisfaction, written by Linda Alexander, and Pat Galitz , published by Sinclair Community College through the NCE/AME, 1999.

Conceptual Design, written by Philip Doepker, Brian Knouff and Pat MacLellan, published by Sinclair Community College through the NCE/AME, 1998.

Grading Policies:

• Take Home Final Exam 40%
• Homework (four assignments) 10%
• Portfolios (handouts Units and Conversions and bound Customer Satisfaction and Conceptual Design participant modules) 10%
• Team Presentations and laboratory report (both group and laboratory reports) 15%
• Final Team Project 15%
  • Group Presentation and Report 10%
  • Individual Presentation 10%
• Group Evaluation of Individuals 5%

A: 90 -100%

B: 80 - 90%

C: 70 - 80%

D: 60 - 70%

Homework evaluation:

• Has the problem been defined and interpreted properly?
• Has the student used the five step problem solving approach from the Engineer's Toolkit?
• Has the problem been solved? Is the answer correct?
• Is it neat, legible, has correct grammar, looks professional?

Types of Assignments:

• Homework - see course outline page
• Portfolio - This is your handouts for Units and Conversion and the Customer Satisfaction and Conceptual design participant guides, I will review at end of quarter for completeness, neatness and quality of the analysis. You and your team should fill out the assessment instruments at the end of each authentic learning task to determine how well you are doing.
• Laboratory Report - Unit and Conversion Lab page 9a & 9b.
• Group Assignments:

Activities in Customer Satisfaction Module & Conceptual Design Module - Flip Chart Presentations to rest of class & one page summary write up turned in the following week.

Project:

• Modifying the Robotic Gripper to Meet Customer Needs

Scenario:

You are an employee of Robotic Grippers, Inc. (RGI) and serve as a member of the Product Development Team. One of your best customers, Get Your Bearings, Inc. (GYB), has asked RGI to modify a robotic gripper to accommodate steel ball bearings ranging in size from 1/4 inch to one inch in diameter. These ball bearings must be precisely placed on a conveyor system after they have been inspected on a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). The position on the CMM and the conveyor will be precisely identified by GYB.

Present a competitive design that meets RGI's Product Development Process Steps, at our scheduled Design Review Meeting.

• Final Project grade will reflect both team and individual efforts on both presentation and written summary.

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