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Crossing Course Boundaries: A Joint Class Project between Machine Component Design and Manufacturing Processes Courses

Jon H. Marvel, Wendy Reffeor Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University

I. Introduction

A requirement of all mechanical engineering majors in the Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University is a course in Machine Component Design. This course is normally taken in the second semester of the senior year. During the same semester, most of the mechanical engineering students will take an elective course in Manufacturing Processes. A semester project, typically a design and build, is required in each of these courses. An initiative was undertaken to integrate these two semester projects into one project that captured the integrative approach of the product development process.

In the Manufacturing Processes course, one of the primary objectives is for the student to be able to select and discriminate between a variety of manufacturing processes and parameters and have the ability to fabricate uncomplicated parts using manual lathes, mills and/or welding processes. During the course the student’s are exposed to a wide variety of manufacturing processes which traditionally start with the metal material removal process and progress to joining, fastening, metal forming, casting, plastics molding and conclude with nontraditional processes. In order to supplement the lecture portion of the course, laboratory experiments provide the students with practical experience operating and analyzing the effects of the parameters of a variety of equipment, including standard manual mills, lathes, and several welding processes. The final component of the course is for the students to demonstrate their abilities to design and fabricate a simple component utilizing a variety of manufacturing processes.

In the Machine Component Design course, students are introduced to many machine components such as shafts, bearings, gears, springs, clutches and brakes, chains and belts, threaded fasteners and power screws. One of the primary objectives of the course is for students to not only be able to analyze these components, but also develop an understanding of how components work together in a system. To meet this objective, students are required to complete a design and build a project utilizing a minimum of two of the components discussed in the course.

II. Project Requirements

The integrated project for these courses was based on the requirements for the RI/SME Robotic Technology and Engineering Challenge – 2001. The students were expected to design and

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Reffeor, W., & Marvel, J. (2002, June), Crossing Course Boundaries: A Joint Class Project Between Machine Component Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10044