The course is included in these curricula and study modules

Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

English

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

1

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

To give students the understanding to select
the most suitable manufacturing process for a
given component.

To understand the link between manufacturing
processes and the properties of the material.

To understand basic machining operations and
tools.

To give students the fundamental skills for
future CNC machining of moulds.

Learning outcomes

To describe common manufacturing processes.
To select the best manufacturing process for
the production of a given engineering
component.
To relate the structure of materials to the
given manufacturing process.
To calculate Young's Modulus and the Ultimate Tensile Stress for a tensile test.
To use a milling machine (postponed).
To be able to determine machining speeds and
feeds for lathe and milling.
To calculate manufacturing time and costs.
To understand the iron carbide phase diagram.
To present in groups.

Course contents

-Introduction and Overview of Manufacturing
(Chapter 1) + Nature of Materials (Chapter 2)
-Mechanical Properties of Materials (Chapter
3) and Physical Properties of Materials (Chapter
4)
-Machining Operations and Machine Tools
(Chapter 18)
-Engineering Materials (Chapter 5) and
Dimensions, Surfaces and their Measurement
(Chapter 6)
-Fundamentals of Metals Casting (Chapter 7) and
Metal Casting Processes (Chapter 8)
-Fundamental of Metal Forming (Chapter 14),
Bulk Deformation Processes in Metal Working
(Chapter 15)
-Group Presentations
-Reading also from chapter 23 and 26

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Students who have passed the course can not retake the course in the following year in order to improve the grade.

Additional information

The course is conducted remotely online in 2021. Refer to itslearning for zoom links.

It is required to enrol to a presentation
group within the first 2 weeks of class.

Read more from:
http://lab.arcada.fi/ External link

All deadlines dates must be met. Students not submitting assessment work by the deadline dates will be removed from the course.

Recommended or required reading

The course lectures will be based on the text.

Principles of Modern Manufacturing, 5th Edition SI Version (2016):
ISBN: 978-1-119-34929-7
https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Principles+of+Modern+Manufacturing%2C+5th+E… External link

Study activities

  • Lectures - 15 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 15 hours
  • Small-group work - 15 hours
  • Individual studies - 90 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 135 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Multiform education

Assessment methods

  • Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

It is required to attend the group presentation. Although recommended, it is not compulsory to attend normal lectures. Students can follow the assigned Chapters and exercises from the course text book.

10%: Individual Assignment 1: Theoretical Tensile test exercise

10%: Individual Assignment 2: Machining

10% Linkedin Learning Video Tutorials

20%: Group Presentations

50%: Graded Exercise (online). Published after last lecture. Check exact dates and full details in itslearning.

Follow good scientific practice in studies at Arcada:
https://start.arcada.fi/en/my-studies/degree-thesis/ethical-rules

GRADING.
50-59 Grade 1 Satisfactory
60-69 Grade 2 Satisfactory
70-79 Grade 3 Good
80-89 Grade 4 Good
90-100 Grade 5 Excellent

Student completing all required compulsory
tasks but not obtaining a grade will be given
an opportunity to make up their grade to 1. The assignment dates are set in itslearning.

Submitted Assignments/Projects/ Graded Exercises do not have re-exams to improve a passed grade.

Teacher

Vihtonen Mathew

Examiner

Vihtonen Mathew

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until date 2021-02-03

The timetable of the course

1st Week: Introduction and Overview of
Manufacturing (Chapter 1) + Nature of Materials
(Chapter 2)
2nd Week: Mechanical Properties of
Materials (Chapter 3) and Physical Properties of
Materials (chapter 4)
3rd Week: Machining Operations and
Machine Tools (Chapter 18)
4th Week: Engineering Materials (Chapter
5) and Dimensions, Surfaces and their
Measurement (Chapter 6).
5th Week: Fundamentals of Metals Casting
(Chapter 7) and Metal Casting Processes
(Chapter 8)
6th Week: Group Presentations
7th Week: No official class. Individual Work
8th Week: Fundamentals of Metal Forming
(Chapter 14), Bulk Deformation Processes in
Metal Working (Chapter 15)
9th Week: Welding Chapter 23 and 26.
10th Week Graded Exercise Submission and Course Survey

Review "PLANS" tab in itslearning for full details.

Assessment methods

  • 2021-03-11 - Exams
  • 2021-02-03 - Reports and productions

Course and curriculum search