NPTEL : NOC:Design for Quality, Manufacturing and Assembly (Mechanical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Palaniappaan Ramu


Lecture 1 - Introduction to DfX

Lecture 2 - Introduction to Quality

Lecture 3 - Introduction to Robustness

Lecture 4 - Introduction to Six Sigma Concept

Lecture 5 - Recap and clarifications of basic concepts

Lecture 6 - Review of Six Sigma and Quality Loss Function (QLF)

Lecture 7 - Types of QLF and SN Ratio

Lecture 8 - Linking Quality and Robustness

Lecture 9 - Design for Six Sigma - Stages, Design of Experiments

Lecture 10 - Introduction To Design Of Experiments

Lecture 11 - Need for DoE and basic DoE methods

Lecture 12 - Factorial Design

Lecture 13 - Orthogonal Array- L4 and L8 example

Lecture 14 - Setting up an Orthogonal Array

Lecture 15 - Confounding OA and Resolution Table

Lecture 16 - Confounding Logic and Randomization of Experiments

Lecture 17 - Paper Helicopter Case Study - Part I

Lecture 18 - Paper Helicopter Case Study - Part II

Lecture 19 - Introduction To Injection Molding Process, Materials, Terminologies Related To Plastic Parts and Design Guidelines

Lecture 20 - Estimation of Mold Cost for Injection Molding (Dixon and Poli's Method)

Lecture 21 - Estimation of Mold Cost for Injection Molding (Dixon and Poli's Method) (Continued...)

Lecture 22 - Mold Cost Estimation - Tutorial

Lecture 23 - Design for Additive Manufacturing

Lecture 24 - Demo

Lecture 25 - Introduction to Sustainable Development and Sustainability Indicators - Part 1

Lecture 26 - Introduction to Sustainable Development and Sustainability Indicators - Part 2

Lecture 27 - Introduction to design process

Lecture 28 - Accounting for manufacturability and assembly in design - An overview

Lecture 29 - DfMA in product design

Lecture 30 - General design guidelines for manual assembly

Lecture 31 - Systematic DFA methodology

Lecture 32 - Alpha symmetry, Beta symmetry

Lecture 33 - Quantification of part size and thickness

Lecture 34 - Systematic DFA Case study - controller assembly

Lecture 35 - DFA examples and discussion

Lecture 36 - Xerox Producibility Index (XPI)

Lecture 37 - High Speed and Robotic Assembly

Lecture 38 - Sheet Metal Working

Lecture 39 - Overview of DoE Workflow

Lecture 40 - DFA Software

Lecture 41 - DFM Software and Case Studies