Walla Walla University
School of Engineering

ENGR480 Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Spring 2011

Facts:

Important Background:

What you will learn in this course:

What your grade will be based on:

  1. Project - The majority of credit in the class will be based on a large, quarter-long, team lab project. This project will involve the design, fabrication, assembly, programming, wiring, testing, and documenting of an automated production machine. Each team will consist of four students, chosen by me. Each team will be given a grade on their project quality and on their documentation quality, and an individual weighting factor will be applied based on the value of the contribution of each team member.
  2. Memos and Reports - Most of your work will be documented in memo and report format. Grading will be on content, writing quality, and persuasiveness.
  3. Quizzes, homework, and tests - I will use some more traditional forms of evaluation from time to time as needed.
  4. Reading - you will receive 2% extra credit for reading an article each week from a trade magazine or journal, such as Manufacturing Engineering, Design News, Machine Design, Industrial Automation, Modern Machine Shop, or ASME or SME publications. Either print or online editions are acceptable. The CNC Forum on http://www.practicalmachinist.com is also very useful. Just send me an email each week telling me what article you read.
  5. Attendance - Marginal grades may be decided by attendance record. Attendance means full engagement in classroom activities, not just physical presence. Surfing the web, texting on your phone, reading email, or playing solitare does not constitute attendance.
  6. Shop safety - Your grade may be penalized if you cause an accident in the shop or lab that results in injury to anyone or damage to equipment, through negligence, ignorance, or carelessness.
  7. Grade thresholds will be approximately: A: 95%, A-: 90%, B+: 85%, B: 80%, B-: 75%, C+: 70%, C: 65%, C-: 60%, D:55%

Useful Supplemental References:

Special Considerations:

If you have a learning disability or otherwise need special consideration, please contact the appropriate campus office and have them discuss your needs with me. Since you are all seniors, I assume you will know this process by now if you have such a problem.

Notes on Laboratory and Shop Usage:

Approximate Schedule

Week Date Time Topic Reading
1 Mar 28 10:00 Machining - basic CNC Machinery's Handbook - Numerical Control Programming
Mar 29 2:00 Lab - CNC Turning
Mar 30 10:00 Machining - CNC boring and threading Machinery's Handbook - Numerical Control Programming
Apr 1 10:00 Machining - CNC turning cycles Machinery's Handbook - Numerical Control Programming
2 Apr 4 10:00 Machining - CNC boring/threading exercise
Apr 5 2:00 Lab - Flashlight machining
Apr 6 10:00 Part Feeding
Apr 8 10:00 Generating Motion - pneumatics
3 Apr 11 10:00 Generating Motion - stepper motors
Apr 12 2:00 Lab - Nelson Irrigation Tour
Apr 13 10:00 Sensors
Apr 15 10:00 CNC Milling - Pro/E
4 Apr 18 10:00 Relay Logic Machinery's Handbook - Numerical Control
Apr 19 2:00 Lab - Assembly Machine Design
Apr 20 10:00 Relay Logic
Apr 22 10:00 PLC - wiring and I/O
5 Apr 25 10:00 PLC - state machines
Apr 26 2:00 Lab - Machine Fab & Assembly
Apr 27 10:00 PLC - state machines
Apr 29 10:00 PLC - program editing
6 May 2 10:00 PLC - programming
May 3 2:00 Lab - Machine Assembly
May 4 10:00 Stepper motor control - EMC2
May 6 10:00 Stepper motor control - EMC2
7 May 9 10:00 Motoman robot controller
May 10 2:00 Lab - Machine Wiring
May 11 10:00 Motoman robot controller
May 13 10:00 PLC/motion controller coordination
8 May 16 10:00 PLC/motion controller coordination
May 17 2:00 Lab - Machine Wiring & Programming
May 18 10:00 Flexible manufacturing - stock feeding
May 20 10:00 Flexible manufacturing - parts unloading
9 May 23 10:00 Toyota Production System
May 24 2:00 Lab - Machine Programming
May 25 10:00 Writing memos and reports
May 27 10:00 Philosophy of Automation
10 May 30 Memorial Day
May 31 2:00 Lab - Final testing
June 1 10:00 Philosophy of Automation
June 3 10:00 Lab Cleanup (attendance taken)
11 June 6 (Monday) 10:00 Final project demos/Final Quiz