Automation-Systems Design (MFGE 421)

• College: Coll of Engineering Technology
• Department: Manufacturing Eng Tech
• Credit Hours: 4
• This course has a lecture with 3 hours.
• This course has a lab with 3 hours.

Designed to familiarize the student with the design and application principles of automation commonly practiced in manufacturing industry. Soft- versus hard-automation, turn key systems versus user constructed systems, and special- versus modular-componentry will be studied, as well as part orientation and transfer, and techniques for automating manual operations. A special assembly machine will be designed as a term project. This course meets General Education requirements: Writing Intensive. Pre-Requisites:MFGE 411. Co-Requisites:MFGE 422. Typically Offered Fall, Spring