Intro to Plant Engineering (MFGE 451)

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

An introductory-level course to familiarize the student with the basic principles, techniques, and types of automation, material handling systems, and equipment layouts found in manufacturing facilities. Subjects include: automatic parts loading and unloading devices, parts feeding systems, automatic assembly machines, modular automation components, material handling equipment, departmental arrangement paradigms for optimum material flow, and evaluative techniques. The student is required to submit two term projects: a design for a special purpose assembly machine, and then a layout of manufacturing facility to maximize output of that machine. Pre-Requisites:Technology students only. Typically Offered On Demand