MFGE 421 - Automation-Systems Design

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 and new Fall 2017 Comm Across the Curriculum. Typically Offered Fall, Spring
Level: UG
Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisite MFGE 411/D-
Corequisite MFGE 422

Department: MFGE