1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Noise: physical quantities and definitions, spectral
characteristics and measurements. effect on human operators
threshold limits, introduction to Htandards regulatioI;s and
codes of practice. Vibration: physical sources and effects on
human body structures, measurement techniques,
introduction to standards and codes of practice.
Human environment workplace interface: displays and
control compatibility, design of operator interface.
Workspace and systems evaluation, Assessment: methods for
working environment and task demands. Workspace design,
modelling and synthesis techniques.
Work organisation: application of skills and task analysis to
job design, worker stress, motivation theories, effects of job
type on worker performance, shiftwork.
Recommended reading
Chaffin, D. and Andersson. Occupational Biornechanics. New
York, Wiley, 1984
Kantowitz and Sorkin. Human Factors: Understanding People
System Relationships. New York, Wiley, 1983
Sanders, M.S. and McCormack, E.J., Human Factors in
Enginem'ng and Design. 7th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Wickens, C.D., Engineering Psychology and Human Performance,
Columbus, Merrill, 1984
MM370 Manufacturing Technology
I2 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments and tests
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing - Production stream)
Content
Sheetmetal work: presses; classification, drive systems and
mechanisms, evaluation of different types, operation,
applications, selection. Press feed mechanisms; types,
advantages and disadvantages, applications. Die cushions.
Bending of sheetmetal; analysis of die types, forces, recoil,
springback, blank development. Deep drawing; planning,
force requirements, variables, effects of clearance, cutting
with she'ar, stripping force. Materials selection for press
forming; general requirements, mechanical tests, tensile test,
analysis of stress-strain curves and parameters, r and n
values, tests to simulate processes, stretch forming tests, deep
drawing tests, bending tests, forming-limit diagrams,
applications. Function and terminology for die components;
blanking dies, commercially available die sets, punches and
accessories.
Numerical control; introduction to NC machine tools,
comparison with conventional, hardware configurations,
sofftware implementation, control systems, machine control
subject, feedback, sensitivity. NC system components;
comparison of actuation systems. electric. hydraulic.
pne;matic. Design considiration; for NC Aachine tools;
design differences between conventional and NC machines,
mechanical design considerations, control system design
considerations. System input/output; types of input media,
symbolic codes, tape input format, communication with
MCU. NC programming; programming methods, computer
assisted NC programming [processors, post; processors],
part programming languages APT. Computer Numerical
Control (CNC), Direct Numerical Control (DNC);
comparison, management implications.
Plastics and rubbers; overview of processes. Melt forming,
rheology, mathematiccal analysis bf pseudoplastic, dilateit,
newtonian flow, time dependant flow, thixotropy, viscosity,
tractional viscosity. Extrusion defects; causes and
prevention. Extrusion die design. Single and multiple screw
extrusion; hardware and product characteristics. Injection
moulding; mould design, basics of the moldflow philosophy,
cooling systems. Thermoforming die design. Elastomers; C
black, other additives, compounding. Compression and
injection moulding.
Recommended reading
Crawford, R.J., Plastics Engineering. 2nd edn, Oxford, Pergamon
Press, 1987
Groover, M.P., Automation, Production Systems and Computer
Integrated Manufacturing. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1987
Harris, J.N., Mechanical Working of Metals. Oxford, Pergamon,
1983 .. ..
Kalpakjian, S., Manufacturing Processesfor Engineering Materials.
2nd edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1991
MM380 Productivity Improvement
4 credit points 2 hours per week (l sem.) Hawthorn
Assessment: final examination and assignments
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)
Content
Productivity definition, social and economic implications,
waste reduction attitudes. Productivity measurement
systems and benchmarking.
Work study method study, time measurement, (stopwatch,
predetermined methods, work sampling).
Value analysis and engineering.
Ergonomics basic ideas related to method study.
Laboratory exercises will be conducted on relevant issues.
Recommended reading
Doty, Leonard, A. Work Methods and Measurement. Delman, 1989
ILO Introduction to Work Study, 3rd rev. edn, I.L.O., 1986
Kobayashi, I. Twenty keys to Workplace Improvement,
Productivity Press, 1990
Kato, K., Productivity Through Motion Study. Productivity Press,
1991
Kaydos, W., Productivity, Improvement, Management and
Measurement. Productivity Press, 1991
Shiudata, I., Productivity Through Process Analysis. Productivity
Press, 1991
MM381 Managerial Economics
4 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments and examinations
A third year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)