TRC3801 Mechatronics and manufacturing
Faculty of Engineering
TRC3801 Mechatronics and manufacturing is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs MEC2402.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
The 2027 handbook has no page for TRC3801. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before TRC3801
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After TRC3801
No unit lists TRC3801 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Manufacturing operations, models and metrics, automation and NC/CNC, material transport and storage systems. Manufacturing systems: single cell, assembly line, cellular manufacturing and flexible manufacturing systems. Manufacturing support systems: CAD/CAM/CIM, process planning, production planning. including material requirement planning, manufacturing resource planning, shop floor control, inventory control.
Manufacturing excellence: push/pull systems, pull control systems, JIT, TQM, simulation of manufacturing systems.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for TRC3801.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe different types of manufacturing and production systems.
- 2
Generate Computer Numerical Control (CNC) code for the creation of simple features and parts using different positioning systems.
- 3
Analyse different material handling, storage and manufacturing support systems.
- 4
Quantify the performance of cellular and flexible manufacturing systems, and manual assembly lines.
- 5
Address modern manufacturing philosophies, such as Just In Time (JIT) and Lean Production systems.
- 6
Design an advanced manufacturing system.
Workload and teaching
3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory classes, 1 hour practicals and 6 hours of private study a week
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Ralph Abrahams
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Chris Davies
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for TRC3801?
You need MEC2402 before you enrol.
When is TRC3801 offered?
TRC3801 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020