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Lecture Notes

The instructor has created detailed slides to take students through each point of each class session.

LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction, logistics, context, history 2 videos (PDF)
2 Assembly in the small-step-by-step process-Assembly Motions and Forces DFA video (PDF)
3 Assembly in the Small -Rigid part mating theory & RCC (PDF)
4 Key Characteristics (PDF)
5 Mathematical models of assemblies, feature-based modeling of assemblies (PDF)
6 Constraint in Assembly-1 (PDF)
7 Constraint in Assembly-2 (PDF)
8 Variation buildup in assemblies-1 (PDF)
9 Variation buildup in assemblies-2 (required 2 sessions including an hour on homework) (PDF)
10 Assembly sequence analysis, algorithms, and software (PDF)
11 The Datum Flow Chain-1 (PDF)
12 The Datum Flow Chain-2 (PDF)
13 More DFC (PDF)
14 Assembly in the Large - basic issues, economics, step-by-step process (PDF)
15 Product Architecture, flexibility (PDF)
16 Design for Assembly (PDF)
17 Assembly System Design (PDF)
18 Mid-term presentation of student projects covering first three reports.
19 Assembly in the large: Workstation design issues (PDF)
20 AITL System Design Issues: kinds of assembly lines and equipment, production volume, cycle times (PDF)
21 Assembly System Design Software and Discrete Event Simulation (PDF)
22 Economic analysis of assembly systems (PDF)
23 Show 'n Tell by Students
24 767 Wing Case Study (PDF)
25 Student Project Presentations