Design for Manufacture (H7134)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

What does it take for a design to be able to be mass manufactured? This module introduces you to the principles, methodologies and techniques of the engineering and product design practice known as 'Design for Manufacture'.

You’ll explore:

  • industrial engineering
  • operations management
  • materials and processes
  • concurrent engineering
  • quality control
  • sustainability
  • CAD.

You’ll learn about the impact of leaving the manufacturability of a design as an afterthought, and how production volumes impact design features.

Topics include:

  • tolerances
  • design specifications
  • ISO and British Standards
  • cost estimation
  • project planning.

As part of a project-based learning approach, you’ll work in teams to analyse a commercial sample in terms of its manufacturability. You’ll then develop a similar design of your own, applying everything that you’ve learned. This experience will help you learn about effective teamwork and risk management.

Teaching

42%: Lecture
42%: Practical (Laboratory)
17%: Seminar (Class)

Assessment

100%: Coursework (Group presentation, Group submission (written))

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 34 hours of contact time and about 116 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: