Unit Code: MEB804

Unit Name: Advance Manufacturing Technology

Description: The purpose of this paper is to apply earlier principles and knowledge to analysis manufacturing techniques at an advanced level and thereby gain an understanding of the manner in which the BE undergraduate programmeme will be used in the manufacturing industry. The intention of this paper is for the student to learn the ability to use existing skills (eg: maths/modelling, mechanics, thermofluids, engineering materials) to delve deeply into a topic at an advanced level. Topics covered include: die cast technology, welding technology, metal removal, metrology and selected topics in semiconductor manufacture.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. Apply theories and applications of manufacturing technology to complex manufacturing processes.(WA1) 2. Evaluate material changes produced in material formation processes as described by theories and applications of physical principles. (WA1,2) 3. Produce and analyze models of complex physical processes(WA3,5) 4. Synthesize knowledge from all previous studies in terms of manufacturing technologies(WA1) 5. Predict the behavior in terms of heat flow, fluid flow and solidification in die casting (WA4) 6. Predict, describe and evaluate the heat generation, melting, fusion, solidification and metallurgical changes that occur in welding operations (WA1-5) 7. Determine the major steps of fabrication of microchips (production of wafers, wafer surface oxidation, deposition, lithography, etching, diffusion/implantation, metallization and packaging), and analyse semiconductor crystal growth and oxidation. (WA2,12) 8. Apply relevant processes to evaluate material removal in material formation. (WA2,3)

Prerequisite: MEB602

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2