Production engineering

About: Production engineering is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2657 publications have been published within this topic receiving 37409 citations.

On the interplay of manufacturing engineering education and e-learning

Abstract: This article addresses the interplay of e-learning (through the Internet) and manufacturing engineering education (at the undergraduate level). As is the case in other engineering programs, e-learning in manufacturing engineering must harmonize the aspects of near-future employment needs, academic discipline-based learning, and outcome-oriented learning. Thus, a procedure is presented for preparing the e-learning contents using the Internet-embedded concept maps. Examples are cited whenever necessary to make the description as clear as possible. Numerical results that show the students’ learning behaviors are also reported, providing more insights into the effectiveness of the proposed concept map-based e-learning approach for educating the undergraduate students with the knowledge of manufacturing engineering. Because there is no unique, preferable solution for developing e-learning content, this study may help other engineering programs beyond manufacturing engineering to develop systems for implementin...

Computer Applications in Production Engineering

Abstract: The current status of CAD applications and industrialization in China is concisely described in the paper Then, the potentiality of an extensive market of CAD applications is analyzed. Finally, models of developing CAD applications and industrialization in China are related. THE CURRENT STATUS OF CAD APPLICATIONS AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN CHINA 1.1 Chinese government supports the development of CAD applications and industrialization Computer aided design is a critical high technology to accomplish design automation, expedite the transformation from scientific and technological achievements to production forces, and to accelerate national economy development and four modernizations. The application of CAD technology is not only the main aspect of reformation of traditional industrial technologies but also an important leverage to raise product and engineering design to a higher level, reduce cost, shorten design cycle, and to improve the labor productivity, as well a significant requirement for enterprises to enhance their competitive power and adaptive faculty in market. The level of applying CAD technology is also one of the major marks indicating the level of national industrial technologies. Pan One Keynote Papers In order to impel the development of CAD applications and industrialization, Chinese government has been including the development of CAD in the National Science and Technology Key Projects and Torch Program for a long time, encouraging enterprises to adopt CAD technology and carrying out preferential policies for them. The national developing plan of CAD applications has been formulated, in addition, a coordinating and directing group of CAD application engineering, which was sponsored by the National Science Committee and participated by eight state ministries and committees, has been established. 1.2 The current status of CAD applications and industrialization in China Starting in 1960s and passing through its developing period mainly in 1970s and 1980s, CAD in China is now beginning its preliminary applications in engineering designs and product designs in diverse fields such as machinery, electron, aviation, aerospace, architecture, shipbuilding, light industry, textile industry, and so on, and has obtained remarkable technical and economic benefits. For example, in National Designing Institutes, more than 90 percent of calculation, 50 percent of project design and 30 percent of drawings were finished by using CAD technology. It raised working efficiency as 3 to 10 times as before, and saved as much as 2 percent of capital construction investment. As a result, 2 billion yuan of engineering investment has been cut down on only during the 7th. five-year plan period. According to the results of our sample survey, the installation situation of computers and CAD systems in 1992 is listed as follows. Al'ldfwn Slllppmg Weapon 011 Industry& eapJtal Rmlway Machmery Electron ConstructiOn Jnduo~lr}' JnduMry Jndu.~try ConstructiOn Bureau MllllSlry__ ln.'>t.alled ( 'nmputers 528U 2000 6464 571 2352 2150

Principles for aerospace manufacturing engineering in integrated new product introduction

Abstract: This article investigates the value-adding practices of Manufacturing Engineering for integrated New Product Introduction. A model representing how current practices align to support lean integrati...