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Manufacturing Guide for Mechanical Product Development

Name: Manufacturing Guide for Mechanical Product Development
Rating: 4.4 (513 reviews)

Learn how everyday physical products are manufactured with no prior experience in engineering.

Created bySwapnil Patel

Last updated 8/2017

English

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What you'll learn

Make mechanical prototypes for design projects
Transform ideas into physical products and physical products into success
Understand how everyday things are made
Approach machine shops and manufacturing companies for manufacturing your product

Course content

10 sections • 43 lectures • 1h 44m total length

Why You Should Know Manufacturing Methods1:26
This lecture provides a brief overview of why you should know manufacturing processes and techniques and how they can benefit you.
Materials2:25
This lecture provides a summary of major types of materials used in manufacturing: Metals, polymers (or plastics), and ceramics.
Major Manufacturing Methods0:38
Major types of manufacturing processes covered in this course: Casting, molding, forming, machining, powder processing, 3D printing, and joining.
Manufacturing Considerations3:30
This lecture covers how different factors affect what type of manufacturing process you should select and in what circumstances.
Accessing Videos in this Course1:00

Introduction to Casting2:38
General introduction to casting. What casting is and the general procedure to cast metals.
Sand Casting3:04
Learn the sand casting process where a pattern forms cope and drag cavities in a sand-filled flask, then pack, assemble, and pour molten metal into the mold cavity.
Investment Casting3:03
Learn how investment casting creates a ceramic mold by forming wax patterns, dipping in ceramic slurry, removing wax, and proceeding to the casting stage.
Die Casting3:42
Die casting uses high pressure to push molten metal into a metallic mold, called dies; molds are expensive and the process is energy intensive due to high pressures and temperatures.

Introduction to Molding1:51
General overview of molding. What molding is different types of molding methods covered in this course.
Types of Plastics1:40
This lecture provides a clear distinction between three different types of plastics and their limitations.
Extrusion and Blown Film3:41
Blow Molding0:52
Blow molding forms hollow plastic parts with thin walls by blowing air from inside into a mold cavity, producing items like bottles and jugs.
Injection Molding2:38
Compression Molding2:11
Compression molding uses heat and high pressure to shape plastic inside a mold cavity, like waffles, similar to injection molding, and targets therm set plastics that do not require melting.

Introduction to Forming1:42
This lecture provides an overview of what forming is and how it is different from casting and molding. Different types of forming processes covered in this course include forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing, and sheet metal forming.
Forging1:28
Rolling1:09
Extrusion and Drawing1:42
Sheet Metal Forming1:37
Learn how sheet metal starts as a flat sheet and is bent into desired shapes using various machines and techniques, including a brake-like mechanism that bends the metal.

Introduction3:36
This lecture discusses the importance of machining, its benefits, and its distinction from other processes. The machining equipment discussed in the course include drill press, lathe, milling machine, grinder, and CNC.
Drill Press3:05
Lathe4:11
Learn lathe operation basics, where a rotating workpiece is shaped by a fixed tool to produce stepped diameters and notches, with emphasis on turning and chips.
Milling Machine2:17
A milling machine uses a rotating tool to shape and finish workpieces, offering multi-axis motion in X, Y, Z and rotation for curved surfaces like spheres and ellipses.
Grinder1:31
This lecture explains that drill, press, lathe, and milling machines may not yield a smooth finish, and introduces grinding with an abrasive wheel on a grinder as surface finishing method.
CNC2:14
Explore cnc machining, from writing g-code programs to automating milling and drilling, and compare cnc with manual machining for producing many identical parts.

3D Printing Explained7:17
This lecture introduces the students to the fantastic world of 3D printing and explains why there is so much hype around 3D printing technology. Main types of 3D printing techniques involve SLA and FDM.
SLA1:16
Learn stereolithography (SLA) by exploring how a UV laser solidifies liquid resin, layer by layer, to build a 3d product from a pattern in the resin.
FDM1:01
Explore fused deposition modeling (fdm) 3d printing, where a plastic feeder melts and extrudes melted plastic through a nozzle to form thin layers that fuse and harden, layer by layer.

Requirements

The only things required are your time, attention, and passion to learn manufacturing. I will do the rest.

Description

Welcome to the course that will explain Manufacturing from the very basics – “Manufacturing Guide for Product Development”. Whether you are an engineer, product developer, emerging entrepreneur, or simply an Android or Java Developer who is intrigued by the world of manufacturing, this course will provide skills that will help you in many aspects of your engineering or non-engineering career.

Gain Manufacturing Knowledge without Spending $60,000 in Colleges and Universities

Complete overview of modern manufacturing methods
Video links that demonstrate these manufacturing methods to understand them visually
All complex industrial processes explained in the easiest manner; No unnecessary technical terms and jargons
Connection between manufacturing and product development
Understanding of how everyday products are made like bottles, grocery bags, smartphone case, pipes, metal containers etc.

Course Summary

Sometimes, even engineers who spend 4 years of college learning theories do not know enough about manufacturing. I have spent countless hours learning manufacturing theories and just as many hours practising in the mechanical engineering industry. I have compiled all the juicy and interesting things in this Udemy course while leaving out unnecessary things so this course is all you need.

Unlike computer programming, manufacturing and mechanical engineering are hands-on fields. You need to visit machine shops and factories to see the actual physical processes in order to learn properly. But, I have manufacturing-related video links in this course that will allow you to learn everything without having to visit hot and dirty factories.

The best thing about this course is that it uses the simplest language and avoids all the technical and unnecessarily complicated wording so you can understand even the most complicated topics with ease. As long as you have passion to learn amazing things, YOU MUST TAKE THIS COURSE.

Contents and Overview

This course contains over 40 lectures, 2+ hours of contents, and a compilation of the best video demonstrations for each topic discussed.

I will cover these topics

Materials
Plastic Types
Concept Generation
Casting
Molding
Forming
Machining
Powder Processing
3D Printing
Joining

By the time you complete this course, you will feel very accomplished and look at products around you differently depending on your profession. If you are in engineering, you will be able to make great prototypes for your design projects and have more hands-on skills compared to your other classmates. If you are not in engineering, you will develop a good eye for seeing things in terms of manufacturing. you will be able to see your smartphone or your window frames and think how they must have been made!

There is a lot to learn and you will have questions along the way. Feel free to post your questions and ideas onto the discussion board of this course and I will reply with an answer within 48 hours. I encourage students to participate as much as possible.

Who this course is for:

Anyone with a passion to understand how things are made and how manufacturing works. No prior technical background required.

Manufacturing Guide for Mechanical Product Development

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Course content

Introduction to the Course5 lectures • 9min

Casting4 lectures • 12min

Molding6 lectures • 13min

Forming5 lectures • 8min

Machining6 lectures • 17min

Powder Processing3 lectures • 5min

3D Printing3 lectures • 10min

Joining7 lectures • 22min

Product Development2 lectures • 6min

Wrap-up2 lectures • 6min

Requirements

Description

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