Production Plant Design (ME478) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Production Plant Design ME478 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
ME205
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Bilgin KAFTAOĞLU
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To acquaint students with Production Plant design and provide students a working experience through the course project.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Basic terminology in product design and CAD
  • Basic concepts in manufacturing systems
  • Fundamentals of market survey and plant location
  • Understanding of machine and labor selection
  • Concepts of material handling integrated with production plant layout
Course Content Introduction, fundamantals of design and CAD, manufacturing systems (CAD/CAM, FMS, CIM), market survey and plant location, plant layout, process analysis, quantity and quality planning and controlling for production, process and machine selection, materials handling, storage types, safety regulations, maintenance, environmental factors and R&D.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
2 Fundamentals of design and CAD Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
3 Manufacturing systems (CAD/CAM, FMS and CIM) Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
4 Market survey and plant location Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
5 Plant Layout Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
6 Process Analysis Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
7 Quantity and quality planning and controlling for production Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
8 Process and machine selection Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
9 Materials handling Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
10 Storage types Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
11 Maintenance Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
12 Maintenance Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
13 Environmental factors, Research and Development Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
14 Environmental factors, Research and Development Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
15 Final exam period Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities
16 Final exam period Course Book: D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities

Sources

Course Book 1. D. R. Sule, Manufacturing Facilities - Location, Planning, and Design, 2nd edition, PWS Publishing Company - International Thomson Publishing, 1994.
Other Sources 2. Ders Notları ve yansılar / Lecture notes and slides
3. Ray Wild, Production and Operations Management - Principles and Techniques, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Ltd., 1979 (On Reserve at METU Library with Call No. HD31 W668 1979).
4. Harold T. Amrine, John A. Ritchey, Colin L. Moodie, Manufacturing Organization and Management, 5th edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987 (On Reserve at METU Library with Call No. HD31 A54 1987).
5. Tompkins, White, Bozer, Frazelle, Tanchoco, Trevino, Facilities Planning, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
6. Richard L. Francis, Leon F. McGinnis, Jr., John A. White, Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach, 2nd edition, W. J. Fabrycky and J. H. Mize (eds.), Prentice-Hall Inc., 1992.
7. Ray Wild, The Techniques of Production Management, Holt, Rinehart and Winston Ltd., 1978.
8. D. Radford, D. B. Richardson, The Management of Production, 3rd edition, Barnes & Noble Books, 1972.
9. James M. Moore, Plant Layout and Design, The Macmillan Company, 1962.
10. G. Dieter, Engineering Design.
11. Sagligi ve Is Güvenligi Tüzügü, Basbakanlik Basimevi.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 25
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 2 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team X
2 Ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning X
3 Ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics X
4 Ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions X
5 Ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems X
6 Ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level X
7 Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area X
8 Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 20 20
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 2 8 16
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 10 10
Total Workload 126