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Valid for year : 2007
 
TKMM14 Product Development, 6 ECTS credits.
/Produktutveckling/

For:   IMM  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 26
Rec. self-study hours: 134

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Mechanical Engineering
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The aim of the course is to give students an insight into product development, its organization and tools, and its connection to other activities in the company. The goals of knowledge for the course are:
  • knowledge about types of activities performed during product design and development.
  • knowledge about how engineering designers work and how a product is represented during design.
  • knowledge about how manufacturing issues need to be considered during design and the impact on manufacturing by design.
The goals of skills for the course are:
  • to be able to apply the product design theory on a small conceptual product design task.
  • to be able to practice product design in a small design team.
  • to be able to communicate about product design both literally and orally.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge in mechanical engineering

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
Lectures cover theory, tools and methods. Seminars will be used for minor group activities and tool training. A small development project will be run in groups of 4-5 students.
Course contents:
  • STRATEGY: Development process and organization, classes of products.
  • SPECIFICATION: Customer needs and translation to product specification.
  • CONCEPT GENERATION and SELECTION: Functions, organs and components, idea generation methods, evaluation techniques.
  • PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE: Integral and modular design, organ interfaces and grouping, product structure.
  • PATENTS: How are patent issues tackled in product design
  • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: Its role for the product and for the company.
  • PROTOTYPING: Various types of prototypes and their importance and use.
  • MANAGEMENT: Planning and economics.
  • ENVIRONMENT: How does product design affect the environment


Course literature:
Ulrich och Eppinger, Product Design and Development, International Edition, McGraw Hill, 2003. ISBN 007-123273-7
Examination:
One written examination (U,3,4,5)
Fulfillment of group assignment (U,G)
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Lars Wennström, lars.wennstrom@liu.se
Examiner: Erik Sundin, erik.sundin@liu.se

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 12/11/2007