Engineering Firm

This course is a core module in mechanical design technology. It enables students to apply the concepts of standard component sizing—covered primarily in the technology courses in the second year (Introduction to Mechanical Design) and third year (Structure and Sizing, Mechanical Design 1 and 2)—to existing mechanical systems. It also indirectly draws upon all other course units in rigid and deformable solid mechanics, which were primarily covered in L2 and L3.

The focus is on discovering and comparing real-world technological solutions—thereby enriching technological literacy—as well as on researching, critically evaluating, and performing preliminary sizing of technological solutions compatible with the system under study, based on specifications for partial (re)design. Finally, the implementation of the selected solution involves creating an accurate sketch—in the sense of an industrial drawing—both on paper and using CAD software, with complete dimensions for one of the mechanism’s parts.

• Analyze and explain how all or part of an existing mechanism works based on its general drawing and technical data,
• Justify the choice of materials and the method of acquisition or manufacture,
• Draw the kinematic diagram of all or part of the mechanism,
• Calculate the degree of hyperstaticity and understand the engineering solutions implemented to resolve it,
• Calculate the forces in the mechanism and verify the sizing of a standard mechanical component based on the manufacturer's documentation,
• Research and critical evaluation of a technological solution based on limited specifications and manufacturer documentation. Justification, preliminary sizing, and layout of the selected solution within the CAD model, including drafting and dimensioning,
• Draw an assembly diagram of all or part of the mechanism.

• All courses in technology and the mechanics of rigid and deformable bodies for the second and third years of undergraduate studies
• Technical Communication, CAD
• Functional Rating

   

  Recommended prerequisites*:

  Choice of materials, manufacturing processes

Final Exam + Lab Work