Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing Laboratory

该项目整合了高级工程和工程技术课程中的设计和制造技术。该项目的目标是建立一个使用工业质量设备的综合设计/制造实验室，以便学生体验从产品开始到回收旧产品的整个产品周期。使用新设备的课程涵盖的主题包括：基于客户需求的产品初始；设计要求，包括功能、服务和回收问题；使用参数实体模型机的高级产品设计；使用快速原型系统建立设计模型；使用模型改进设计；使用计算机数控机床和计算机辅助编程系统的先进制造；使用现代坐标测量机的过程控制；以及当产品达到其使用寿命结束时的材料回收系统。这些主题包括让学生以团队的形式设计和生产真正的产品。新设备包括一台带计算机控制的快速成型机和一台带模具的数控铣床。该设备由工程部和工程技术部共享。新的实验室提高了对产品所有阶段之间相互作用的知识，从开始到重新使用。*

This project integrates design and manufacturing techniques in senior-level engineering and engineering technology courses. The project's objective is to build an integrated design/manufacturing laboratory using industrial quality equipment so the students experience the complete product cycle from product inception through recycling the used product. Topics covered by the courses using the new equipment include product inception based on customer needs; design requirements including function, service, and recycling issues; advanced product design using parametric solid modelers; building design models with a rapid prototyping system; using the models to refine the design; advanced manufacturing using computer numerical control machine tools and computer-aided programming systems; process control with modern coordinate measuring machines; and material reclamation systems when the product reaches the end of its useful life. These topics are covered by having the students operate in teams to design and produce a real product. New equipment includes a rapid prototyping machine with computer control and a CNC milling machine with tooling. The equipment is shared between an Engineering and an Engineering Technology Department. The new laboratory advances knowledge of the interaction between all phases of a product, from inception through re-use. *