PME 243 Manufacturing Processes 機械製造
Fall 2022

Welcome and Course Plan
Welcome. We are delighted to have you in Fall 2022 PME 243 Manufacturing
Processes and honored to be your instructors. We will use the flipped classroom
learning with pre-recorded lecture videos. Before the start of class at 8:00 am
on Tuesday and 9:00 am on Friday, you need to watch the lecture video and take
the quiz. Studying the lecture materials before the class is important for in-
depth discussion and labs. We welcome your feedback in this course and flipped
classroom learning when we explore the wonderful world of manufacturing
processes together.

This year, the course will be jointly offered by
Instructors:
Albert Shih (石昭明), Office: Rm 609 Engineering Building I, Phone: 03-5715131
ext. 33792, e-mail: shiha@umich.edu
Che-Chin Tsao (曹哲之), Office: Rm 527 Engineering Building I, Phone: 03-5715131
ext. 33741, e-mail: cctsao@pme.nthu.edu.tw

Teaching Assistants:
馮安萱, Office: Rm 506, Engineering Building I, e-mail: ahfeng@pme.nthu.edu.tw
林國興 diligentlin@gmail.com
張智翔 jason2239941@gmail.com
陳彥輔 cyf12370@gapp.nthu.edu.tw
呂文傑 aa39764441@gmail.com
吳峻維 willywuama@gapp.nthu.edu.tw
林畯崟 as80224@gmail.com

Classroom and Class Time
Room 107, Engineering Building I
Tuesday, 8:00 – 8:50 am and 9:00-9:50 am; Friday 9:00 – 9:50 am

Office Hours
30 min before and after the class time or by appointment

Reference books
Kalpakjian and Schmid, Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, 6th
Ed, Pearson, 2016. ISBN 978-0134290553 (or 7th edition published by Pearson
Education South Asia Pte Ltd.)

Steven Liang and Albert Shih, Analysis of Machining and Machine Tools, Springer,
2016. ISBN 978-1-4899-7645-1.

Goals
The purpose of this course is to introduce: 1) methods of production and
manufacturing of mechanical engineering related industrial and commercial
products and their parts, 2) basic principle, characteristics and required
equipment of various manufacturing processes, and 3) engineering methods for
improving productivity in these processes and methods. This course will connect
with all mechanical engineering core courses in design, mechanics/materials,
thermal/fluid, and dynamics/control to manufacturing.

Course Topics
Key topics are:

R26; Overview of manufacturing processes and the foundation for innovations
and global competitiveness and supply chain – Lecture 2-1
R26; Work- and tool-materials – Lectures 2-2 and 2-3
R26; Machine tools – Lecture 2-4
R26; Machining – Lecture 2-5
R26; Integrated circuit (IC), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and
printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing – Lecture 2-6
R26; Additive manufacturing – Lecture 2-7
R26; Joining – Lecture 2-8
R26; metal forming – Lecture 2-9
R26; Plastic and composite manufacturing – Lecture 2-10
R26; Casting – Lecture 2-11

Lecture and Quiz
All lecture videos are available online. You need to watch the lecture and take
the quiz online before the start of the class on Tuesday at 8:00 am or Friday at
9:00 am for the discussion and lab.

Homework
Homework is individual work. Homework will be submitted electronically. All
homework assignments are due at 9 pm on Tuesday. The second hour on Tuesday will
provide TA help on the homework preparation. The 10 homework assignments in
this course are:

R26; HW #1 The “Team Taiwan” on Surgical Mask Manufacturing: The Importance
of Manufacturing Technology for the Health and Wealth of the Society
R26; HW #2 Tesla giga press, what is that and the work- and tool-materials
and Machine tools – look at machines
R26; HW #3 Machining – Single point and multiple point cutting
R26; HW #4 Machining – Multiple point and abrasive cutting
R26; HW #5 IC, MEMS, PCB mfg
R26; HW #6 Additive mfg
R26; HW #7 Joining
R26; HW #8 metal forming
R26; HW #9 Plastic material processing
R26; HW #10 Casting

Teaming, Projects, and Peer Evaluation
The course has four team projects. Project reports are the work of a team.
Each team is targeted to have 8 students. You can form your own team. Teaming
will start in the first week.

Project #1 Semiconductor manufacturing supply chain and ecosystem (after the
visit to the SEMICON TAIWAN 國際半導體展 on Sep 16)
Project #2 Machine tools supply chain and ecosystem (after the visit to the
Taichung Machine Tool Exhibition 台中工具機展 on Nov 1)
Project #3 Assembly and validation printing of a fuse filament fabrication (FFF)
machine
Project #4 FFF printing of beams and beam bending tests

A peer evaluation and self-assessment will be carried out twice during the
semester. Your peer evaluation score will be assigned based on your personal
contribution to the lab, which will be calculated as the average of the scores
reported anonymously by each integrant of every team (including yourself). Your
project score will be the product of your team project report score and your
individual peer evaluation score.

Attending Two Trade Shows
Two tours of trade shows have been arranged. Bus will be provided for students
to visit the show. You need to sign-up before the trip (sign-up sheet to be
announced). For Sep 16, we have contacted with instructors of the Electric
Circuits class for the visit.

R26; Sep 16 (Friday) Class visit to SEMICON TAIWAN in Taipei. Bus will leave
NTHU at 9 am and return from the Exhibit at 4 pm.
R26; Nov 5 (Saturday) Class visit to Taichung Machine Tool Exhibition. Bus
will leave NTHU at 9 am and return from the Exhibit at 4 pm.

Exams
R26; Exam #1, Nov 1, 9-10:30 am (up to Lecture #2-4)
R26; Exam #2, Dec 27, 9-10:30 am (from Lecture #2-5 to the end of the course)

In-person, closed-book exam.
One-page double side cheat sheet allowed.
Contents in the Discussion session are included in the exam.

Grading
The grading scheme is as follows:

Exam #1 20%
Exam #2 25%
Homework 20%
Project reports (team + peer evaluation) 25%
Quiz and participation 10%

You can request for regrading the exam, homework, and project report if you have
an issue of the grade. Such requests must be accompanied by a written report
emailing to the lead TA Alice Feng (ahfeng@pme.nthu.edu.tw) within one week
after receiving the grade explaining the reasons. After a week, no re-grade
requests will be accepted.

Honor Pledge
All students need to sign a honor pledge that the homework, quiz, and exams are
completed on your own. You must submit the solution individually and may not
compare your solution with your classmates. For homework, you must
independently formulate your solution, though discussing the subject matter with
your classmates is encouraged. Collaborations on quiz and exam are not allowed.

Honor pledge: “I affirm that I have not given or received any unauthorized help
on this work, and that this work is my own.” [signature and date]

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I consider this classroom to be a place where you will be treated with respect,
and I welcome individuals of all ages, backgrounds, beliefs, ethnicities,
genders, gender identities, gender expressions, national origins, religious
affiliations, sexual orientations, ability – and other visible and nonvisible
differences. All members of this class are expected to contribute to a
respectful, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all classmates. I may
either, in the lecture or smaller interactions, accidentally use a language that
creates offense or discomfort. Should I do this, please contact me and help me
understand and avoid making the same mistake again.

Course schedule (subjected to change but will be announced in advance)
Date Preview lecture recording Discussion Quiz, HW & Project due
Sep 13 Lecture 2-1 Quiz 2-1
Sep 16 Lecture 2-6-1 and Lecture 2-6-2 No class, visit to SEMICON TAIWAN
Sep 20 Lecture 2-2
8 am: Discussion of work-materials and discussion of HW #1
9 am: President Lee, Chia-Tung seminar on manufacturing and society
Quiz 2-2
Sep 23 Lecture 2-3 Discussion of tool-materials Quiz 2-3
Sep 27 Lecture 2-4 Discussion of machine tools, team tour of machines in
the 4th floor Engineering Building I Quiz 2-4, HW #1
Sep 30 Lecture 2-5-1 Discussion of Single point cutting Quiz 2-5-1
Oct 4 Lecture 2-5-2 Discussion of Multiple point cutting Quiz 2-5-2
HW #2
Oct 7 Lecture 2-5-3 Discussion of Abrasive machining Quiz 2-5-3
Oct 11 Lecture 2-6-1 Discussion of IC mfg Quiz 2-6-1, HW #3
Oct 14 Lecture 2-6-2 Discussion of MEMS and PCB mfg Quiz 2-6-2
Oct 18 Team meeting with instructors on Project #1 HW #4
Oct 21 Team meeting with instructors on Project #1
Oct 25 Lecture 2-7-1 Discussion of Additive manufacturing - 1 Quiz 2-7-1
Oct 28 Exam #1 review
Nov 1 Exam #1
Nov 4 No class – plant visit on Saturday, Nov 5
Nov 5 Taichung Machine Tool Exhibition

Nov 8 Team meeting with instructors on Projects #1 and #2 Project #1
Nov 11 Lecture 2-7-2 Discussion of Additive manufacturing - 2 Quiz 2-7-2
Nov 15 Lecture 2-8-1 Discussion of Joining - 1 Quiz 2-8-1, HW #5
Nov 18 Lecture 2-8-2 Discussion of Joining - 2 Quiz 2-8-2
Nov 22 Lecture 2-9-1 Discussion of metal forming - 1 Quiz 2-9-1, HW #6
Nov 25 Lecture 2-9-2 Discussion of metal forming - 2 Quiz 2-9-2
Nov 29 Lecture 2-10-1 Discussion of Plastic and composite manufacturing - 1
Quiz 2-10-1, HW #7
Dec 2 Lecture 2-10-2 Discussion of Plastic and composite manufacturing-2
Quiz 2-10-2
Dec 6 Lecture 2-11-1 Discussion of Casting - 1 Quiz 2-11-1, HW #8
Dec 9 Lecture 2-11-2 Discussion of Casting - 2 Quiz 2-11-2
Dec 13 Team meeting with instructors on Project #2, Lab on 3D-printer
assembly HW #9
Dec 16 Team meeting with instructors on Project #2, Lab on 3D-printer
assembly
Dec 20 Lab on 3D-printer assembly HW #10
Dec 23 Exam #2 review
Dec 27 Exam #2 Project #2
Dec 30 Lab on printing and bending test
Jan 3 Lab on printing and bending test Project #3
Jan 6 Lab on printing and bending test
Jan 10 No lab Project #4