2023 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Production Engineering A
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Masahiko Yoshino / Kunio Takahashi / Takushi Saito
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - To be announced
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.U433
- Number of credits
- 300
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Overview] The instructor in this course will teach the basics of industrial engineering comprised of Fundamentals of Production Technology, Quality and Operations Management, as well as Welding and Joining.
The instructor in Fundamentals of Production Technology will explain the principles of machining based on theoretical analysis.
The instructor in Heat and Mass Transfer in Polymer Processing will explain the polymer processing from the viewpoint of thermal-fluids engineering.
The instructor in Welding and Joining will explain the principles of joining.
[Aims] The aim of this course is to encourage students to gain a comprehensive understanding of industrial engineering, from processing principles to production management.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will acquire the knowledge on manufacturing and processing techniques necessary at production sites.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Professor with experience working in the steel industry gives the first through fifth lectures.
Keywords
cutting, grinding, joining, welding, polymer processing
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students will follow lectures streamed from Thailand through TV cable. The course is lecture-based, and students will complete assignments such as exercises and reports.
Questions is accepted online or by email.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction for Fundamentals of Production Technology Basics of plasticity theory | To understand the role of production technologies in engineering industry, and the objective of the lecture. To understand the basics of plasticity theory |
| Class 2 | Forging process | To understand the theory and technology of forging process |
| Class 3 | Theory and Technology of Sheet Metal Forming | To understand the theory and technology of sheet metal forming |
| Class 4 | Theory and Technology of Metal cutting | To understand the theory and technology of metal cutting technology. |
| Class 5 | Grinding theory and technology, and advanced manufacturing technology | To understand grinding theory and technology, and advanced manufacturing technology |
| Class 6 | Characteristics of polymer materials and their processing | Understand the basic features of polymer materials and their processing technologies. Understand the characteristic behavior of molten polymer materials. |
| Class 7 | Fluid dynamics to consider polymer melt flow | Understand the velocity distribution of laminar flow due to the viscosity of the liquid so as to describe the flow field of polymer melt flow. |
| Class 8 | Heat transfer to consider polymer melt flow | Understand the temperature distribution of laminar flow due to advection of the liquid so as to describe the temperature field of polymer melt flow. |
| Class 9 | Consideration of mold temperature from thermal engineering viewpoint | Understand the effects of mold temperature on the cooling process of injection molding, and learn the control method of mold temperature. |
| Class 10 | Temperature measurement techniques | Understand the fundamentals of radiation heat transfer, and learn invasive temperature measurement, semi-/non-invasive temperature measurement. |
| Class 11 | Introduction and terminology of Welding and Joining Technology | To understand the background and the terminology of welding and joining technology. To categorize the process from a scientific and technological perspective, and learn the knowledge necessary to design a joint. |
| Class 12 | Governing mechanisms and important phenomena/Control and Electromagnetic relation between power sources and plasmas | To understand the design concept of power source considering various electromagnetic phenomena such as plasm and their governing mechanism to control the welding and joining processes |
| Class 13 | Governing mechanisms and important phenomena/Heat and Mass transfer | To understand the design concept of welding and joining processes considering heat and mass transfer |
| Class 14 | Governing mechanisms and important phenomena/Metallurgical phenomena in the welding and joining process | To understand the design concept of welding and joining processes considering material properties. |
| Class 15 | Conclusion of the welding and joining technology based on many fields of science and exercise | To understand that the the welding and joining process are designed scientifically considering many field of engineering |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The textbook specified by the instructor.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Books specified by the instructor.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report and/or examination
Related courses
- ZSK.T512 ： Advanced Production Engineering B
Prerequisites
none
Other
The students who want to take this intensive course should ask the schedule of this course to the course leaders (Prof. Kosaka: kosaka.h.aa@m.titech.ac.jp, and Prof. Fushinobu: fushinobu.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp) before your registration.