DESIGN & COMPONENT PRODUCTION - 2025/6

Module Overview

Engineers need to develop a variety of fundamental skills in design methods, reading and producing engineering drawings, and machine operation for component productions. This module is designed to allow students to develop knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the following areas: (i) engineering design process and methods, (ii) basic skills of producing engineering drawings and industry standards used to produce engineering drawings, (iii) skills of using CAD software to create 3D component and assembly models, and 2D engineering drawings, (iv) basic skills of using machine tools to produce mechanical components. The design, engineering drawing, and CAD parts of this module are designed to support learning in other parts of the FHEQ level 5 (Design Make and Evaluation) and 6 curriculum (Group design project). The workshop part of this module is designed to provide possible skills for the student in other parts of the FHEQ level 6 module of the Individual project.

Module provider

Mechanical Engineering Sciences

Module Leader

XU Wei (Mech Eng Sci)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 4

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 1

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

Indicative content includes:

Sketching & CAD

Orthographic projection, isometric projection, basic sketching techniques, engineering drawing conventions and dimensioning, limits, fits and basic tolerance; use of computer aided design software  to generate a three-dimensional  part and assembly models; production of engineering drawings from the part and assembly models

Engineering design and component production

The design process, problem refinement, specifications and development; material selection, critical material properties, common engineering materials and their uses; design-for-fabrication, cost efficiency and differences between prototyping and production; joining, bolts, screws, rivets and welds, and the prediction of joint strength; power transmission and the design of shafts, gears, belts and cams; bearings, identification of bearing types and semi-empirical methods for bearing selection; actuators and sensors, and an overview of basic process control hardware; modes of failure, including stress concentration, bending, buckling, and human factors; component modelling and use of look-up tables to estimate maximum allowable loads.

Workshop Practice

Appreciation of machine tool capabilities and costs; centre and automatic lathes; milling machines; surface grinders; bench-fitting, sheet metal cutting and drilling; demonstrations of advanced techniques.

 

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Workshop practice summer resitters will have to return to the University to do this work. The alternative assessment for the Design test is a piece of coursework. The computer based test can be done remotely if necessary.

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate

• understanding of orthographic projection of engineering component and be able to read and produce engineering drawing in in terms of communicating ideas of the shape and form of components through drawings generated by manual and computer methods


• apply design methodology in proposing solutions to an open-ended design problem, apply standard engineering practice in the selection of mechanical components from manufacturer’s catalogues for particular load and environmental requirements and apply look-up tables to determine likely modes of failure and maximum allowable loads on components


• use basic workshop machines, tools and practices safely to produce simple components from part drawings

• CAD assignment [Learning outcome 1]


• Design test [Learning outcome 2,3,4]


• Workshop work [Learning outcome 5]

• Formative Computer based Multiple Choice Tests are available on SurreyLearn to give feedback on understanding of simple principles of engineering drawing


• CAD Parts files are monitored and feedback provided throughout the semester 


• Written feedback is given on the coursework assessments


• Weekly formative design assignments

Module aims

• Gain an understanding of the skills required in design and to participate in engineering product development.
• Understand the basic engineering drawing practices and relevant industry standards.
• Learn the skill of using computer-aided design software to produce 3D model and 2D engineering drawings
• Gain basic engineering practices in component manufacture including the operation of machine tools.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Enable students to demonstrate sketching and CAD skills, engineering design ability, and skills in workshop practices. The module will be delivered in a blended learning style for Engineering Drawing and CAD. There will be a number of formal lectures followed by tutorial sessions and some online tutorials for students to work through independently with scheduled CAD in-session support. Alongside this, there will be design lectures and practical workshop sessions.

The learning and teaching methods include captured content, tutorials, lectures and workshops.

 

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: ENG1064

Other information

The School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences is committed to developing graduates with strengths in Employability, Digital Capabilities, Global and Cultural Capabilities, Sustainability, and Resourcefulness and Resilience.
Digital capabilities: The students will use appropriate CAD software to complete assignments including creating 3D computer models and 2D digital engineering drawings.
Employability: Students will be supported to develop their knowledge of engineering design, the skill of using CAD software to produce 3D models and 2D engineering, and expected competencies in carrying out basic machining processes in the workshop. All of the above skills will help them become employment ready.
Sustainability: The students will take design lectures in which sustainability is one of the important elements in relation to engineering.
Global and Cultural Capabilities: Students will work in randomly assigned groups to do the workshop practice. This will require students to engage effectively with people from different backgrounds in ways that respect the interests of cultural groups.
Resourcefulness and resilience: Through participation in the group workshop sessions, students will actively engage in group working which will emphasise the importance of team cohesion, respect, and building trust with other learners.
Students will provide peer feedback for assignments, therefore building their confidence, through taking ownership of identifying strengths. Students will have to engage with a range of industry standards in relation to a Professional Engineer, some of which may challenge their own way of seeking information and following the engineering rules, and this will encourage them to be open in adapting their own viewpoint.

Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2025/6 academic year.