Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes
Have you wondered how something was manufactured? Do you want to learn what it takes to turn your design into a finished product at scale? This course introduces a wide range of manufacturing processes including machining, injection molding, casing, and 3D printing; and explains the fundamental and practical aspects of manufacturing at scale.
For each process, 2.008x explains the underlying physical principles, provides several examples and demonstrations, and summarizes design for manufacturing principles. Modules are also included on cost estimation, quality and variation, and sustainability. New content added in 2020 and 2021 includes 360 degree high-fidelity views of products, augmented reality product disassembly, and select updated lecture videos. Together, the content will enable you to design a manufacturing process for a multi-part product, make quantitative estimates of cost and throughput, and recognize important constraints and tradeoffs in manufacturing processes and systems. The course concludes with a perspective on sustainability, digitization, and the worldwide trajectory of manufacturing.
What you'll learn
- Manufacturing processes in detail: machining, injection molding, casting, thermoforming, sheet metal forming, 3D printing, electronics assembly, and more.
- Overarching principles: rate, quality, cost, flexibility, sustainability.
- Design for manufacturing principles, how to plan a multi-step manufacturing process, and important life-cycle considerations of mass-produced products.
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 2 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 14 weeks |
| Effort | 14 weeks, 4–6 hours per week |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $149 |
| From | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx via edX |
| Instructors | A. John Hart, Sanjay Sarma, Dawn Wendell, David Dow, Timothy Gutowski, David Hardt, John Liu, Emily Welsh |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
| Tags | Business & Management Engineering |
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What people are saying
john hart thinks so
MIT Prof. John Hart thinks so, and it's difficult to imagine a better effort than MITx 2.008.
better effort than mitx
blow-molders making hefty garbage
There are also videos of industrial-scale manufacturing machines at work, and these are fabulous: auto-assembly robots dancing a spidery ballet, building-scale blow-molders making Hefty garbage bags, busy milling machines carving iPhone cases.
hard without prior exposure
The best questions required an intellectual stretch; others were needlessly tricky, or offered equally plausible answers (only one of which was accepted), or went clearly beyond the lecture material, or seemed too hard without prior exposure to the material.
knows his tools inside
Substituting for the hands-on lab work are videos mostly featuring MIT's David Dow, who runs their machine shop and knows his tools inside and out -- and as a technical instructor is quite engaging and articulate in demonstrating how they work.
offered equally plausible answers
others were needlessly tricky
each unit includes
Each unit includes a series of lectures with (graded) online exercises and a quiz; there is no final or midterm exam.
these quibbles aside
These quibbles aside, 2.008x is an enjoyable and valuable course with first-rate lectures, eclectic and well-chosen topics, and a lot of cool videos.
auto-assembly robots dancing
best questions required
3d printing
The course covers machining, injection molding, thermoforming (think Halloween masks), sheet metal work, casting, and 3D printing.
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 2 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 14 weeks |
| Effort | 14 weeks, 4–6 hours per week |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $149 |
| From | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx via edX |
| Instructors | A. John Hart, Sanjay Sarma, Dawn Wendell, David Dow, Timothy Gutowski, David Hardt, John Liu, Emily Welsh |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
| Tags | Business & Management Engineering |
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