Engineering Diploma

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• Engineering Diploma
• Level 2 Unit 6 Application of Manufacturing
  Techniques in Engineering

In this unit you are going to get involved in
engineering manufacturing activities, producing,
as part of a team, a quantity of the same
product. You will learn about production planning
and scheduling and be responsible for setting up
tools and equipment including CNC and preparing
materials ready for production. In line with
modern industrial practice, you will learn how to
apply quality control during production and be
able to record and interpret the resulting data.
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L2 U6 Learning Outcomes

• Be able to work effectively in a production team
  and reflect on their performance
• Know about production information and how this is
  used to plan and schedule for manufacturing
• Be able to set up and use tools and CNC equipment
  safely to process materials
• Be able to apply appropriate quality control
  techniques and interpret quality data

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L2 U6 Content

• Modern manufacturing techniques require a range
  of skills, so working in teams is essential. Good
  communication and effective meetings between team
  members is essential for the progress of
  projects.
• Successful and effective manufacturing requires
  careful, detailed planning. The ability to
  interpret engineering drawings and other
  production information is essential for good
  planning.

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L2 U6 Content

• Modern computer numerically controlled machines
  are very sophisticated. They are flexible in what
  they can make and with careful programming, can
  produce complex components.
• Quality control is a very important area of
  manufacture. Manufactured products need to be
  checked against specification and statistical
  analysis performed to ensure consistent
  production.

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Task 1 Demonstrate you can work as part of a
production team and reflect on your performance.

• Team working
• Work effectively as a member of a production team
  and write a short report in which you describe
  your role and identify your own strengths and
  weaknesses.
• Explain how your contribution to the team
  affected the success of the planning production
  and quality control of the project.
• Suggest ways that your contribution could have
  been improved, taking account of your strengths
  and weaknesses.

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Task 2 To demonstrate that you can interpret
production information and can produce a
production plan and a schedule.

• Interpreting an engineering drawing
• From the drawing, identify and describe four
  pieces of essential production information.
• Interpret the information presented in the
  drawing and describe how it will be used when the
  production plan and schedule for the component
  are developed.

• Production planning
• Write a production plan and schedule which take
  account of the following materials, machine
  tools, cutting tools, timescales, sequence of
  machining operations, measuring equipment for
  quality purposes, QA documentation.
• Include a schedule so that key milestones are
  included. You will be looking to produce
  documents which contain enough information for
  someone in a workshop to be able to produce the
  component by following your plan.

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Task 3 Demonstrate you can set up and use tools
and CNC equipment safely to process materials

• Using CNC equipment
• You will use the component drawing and your
  production plan to create a program and enter it
  into a CNC machine.
• You must work in an organised manner, keep the
  machine tidy and when you have finished work,
  clean it down and leave ready for the next person
  to use.
• Each member of your team should take a turn at
  entering programme data into the machine.
• Programming CNC machines is a complex skill and
  takes a long time to learn so for this task you
  may need some help.
• Include a comment about what you might do
  differently in the future to improve the
  performance of the manufacturing operation.

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Task 4 Demonstrate how to apply appropriate
quality control techniques and interpret quality
data.

• Quality control procedure
• You will need to use measuring techniques to
  assess the quality of a sample of the parts you
  have produced.
• You will perform a statistical analysis on the
  data collected and establish if the production
  run conforms to the specification.
• You will then write a short report on the results
  of your inspection and analyse why the production
  was a success or failure and suggest how it could
  be improved.

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Golf Tee Manufacture

• You may be given a project to manufacture golf
  tees

• The CNC is used to make a mould

• The mould and injection moulder are used to
  manufacture plastic golf tees

• This project will enable you to meet all the
  learning outcomes of this unit
• Work in a production team
• Know how production information is used to plan
  manufacturing
• Set up and use tools and CNC equipment
• Apply quality control

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