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Introduction to Manufacturing Processes

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Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3

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Learn about manufacturing processes.

By Publisher: OpenLearn | Factsheet | Demo

Manufacturing industries are a vital component of all modern economies and all of them require employees who are skilled - in and knowledgeable about - manufacturing processes.


This Introduction to Manufacturing Processes will give you a detailed understanding of processes such as casting, forming, cutting and joining. It will review aspects of surface and optical materials engineering as well as examine a number of case studies related to these processes.


The course is ideal for employees in manufacturing industries or business, professionals who want to learn more about this type of work, and anyone who might be seeking a job or career in a manufacturing industry.

Modules in Introduction to Manufacturing Processes

Module 1: Introduction to Manufacturing Processes Module 2: Manufacturing Processes Module 3: Manufacturing Process - Casting Module 4: Manufacturing Process - Forming Module 5: Manufacturing Process - Cutting Module 6: Manufacturing Process - Joining Module 7: Surface Engineering Module 8: Optical Materials Engineering Module 9: Manufacturing Processes Assessment
Learning Outcome

Learning outcomes: - Understand the fundamentals of manufacturing and manufacturing processes; - Understand scales of material structure and product shapes; - Understand manufacturing processes such as Casting, Forming, Cutting, and Joining; - Understand aspects of surface engineering and optical materials engineering;

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Comments & Reviews

  • Ahmad Mirafzal - Iran

    2013-05-19 12:05:52

    Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to Manufacturing ProcessesCourse Topic: Component PartsComment: The course is very interesting and I am really happy about that. It gives me a lot of knowledge especially concering on energy, minimum waste of materials and efficiently, economically product.

  • Mbundo Tati - Angola

    2013-03-14 09:03:09

    There are circumstances when this approach is adequate. But engineers should be just as concerned about how to supply the process with materials at the right rate and cost, and how to deliver the products to the next process or to the customer at the right price

  • Mbundo Tati - Angola

    2013-03-14 09:03:10

    Manufacturing applies to artificial products: it does not apply to natural products which grow on the surface of our planet, can be found in the Earth’s crust or exist in the atmosphere. On the contrary, such products are the source of what we call natural or physical resources and which are the starting point for all manufactured items. Natural or physical resources are also often called raw materials, but this term is more generally used to describe the input for any manufacturing process. Similarly the term product can be used to describe the output of any manufacturing process. So, crudely speaking, a raw material is anything that can be turned into something else and a product is anything for which there is a market. Example of the Manufacturing Process To a mining company, iron ore is a product: it mines its raw material directly from the Earth’s mineral resources. An iron producer operating a blast furnace uses this iron ore as a raw material and smelts it into a product, pig iron, in a blast furnace

  • Mbundo Tati - Angola

    2013-03-09 09:03:59

    We generally think of manufacturing taking place in a ‘factory’: an abbreviated form of the eighteenth-century word ‘manufactory’, which came from the same source. Manufacturing applies to artificial products: it does not apply to natural products which grow on the surface of our planet, can be found in the Earth’s crust or exist in the atmosphere.

  • Mbundo Tati - Angola

    2013-03-08 14:03:50

    Manufactiring will described how to making product...It is very important for any industrie because is a key.