EG 284 Manufacturing II, 2022
Coursework Assignment

Your employer produces large mobile machinery for industry such as backhoe loaders, dumpers, excavators,
telescopic handlers. It has always prided itself as being on the leading edge of Non-traditional machining
processes for Fabrication i.e., cutting parts from flat plates of steel which can be joined to form hollow
sections for chassis, loading arms etc.
The senior management are concerned that they no longer are using the best currently available technology
and want to look to future developments currently in research worldwide which may give them a
competitive edge.
You have been asked to produce a report which addresses the state of the art in the cutting of flat plate and
what developments are currently being researched.
For each cutting process, you have been asked to identify and compare the potential performance in terms
of maximum thickness, sheet material hardness, dimensional tolerance, cut width and cutting speed.
This should build on your course by additional background research.
Your report should be:
• A maximum of 1000 words in total
• NB
o Only the first 1000 words will be marked
o The 1000 words does not include figures, tables, bibliography and references.
o At least six references to peer reviewed published work
o At least one bibliography, (textbook or professional magazine or trade journal article)
o You can reference the course slides on canvas.
o You should not reproduce the course slides themselves as part of the report.
• All sources to be properly reference using the Vancouver system
• Your supplement should be submitted on Canvas via “turnitin”

Learning objectives:
• ensure you have followed the course
• expand on the lectures and slides to ensure you have an up to date set of notes for future reference
• develop transferable skills in searching and critical evaluation of published literature

The Assignment is 50% of the mark for the course
To be submitted by 5pm, Tuesday 22nd March, 2021