School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

Engineering and Computing Department

Submission instructions
• Avoid plagiarism and collusion. Please carefully read and consider the detailed
information about avoiding plagiarism and collusion:
http://www.uel.ac.uk/aple/academic/avoidingplagiarism/
• Cover sheet to be attached to the front of the assignment.
• Submission of an electronic copy of the work will be On-line via Moodle
• All work must be submitted in a ready to submit state.
Module code EG6019
Module title Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Module leader Dr.Subramaniam Arunachalam
Assignment tutors Dr Subramaniam Arunachalam & Dr.Samir Morad
Assignment title Part A - Manufacturing Simulation Using WITNESS Software
Part B – Design A Product for Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing
Assignment number
Weighting 100% (Part A – 50% and Part B-50%)
Handout date 17th October 2022
Submission date Part A 16th December 2022 @ 16:00 via Turnitin
Part B 16th December 2022 @ 16:00 via Turnitin
Learning outcomes assessed As listed in module specifications
by this assignment
Turnitin submission Yes Turnitin Grade Mark feedback No
requirement used?
Moodle Assignment No Moodle Assignment feedback Yes
submission used? used?
Other electronic system No Are submissions / feedback No
used? totally electronic?

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 Form of assessment:

Individual work Group work

The work should be submitted as:

Consolidated single document Separately by each member

Number of assignment copies required:

1 2 Other

Assignment to be presented in the following format:

On-line submission (Via Moodle)

Stapled once in the top left-hand corner
Glue bound
Spiral bound
Placed in a A4 ring bound folder (not lever arch)

Note: To students submitting work on A3/A2 boards, work has to be contained in suitable
protective case to ensure any damage to work is avoided.

Soft copy:
CD (to be attached to the work in an envelope or purpose made wallet adhered to
the rear)
USB (to be attached to the work in an envelope or purpose made wallet adhered to
the rear)
Soft copy not required

Please note:
• Coursework emailed to the module leader/tutor is not acceptable and therefore
will be considered as non-submission.
• All assignments should be submitted in advance of the deadline.

Please refer The Manual of General Regulations: Part 3 Academic Regulations (section 6.7)
regarding “Late submission of coursework”. Information on extenuation can be found at:
https://www.uel.ac.uk/about/about-uel/governance/policies-regulations-corporate-
documents/student-policies/extenuation-procedures

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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
Module Title: Advanced Manufacturing Technology (EG6019)
Part A
Assignment title: Manufacturing Simulation Using WITNESS Software
THE BRIEF/INSTRUCTIONS
The aim of the assignment is to use WITNESS Simulation Software to simulate and optimise
the traditional car assembly process.
The following is the step-by-step procedure for the manufacturing of cars in the "Toyota
Production System":
1. The manufacturing process begins with the chassis assembly.
2. Axle and tyres are fitted to the chassis assembly.
3. In the next stage, the engine is fitted to the chassis.
4. The gearbox is then fitted into the chassis.
5. The next stage involves the fitting of the radiator into the engine.
6. The seats are then fitted to the car in the next stage.
7. The battery is then fitted, and electrical connections are carried out.
8. The body of the car is then fitted on the chassis.
9. The windshield, doors, and wipers are fitted to the car along with the bonnet.
10. The finishing touches are carried out on the car.
11. The car is then shipped.

Below is the block diagram describing the manufacturing flow

Tasks
1. Research and collect relevant data such as process time for each operation and
labour resources etc to add elements to the simulation models to refine and
optimise it.
2. Build a simulation model to show the flow of work through the different
manufacturing activities shown in the block diagram.
3. Identify bottlenecks and propose ways of their elimination.

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 4. Determine a feasibility of realizing a production.
5. Discuss the findings from your simulations in a report (not more than 1500 words)
with respect to your original target goals. Illustrate your report with screenshots of
ways in which your simulation functions. Comment on your results and justify your
decisions for improvements.
All submitted materials will be evaluated against the following marking scheme (50% of the
module marks).
Step 1: Research (10 marks)
Step 2: Building the Model (50 marks)
Step 3: Conducting Experiments (20 marks)
Step 4: Analysing the Output (10 marks)
Step 5: Reporting the results (10 marks)

SUBMISSION DETAILS
An individual report in MS Word should be submitted using Turnitin within the module’s
Moodle space under the Assignments Section. The WITNESS file of your finalised improved
model is also to be submitted to a separate link found on Moodle. The word count for the
report is 1500 words (+/- 200 words).
Please note: Appendices are used only to provide further explanation of a specific idea and
it should not be used to provide vital information in the report, i.e. the reader does NOT
need to read the appendices yet still understands the entire report. Figures should have
captions and numbers. Sections should be numbered as well. Focus on your input and the
use of the software. For instance, do not explain how the software’s buttons work, you
should rather explain the selection of the input data. For example: Do not write: “an activity
button that is shown in Fig. 1 gives the ability to input the time, standard deviation, and the
resources required for doing the activity”. You may write: “the machining process is
represented by an activity button that requires both time and resources. Fixed time of 1 min
and two operators are used as an input for this activity”. Any references should be cited
using the Harvard reference system.
Resources
1. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ISSN: 1433-3015 (Online)
2. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience
Publishers
3. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Emerald Publishing
4. International Journal of Simulation Modelling
5. Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Global
Edition, 4th Edition. Mikell Groover. 2015
6. Learning WITNESS Book One Manufacturing Edition
7. Learning WITNESS Book Two Manufacturing Edition

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PART B
Assignment title: Design A Product for Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
THE BRIEF/INSTRUCTIONS
The main aim of this assignment is to give you experience with design and manufacturing
using computer-integrated manufacturing techniques. The goal of this task is to study the
background in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CNC Milling, 3D Printing, and Laser
Cutter) and to design and machine a mechanical part.
Studying the process involved in taking a part from design through manufacturing students
will understand the power and importance of Computer-Aided Machining in a modern
manufacturing context.
Students are required to develop a product that can be manufactured in the Digital
Fabrication laboratory (dFUEL) using existing facilities.
Manufacturability and assimilability considerations are of paramount importance at this
stage due to the nature of the hardware being used, and the sharing of the hardware with
other student working on different products.
You will be allocated one of the following projects/Manufacturing techniques to work on
design a product as follows:

Product File
Technique Product Fabrication
Size format
100 mm
Product
Laser diameter/ Students to book and use the
1 holder .dxf file
cutter 80X80X120 lasers
mm
Mechanical
3D 100 mm Students to deliver the file
2 wheel .stl file
printing diameter (printed by the technician)
100 mm
CNC diameter/ Students to deliver the file
3 Logo design .stl file
Milling 80X80X120 (printed by the technician)
mm
The design process and procedure for each manufacturing technique will be provided
separately.
Graphical verification is undertaken to ensure a safe and accurate machining cycle, and this
is followed by the actual machining of the product/components. The students develop and
fabricate the fixtures for the assembly of their products. Under the supervision of a member
of the lab staff, students also design, machine, fabricate, and install the necessary parts in
the dFUEL Lab. This stage takes some planning and co-ordination among the various
projects and ultimately results in sets of inserts in order to accommodate different product
configurations.

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The requirements for each group:

• Design a product using AutoCAD or SolidWorks software.

• The components need to be machined at the Digital Fabrication laboratory (dFUEL)
using (depending on project allocation) one of the manufacturing techniques listed
above.
• The machines could only be used during the time-slot allotted for the student and
should be completed within the given time-frame.
• The final product has to be submitted by the set deadline.
• Any CAD program can be used to design the object, but you must be able to export
file types mentioned above.
MARKING (50% of the module final mark)

The work of each student is documented in detail in a final report (1500 word). This report
should include:
I. Introduction [15 Marks]
• Brief reasoning behind your chosen design, noting any special features.
• Brief literature review on the manufacturing technique.
II. Complete documentation of Design and manufacturing [40 Marks]
• A brief description of procedures, and accurate and complete documentation
of work done on CAD module. [20 Marks]
• A brief description of procedures, and accurate and complete documentation
of work done on manufacturing. [20 Marks]
III. Discussion: [10 Marks]
IV. Conclusion: [10 Marks]
V. References: [10 Marks]
VI. Physical model quality: [5 Marks]
VII. Report quality: [10 Marks]

SUBMISSION DETAILS
An individual report in MS Word should be submitted using Turnitin within the module’s
Moodle space under the Assignments Section. The physical model must be
submitted/handed to lab technician with student number. The word count for the report is
1500 words (+/- 200 words).
Please note: Appendices are used only to provide further explanation of a specific idea and
it should not be used to provide vital information in the report, i.e., the reader does NOT
need to read the appendices yet still understands the entire report. Figures should have
captions and numbers. Sections should be numbered as well.

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Coursework submission requirements

1. Work is to be word-processed and this should be in a clear legible typeface.

2. All the work must be the student’s own. All written work to be put through ‘Turnitin’ and
final report included with submission (max similarity index 30%).
3. Submissions must be properly structured; this may involve pre-planning your work. The
report must have an introduction, a contents page, rationale and conclusion as well as
the main subject matter.
4. All figures and tables must be appropriately titled and numbered within the body of the
text.
5. All pages should be clearly numbered.
6. A bibliography and/or any references used must be provided. Referencing to be Harvard
Notation (if in doubt, check ‘Cite them Right’).
7. Sketches may be in pencil with inked notes or produced by computer.
8. Calculations must be logically laid out so that they can be easily checked.
9. All work submitted must have a front sheet that clearly shows the student ID, module
code and title, module instructor (s), academic term and academic year.
10. The work must be submitted on MOODLE “Turnitin” before the deadline.
11. Work which is submitted after the deadline but within 24 hours of the due date and time
will have 5% deduction in the marks, submission which is beyond 24 hours will receive
zero marks, unless extenuating circumstances are approved.

How to submit your work:

All submissions for this component(s) of this Module must be submitted according to these
instructions. If you fail to submit this component as directed, a mark of 0 will be awarded for
the component.

Submitting Assessments Using Turnitin:

Turnitin is required for coursework assessments, such as report/research papers or projects
in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and in PDF format. There are two main reasons we want
you to use Turnitin:

• Turnitin can help you avoid academic breaches and plagiarism. When you use
Turnitin before a submission deadline, you can use the Originality Report feature to
compare your work to thousands of other sources (like websites, Wikipedia, and
even other student papers). Anything in your work that identically matches another
source is highlighted for you to see. When you use this feature before the deadline,
you will have time to revise your work to avoid an instance of academic
breach/plagiarism.
• Turnitin saves paper. When using Turnitin to electronically submit your work, you will
almost never have to submit a paper copy.

Late Submissions Using Turnitin

UEL has permitted students to be able to submit their coursework up to 24 hours after the
deadline. Assessments that are submitted up to 24 hours late are still marked, but with a
deduction in marks (see above). However, you have to be very careful when you are
submitting your assessment. If you submit your work twice, once using the original deadline
link and then again using the late submission link on Turnitin, your assignment will be graded
as late.

Turnitin System Failure

Best advice: Don’t wait until the last minute to submit your assessments electronically. If you
experience a problem submitting your work with Turnitin, you should notify your lecturer/tutor
by email immediately. However, deadlines are not extended unless there is a significant
systems problem with Turnitin. UEL has specific plans in place to address these issues. If

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UEL finds that the issue with the system was significant, you will receive an email notifying
you of the issue and that you have been given a 24 hour extension. If you don’t receive any
email that specifically states you have been given an extension, then the original deadline
has not been changed.

We strongly suggest that you ry to submit all coursework by the deadline set as meeting
deadlines is expected in employment. However, in our regulations, UEL has permitted
students to be able to submit their coursework up to 24 hours after the deadline.
Coursework which is submitted late, but within 24 hours of the deadline, will be assessed but
subject to a fixed penalty.

The impact of the fixed penalty on your result will depend what level of study you are in and
when you began your course at UEL. For full details see Part 3, Manual of General
Regulations at https://www.uel.ac.uk/about/about-uel/governance/policies-regulations-
corporate-documents/student-policies/manual-of-general-regulations.

Please note that if you submit twice, once before the deadline and once during the 24 hour
late period, then the second submission will be marked and the fixed penalty applied.

This rule only applies to coursework. It does not apply to examinations, presentations,
performances, practical assessments or viva voce examinations. If you miss these for a
genuine reason, then you will need to apply for extenuating circumstances, or accept that
you will receive a zero mark.

As a student, you will be taught how to write correctly referenced essays using UEL's
standard Harvard referencing system from Cite Them Right. Cite Them Right is the standard
Harvard referencing style at UEL for all Schools apart from the School of Psychology which
uses the APA system.

The electronic version of Cite Them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide (11th edition),
can be accessed whilst on or off campus via UEL the link below and will teach you all you
need to know about Harvard referencing, plagiarism and collusion. The book can only be
read online and no part of it can be printed nor downloaded.

Further information is available at:

Cite Them Right

http://www.citethemrightonline.com/

If you are accessing off campus:

• Click Login
• Select University of East London from the list of institutions
• Click Log In at University of East London
• Enter your UEL email address and password

Harvard referencing:
https://uelac.sharepoint.com/LibraryandLearningServices/Pages/Harvard-
Referencing-.aspx

Academic Integrity:
https://uelac.sharepoint.com/LibraryandLearningServices/Pages/Academic-
integrity.aspx

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Notice is hereby given that all submissions for component [insert name(s) of component(s)]
of this Module must be submitted to Turnitin.” If you fail to submit component [insert
name(s) of component(s)], to Turnitin, in accordance with the guidance provided on the
Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), a mark of 0 will be awarded for the component.
.

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REASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENTS (RESIT)
You will have an opportunity to submit an improved work for re-assessment approximately 4
weeks after the official release of the results. If you did not submit the assignment in first sit,
you must submit a new assignment. Note that the marks will be capped at 40%.

LATE SUBMISSIONS
You should aim to submit all coursework by the deadline set. Meeting deadlines is an
essential employability skill, and an expectation for your course.

UEL does permit students to submit coursework up to 24 hours after the deadline. Work
submitted within 24 hours of the deadline will be subject to a fixed penalty of 5% of the total
marks available (as opposed to marks obtained).

Please note that if you submit both before the deadline and during the 24 hour late period,
then the second submission will be marked and 5% deducted.

This rule only applies to coursework. It does not apply to examinations, presentations,
performances, practical assessments or viva voce examinations. If you miss these for a
genuine reason, then you will need to apply for extenuating circumstances, or accept that
you will receive a zero mark.

Extenuating Circumstances are circumstances which:

• impair your examination performance or prevent you from attending examinations or
other types of assessment, or
• prevent you from submitting coursework or other assessed work by the scheduled
deadline date, or within 24 hours of the deadline date

Such circumstances rarely occur and would normally be:

• unforeseeable - in that you could have no prior knowledge of the event
concerned, and
• unpreventable - in that you could do nothing reasonably in your power to
prevent such an event, and
• expected to have a serious impact on performance

You can make an application for extenuating circumstances by following this link.

REASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENTS
• Re-assessment tasks will be published on Moodle after the examination board.
Usually they will be of the similar formats.
• Submission deadline for re-assessment normally falls on late August

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Assessment Criteria
100-70 69-60 59-50 49-45 45-40 39-30 29-1
1st Class 2nd class upper 2nd class lower 3rd class Fail Bad fail
Content of coursework
Interpretation • Has entirely • Has correctly • A reasonable • Has begun to • Has only just begun • Not really addressed • Not
and scope addressed the topic set addressed the topic set attempt at addressing address the topic set to address the topic set the topic set addressed the
• An excellent attempt • A very good attempt the topic set • Occasional minor • A few major • Many major topic set
to reflect the scope of to reflect the scope of • Some minor omissions and omissions and omissions and • No irrelevant
the assignment the assignment omissions and misunderstandings misunderstandings misunderstandings material
• Almost no omissions • Only a few minor misunderstandings • Some irrelevant • Some irrelevant • Much irrelevant
or no omissions and • No irrelevant material material material
misunderstandings misunderstandings material
Identification of • Substantial evidence • Much evidence of • Evidence of • Some evidence of • Little evidence of • Very little evidence • No evidence
information of independent independent independent independent independent of independent of independent
information seeking information seeking information seeking information seeking information seeking information seeking information
seeking
• Evidence of
potential use
of unfair
means
Technical • Excellent standard • Very good standard • Good technical • A reasonable level • Analysis attempted • Analysis superficial • Analysis
analysis of technical analysis of technical analysis analysis but some of technical analysis but too many • part of analysis very
omissions and/or but some omissions omissions and/or error missing superficial or
errors and/or error non-existent
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Evaluation of • Significant • Significant • Evidence of • No evidence of • No evidence of • Evidence presented • No attempt
findings evaluation and an evaluation and evaluation and evaluation and only evaluation and very with little attempt at at evaluation
excellent approach to synthesis of relevant reasonable synthesis some evidence of little evidence of evaluation and almost or synthesis
the synthesis of evidence to support of relevant evidence to synthesis of relevant synthesis of relevant no attempt at synthesis
relevant evidence to arguments/points support evidence to support evidence to support
support arguments/points arguments/points arguments/points
arguments/points
Structure • Structure excellent, • Clear structure • Structure appropriate • Some structure but • Structure has major • Inappropriate • No structure
logical order and appropriate to task but could be improved flawed flaws structure • No
appropriate to task • Introduction and • Introduction and • Introduction and • Introduction and • Introduction and introduction
• Introduction and conclusion good conclusion adequate conclusion do not conclusion weak conclusion almost and/or
conclusion excellent serve their function perfunctory conclusion
well
100-70 69-60 59-50 49-45 45-40 39-30 29-1
1st Class 2nd class upper 2nd class lower 3rd class Fail Bad fail
Presentation and style of the coursework
Use of English • Very high standard • Very good • Minimal errors in • Occasional errors • Some errors - • Frequent errors - • Frequent errors -
• Negligible errors. standard punctuation, the in punctuation, punctuation, misuse punctuation, punctuation, misuse
Clear and easy to • Very occasional misuse of words, misuse of words, of words, spelling spelling, sentence of words, spelling,
read errors. spelling and spelling and and sentence construction etc. sentence construction
sentence sentence construction, style – often make work – make work largely
construction construction, style – make work difficult to incomprehensible
make work difficult frequently difficult understand
to understand to understand
Presentation of data • Excellent use of • Very good use of • Some good use of • Reasonable use of • Superficial use of • Poor use of • Very few or no
and references relevant data, relevant data etc. relevant data etc. relevant data etc. relevant data etc. relevant data etc. references
examples, figs, • Good use of • Some good use of • Occasionally good • Very few citations • Little
models citations within the citations within the use of citations within the text understanding of • Very little or no
• Excellent use of text text within the text • Few references referencing systems understanding of
citations within the • Most references • The majority of • The minority of and citations referencing systems
text and citations references and references and accurately cited and • The use of unfair
• All references and accurately cited and citations accurately citations accurately listed means was identified
citations accurately listed cited and listed cited and listed • Few references
cited and listed • Most references • The majority of • The minority of and citations
and citations references and references and consistently cited
and listed
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 • All references and consistently cited citations consistently citations consistently
citations consistently and listed cited and listed cited and listed
cited and listed
Overall presentation • Excellent. • Carefully • Presentation • Presentation • Presentation only • Unacceptable • No attempt to
Carefully organised organised and well satisfactory adequate just acceptable presentation present the work
and well presented presented
* Assessment grid adapted from http://ischool.dept.shef.ac.uk/taught/ima
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