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Effective utilization of Maker Space for Facilitating Product Realization Course
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2020
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Realistic TeachingEngineeringIndustrial EngineeringDigital ManufacturingEducationProduction ManagementProduct ManagementManagementIndustry 4.0Engineering Design ProcessMaker SpaceDesignManufacturing InnovationProduction PlanningIndustrial DesignDesign ThinkingProduction EngineeringTechnologyMakers SpaceProduct Realization
Industry 4.0 demands realistic teaching and curriculum, and a Maker Space at KLE TU provides a modern ecosystem that integrates design and manufacturing for engineering education. The course aims to familiarize students with modern manufacturing facilities like Maker Space and support them and entrepreneurs in turning product ideas into reality. The Maker Space offers 3D printing, laser cutting, PCB etching, and requires safety training for students to use these tools. The facilities motivate student teams, faculty, and entrepreneurs to create products, contributing to the Make in India initiative.
Realistic teaching, education learning curriculum and learning setup such as maker's space is very much essential to succeed the impact of Industry 4.0 on industrial engineering (IE). The Makers Space is a state of art facility created to promote product development and realization eco-system in KLE Technological University campus and is administered by the college as a resource for all engineering departments. Design and manufacturing are interdependent process. The curriculum of the verticals present in respective department should address the interdependency. The Makers space provides modern design, prototyping and manufacturing facilities like 3D printer, Laser cutting machine, PCB etching machine which helps to realize any electro mechanical product. The students were made to avail the maker space facility by undergoing a safety training session, the safety session emphasizes on the personal safety in the workshop, safe handling of the equipment. The aim of engineering design and product realization course is to align students to be conversant with the modern manufacturing facility like Makers space and indeed support the students and entrepreneurs to convert their product ideas into reality. The facilities encourage student teams, faculty members and entrepreneurs working towards creating products to realize our national dream - Make in India