Assessor Resource
MEM234003A
Design machines and ancillary equipment
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit applies to the design of any significant machinery and ancillary equipment for domestic, commercial, industrial, medical, military or entertainment purposes. Design activities may also include reverse engineering, design rectification or modifications of an existing design. Activities include the design of specific machine elements, such as shafts, bearings, brakes, clutches, springs, pressure vessels, flywheels, and may also include selection of ancillary equipment, such as motors, pumps and valves.
This unit of competency covers the design of machines and ancillary equipment. It includes sustainability implications, occupational health and safety (OHS), modelling and calculations, use of software, product analysis and product life cycle design, investigating, generating ideas, synthesis, prototype completion and manufacture and evaluation.
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