The efficient manufacturing of any product is highly dependent on the arrangement of the departments, equipment, and personnel within a building. This arrangement is referred to as the facility layout.
Learning Objectives
  • Define facility layout
  • Identify different classifications of manufacturing facility layouts
  • List the advantages of each facility layout
  • Recognize the factors that determine which facility layout is chosen
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 1.1
In a composite manufacturing facility, controlled contamination areas are separated from areas that produce contamination or are exposed to contamination.
Learning Objectives
  • List areas separated from controlled contamination areas
  • List methods of separating controlled contamination areas from non-controlled areas

Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 0.7
The layup area is a critical section of a composite manufacturing facility. Proper layout and organization of the layup area is critical to efficiently producing quality composite parts.
Learning Objectives
  • List items typically found in the layup area
  • List different workstation configurations used in the layup area
Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 0.8
The curing area is a section of a composite manufacturing facility where materials become true composite parts. Proper layout and organization of the curing area is critical to efficiently producing cured composite parts.
Learning Objectives
  • List items typically found in the curing area
  • List common activities of technicians in the curing area

Language: English
Estimate Time (Hrs.): 0.7