MECH 290 Lecture 5: lectures 5-7-Design for assembly

• School: McGill University
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Course: MECH 290
• Professor: Fiona Zhao

Document Summary

Objectives: understand basic types of assembly, understand basic design considerations for assembly, be able to correct designs to improve their suitability for assembly, be able to name a few basic dfm analysis methods. Individual components (planned, designed, manufactured separately) assembled into final product serve the desired functions. Assembly is a design parameter concerns both material properties and physical attributes. Individual components should be design and manufactured with ease of assembly. Substantial reduction in assembly time and cost. Dfa a process for improving product design for easy and low-cost assembly. Dfa recognizes the needs to analyze the design of both the part and the whole product for any assembly problems early in the process to cut costs during the entire product cycle. Apply concurrent focus on the dual aspects of functionality and assimilability. Dfa as a distinct feature of design is fairly recent. Assembly methods (cid:149) manual assembly (cid:149) robotic assembly (cid:149) automatic assembly.