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Design For Manufacturing and Assembly

The document provides an overview of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) techniques. It discusses how DFMA aims to minimize product cost through design and process improvements. The objectives are to describe the differences and similarities between design for manufacturing and design for assembly, how product design influences costs, and how to involve production engineers in DFMA analysis. DFMA seeks to reduce the number of parts, ease of assembly and manufacturing, and lower costs.

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Design For Manufacturing and Assembly

The document provides an overview of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) techniques. It discusses how DFMA aims to minimize product cost through design and process improvements. The objectives are to describe the differences and similarities between design for manufacturing and design for assembly, how product design influences costs, and how to involve production engineers in DFMA analysis. DFMA seeks to reduce the number of parts, ease of assembly and manufacturing, and lower costs.

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Design for Manufacturing and

Assembly
(Cost Effective approach)

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Purpose
To provide an overview of Design for
Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
techniques, which are used to minimize
product cost through design and process
improvements.

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Objectives
• Differences and Similarities between Design for
Manufacturing and Design for Assembly
• Describe how product design has a primary
influence
• Basic criteria for Part Minimization
• Quantitative analysis of a design’s efficiency
• Critique product designs for ease of assembly
• The importance of involving production engineers
in DFMA analysis

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Design for Assembly
• Definition: DFA is the method of design of the
product for ease of assembly.
• ‘…Optimization of the part/system assembly’
• DFA is a tool used to assist the design teams in
the design of products that will transition to
productions at a minimum cost, focusing on the
number of parts, handling and ease of assembly.

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Design for Manufacturing
• DFM is the method of design for ease of
manufacturing of the collection of parts that
will form the product after assembly.
• ‘Optimization of the manufacturing process…’
• DFM is a tool used to select the most cost
effective material and process to be used in the
production in the early stages of product
design.

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Difference
Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Concerned only with reducing product assembly cost
• Minimizes number of assembly operations
• Individual parts tend to be more complex in design

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)


• Concerned with reducing overall part production cost
• Minimizes complexity of manufacturing operations
• Uses common datum features and primary axes

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Similarities
• Both DFM and DFA seek to reduce material,
overhead, and labor cost.
• They both shorten the product development
cycle time.
• Both DFM and DFA seek to utilize standards to
reduce cost

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DFMA
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design
for Assembly (DFA) are now commonly
referred to as a single methodology, Design for
Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)

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What Internal Organization has the most
Influence over Price, Quality, & Cycle Time?

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Design for Assembly Principles
• Minimize part count
• Design parts with self-locating features
• Design parts with self-fastening features
• Minimize reorientation of parts during assembly
• Design parts for retrieval, handling, & insertion
• Emphasize ‘Top-Down’ assemblies
• Standardize parts…minimum use of fasteners.
• Encourage modular design
• Design for a base part to locate other
components
• Design for component symmetry for insertion

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DFA Analysis Worksheet

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Step one
• Product Information: functional requirements
• Functional analysis
• Identify parts that can be standardized
• Determine part count efficiencies

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Process Flow chart

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Your Task
• List parts in the order of assembly.
• Assign part number to keep up with the part.
• List number of parts (Np)
• List number of interfaces (Ni)

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Step Two

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Fasteners

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Step Three (Identify Quality)

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Step Four, Identify Handling, Grasping
and Orientation

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Step Five, Identify Insertion, Locate
and Secure

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Step six, Identify opportunities to
reduce secondary operations

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Step Seven, Analyze Data

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