Product development is like Olympic competition. Lower product development costs, shorter product development cycles, and higher product quality are always the highest level of enterprise pursuit. In the context of globalization, the competition among enterprises is increasing, and a slight lag in any part of product development may be surpassed by competitors or even eliminated from the game.
How can enterprises carry out product development with "lower cost, shorter time and higher quality"? Manufacturing and assembly-oriented product design is such an effective means. It starts from improving the manufacturability and assemblability of products, and considers the needs of product manufacturing and assembly in the product development stage, and works closely with the manufacturing and assembly teams to reduce product design modifications, minimize product manufacturing and assembly errors, and improve product manufacturing and assembly efficiency, so as to achieve the goals of reducing product development costs, shortening product development cycles, and improving product quality.
The book begins with an introduction to manufacturing- and assembly-oriented product development; then focuses on manufacturing- and assembly-oriented design guides, including assembly-oriented design guides, plastic part design guides, sheet metal part design guides, die casting design guides, and tolerance analyses; and concludes with manufacturing- and assembly-oriented product design checklists for systematically checking that the product design meets the product's manufacturing and assembly requirements.
This book is based on the author's many years of practical experience in product development, and combines advanced product development concepts and product design ideas from home and abroad, with the following features:
1. Detailed introduction to assembly-oriented design guidelines
Like the manufacturing of products, product assembly is equally or even more important, but has long been neglected. This book details assembly-oriented design guidelines to ensure that product design meets the requirements of product assembly, reduces assembly errors, lowers assembly costs, and improves assembly efficiency and quality.
2. Practicality
Instead of complex theories, this book introduces manufacturing- and assembly-oriented design guidelines from the practical application of product development. Each design guideline is derived from real product development experience and lessons learned, and violating any of these design guidelines may result in increased product development costs, longer product development cycles, and lower product quality.
In addition, the product design checklists provided in this book are highly useful in helping mechanical engineers systematically check product designs to ensure that they meet manufacturing and assembly requirements.
3. Rich in Examples, Emphasizing Practice
The design guidelines in this book are supplemented with graphics and real-life examples that are easy to understand. The author analyzes and describes the impact of each design guideline on product development from the perspective of a mechanical engineer, and guides mechanical engineers to use each design guideline to improve the quality of product development.