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How Design Errors Show Up As Tooling, Processing, Materials And Abuse Issues

Abstract For a plastic part or assembly to perform as expected, proper consideration must be given to material selection, part design, tooling, and processing using a holistic approach. In a lot of instances, design errors are mistaken as tooling, processing and material issues. Design errors are even sometimes misclassified as customer abuse. Introduction Let us …

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Automotive Supplier Identifies DFMPro to Address Manufacturing Delays Due to Inaccurate Designs

Automotive Tier 1 suppliers squabble for space in the highly competitive auto market by providing high quality products and services to major OEM’s. The success of these companies is highly dependent on timely delivery of quality products to their customers. Any delay affects not only the project schedule and delivery, but also the reputation of …

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Expectation of Design Guidelines

Expectation of Design Guidelines Expectation of this blog post is to emphasize the need for automation in the field of New Product Development (NPD) and use of integrated validation tools throughout the process, CAD software that combines 3D,2D, manufacturing process guidelines and cost analysis capabilities in one system can save product development time and effort. …

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Addressing ‘Cost’ Right at the Design stage – How Design Engineers Can Take Charge

Background Background Let us face it.  Optimizing product cost is good “for the health” of everyone from the product designer to the CEO and everyone between and below.  Corporations can even go out of business if the costs of goods sold (COGS) are not in control.  A major portion of the COGS is the individual …

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Right Approach for Design with Guidelines

Right Approach for Design with Guidelines Abstract: Often people say, they find it hard to make decisions. Unfortunately, we have to make decisions all the time on inventions, devices and systems created by us which did not exist before or improvements made over existing devices and systems. Inventions or new designs, do not suddenly appear …

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