Design Phase

Begin detailed design work for selected Final Design

This includes: 

• math modeling
• risk assessment & mitigation (DFMEA -design failure mode & effects analysis)
• bill of materials (BOM),
• purchase order,
• part cost determination
• profit/loss (P/L) statement
• mfg process instructions (MPIs)
• both a sub-assembly
• final product design (Solidworks) approval process resulting in a final engineering design package submittal
• final prototype design is manufactured/built/assembled
• may also result in ECNs (engineering change notices) as a result of the manufacturing/build/assembly process prior to testing

Definition of a prototype

• An original module on which something is patterned; archetype.
• An individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type.
• A standard or typical example.
• A first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction.

Your team’s prototyping goal

Build/manufacture/assemble a team-designed “functional” device, and test essential performance measures of the product design.

Why build a prototype?

1. Conceptualization: Demonstrate feasibility/practicality.
2.  Verification and Testing: Verify performance modeling. Prove/disprove assumptions made.
3.  Development – Refine the Design: Identify design deficiencies/improvement. Suggest a mass manufacturing process.