Module 4A – Design
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?
- Conceptualization: Demonstrate feasibility/practicality.
- Verification and Testing: Verify performance modeling. Prove/disprove assumptions made.
- Development – Refine the Design: Identify design deficiencies/improvement. Suggest a mass manufacturing process.
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