The Fukushima “Cover-up”
Sometimes you see something that makes you sigh. Every so often people bring up Fukushima…
What is a House of Quality for Manufacturing?
Hauser and Clausing wrote about the concept of a “House of Quality” customer requirements elaborating…
Novel Design Criteria
Novelty in Design Evaluation Metrics Whenever considering an engineering design concept, novel solutions should be…
Improving Cost Effectiveness of Injection Molding Designs
In 1999, Yuh-Min Chen and Jang-John Liu published a paper discussing various methods to improve…
The Role of Product Architecture in the Manufacturing Firm
When considering a product, it is important to first consider the overall architecture of the…
Design for Manufacturing: Turned Part Style Selection
This article provides background and general best practices in selecting turned parts manufacturing systems. Turned…
Injection Mold Total Cost Equation
The cost to produce tooling and dies are typically normalized across the expected production volume.…
Automated Fixture Design Processes
Automated fixture design processes are an innovative method to reduce the workflow time necessary to…
Computer-Aided Fixture Design
The development of computer-aided fixture design (CAFD) can be traced back to three primary stages…
Design for Manufacturing: Secondary Operations on Rods
This rule involves the minimization of secondary machining operations on extruded rods cut from bar…