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A case study analysis of the application of design for manufacture principles by industrial design students

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posted on 2016-09-23, 13:32 authored by Russell MarshallRussell Marshall, Thomas Page
This paper describes a case study evaluation of a module that engages students on product and industrial design programmes with the principles of Design for Manufacturing (DFM). The primary element of the module is to expose students to the constraints of a full design to manufacture process. The module explores the design of a small polymer promotional item, together with the means of mass producing that item. This is done through the process of injection moulding and students design an injection mould tool to allow the production of the promotional item out of a suitable polymer. This module brings together CAD, CNC part programming, injection moulding tooling design, polymeric material selection and production considerations. The paper will highlight the benefits of practical engagement with the DFM process.

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School

  • Design

Published in

Advances in Manufacturing technology XXX, 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research

Volume

3

Pages

311 - 316

Citation

MARSHALL, R. and PAGE, T., 2016. A case study analysis of the application of design for manufacture principles by industrial design students. IN: Goh, Y.M. and Case, K. (eds). Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXX, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2016), Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, September 2016, pp. 311-316.

Publisher

IOS Press

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-05-13

Publication date

2016-10-01

Notes

The final publication is available at IOS Press through http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-668-2-311

ISBN

9781614996675

Language

  • en

Location

Loughborough University

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