posted on 2006-05-02, 11:55authored byIan Campbell, N.O. Balc
Design for assembly (DFA) is a well-establish
technique that has proved beneficial in many companies in
different manufacturing sectors. It aims to simplify the
assembly of a product by reducing the number of components
and by making sure that they fit together easily. Often, a DFA
analysis will show a theoretical improvement in the
assemblability of a product, but the re-design is not
implemented because there is no way of verifying the findings
of the analysis. Rapid prototyping (RP) enables physical
models to be made directly from CAD data in a relatively short
period of time. Using RP, it is possible to build the re-designed
product and test the accuracy of the DFA analysis. This paper
describes the procedure that can be followed to achieve this
and demonstrates its practicality through use of a case study.
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CAMPBELL, R.I. and BALC, N.O., 2001. Using Rapid Prototyping to Verify Design for Assembly, IN: Proceedings of the 12th International DAAAM Symposium, DAAAM International, Vienna, Jena, Germany