PROCESS & STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION OF CONTROL PANELS TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY RATE

Mechanical Engineeering

This report explores the application of feature based representation and design in the area of design for manufacturing to incorporate the tooling and process considerations into the early stage of design. The main aim of this research paper is to apply the concepts of feature based design and to develop an interactive design tool that can be used to alert designers to potential production problems, defects and errors, and to give them some information that can be used to create an alternative design, evaluate trade-offs and arrive at optimal designs for the given process conditions. Report illustrates the development of computer aided engineering system that was constructed using these concepts and applied to designing box type sheet metal parts. The stress and deflection analysis of old (traditional) structure is compared with new optimum design. The aim of the project is to optimize the structure design with respect to minimize the cost, number of manufacturing processes, process time, inventory and overall lead time.

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