Lesson 14

Manufacturing Guidelines for Product Design

DFMA Guidelines

Dr. Inderdeep Singh

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Source : Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Second Edition by Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst and Winston Knight 1
 Similarities
• Both DFM and DFA seek to reduce material, overhead,
and labor cost.

• They both shorten the product development cycle time.

• Both DFM and DFA seek to utilize standards to reduce cost

 Differences
Design for Assembly (DFA)
concerned only with reducing product assembly cost
• Minimizes number of assembly operations
• Individual parts tend to be more complex in design

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

concerned with reducing overall part production cost
• Minimizes complexity of manufacturing operations
• Uses common datum features and primary axes
 What is DFMA
• DFMA is a DESIGN REVIEW METHOD

It identifies:

-OPTIMAL PART DESIGN

-MATERIAL CHOICE
-ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION OPERATIONS TO PRODUCE AN
EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE PRODUCT

• It reveals that initial ideas may not be the most effective.

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• Design guidelines are qualitative

description of good design
practices.

• Design guidelines are intended

to be used by designer during
design synthesis.

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By Professor Henry Stoll

• Number of components in a product should be minimum.

• Design a modular product.

• Use standard components.

• Integrate parts, aim to multifunctional components.

• Design components, which can be used widely on different components.

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• Design easily manufacturable product.

• Avoid using separate fasteners.

• Minimize assembly stages and positions.

• Maximize compatibility.

• Minimize handling.
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According to Boothroyd & Dewhurst ideal characteristic of part assembly

are:-
• Part is inserted from top of the assembly so that gravity helps to stabilize
the partial assembly.
• Parts and assembly site can be designed to be self aligning. The chamfer
is most common self alignment feature.
• Parts are assembled in one single linear motion.
• Parts are secured immediately after insertion
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Creative phase
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Similar looking screws having
Different Sizes are confusing.

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Design to eliminate Fasteners and to place them away from obstructions.

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Thank You