DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND

ASSEMBLY(DFMA)

Name: Khot Harshal Sunil

Year: B.E.
Branch: Mechanical Engineering
Roll No.: 402236
Exam Seat No.: B150230949
Subject: Mechanical System Design(MSD)
Faculty:
 INTRODUCTION
• DFMA stands for Design for Manufacture and Assembly.
• Design for manufacture , which means the design for ease of manufacture
of the parts that will form a product.
• Design for Assembly, which means the design of the product for ease of
assembly.
• The practice of applying DFMA is to identify, quantify and eliminate waste
or inefficiency in a product design.
• Component of Lean Manufacturing DFMA is also used as a benchmarking
tool to study competitors’ products, and as a should cost tool to assist in
supplier negotiations.
 DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE

• Design for manufacturability is the general engineering practice

of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture.
• Process of designing or engineering a product in order to facilitate
the manufacturing process in order to reduce its manufacturing costs.
• DFM will allow potential problems to be fixed in the design phase which is
the least expensive place to address them.
• factors affects DFM - raw material, the form of the raw material,
dimensional tolerances, and secondary processing such as finishing.
• Inputs to DFM include: – sketches, drawings, product specs, design
alternatives;
• detailed understanding of production and assembly processes
• estimates of manufacturing costs, production volumes and ramp-up
timing.
 DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY
• Assembly is a key activity.
• Much effort has therefore been put in over the years into establishing
methods of avoiding the need for assembly.
• The decisions affecting the assembly content of a product originate in only
one place - the design process. Although later decisions can be made as to
sequence, method and degree of automation, designers make the
fundamental commitments on assembly.
• "Design for assembly" is a general term for a set of processes, which guide
designers in making assembly related decisions
 DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY
• Design for assembly (DFA) is a process by which products are
designed with ease of assembly in mind.
• Fewer parts, less time to assemble, thereby reducing assembly costs.
• features which make it easier to grasp, move, orient and insert them, this
will also reduce assembly time and assembly costs.
• The reduction of the number of parts in an assembly reduces the total cost
of parts in the assembly.
 STEPS INVOLVED IN DFMA
1. PLANNING.

2. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.

3. SYSTEM LEVEL DESIGN.

4. DETAIL DESIGN.

5. TESTING AND REFINEMENT.

6. PRODUCTION.
 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DFMA

1. Reduce part counts and part type(Standardization).

2. Design self-aligning and self-adjusting parts.

3. Ensure ease of handling of parts from bulk.

4. Use tools like Poka – Yoke.

5. Maximise the symmetry of parts.

GENERAL EXAMPLES OF DFMA
 ADVANTAGES OF DFMA
• Shorter development schedules and reduced cycle times.
• Better first article quality.
• Development of robust product designs.
• Easier transition of design to products.
• More effective risk management.
• Reduction in product development cost.
• Rework is reduced.
• Defects are reduced.
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