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PRODUCT DESIGN
It is essential to design a product before starting its manufacture. The idea for
new or improved products comes from many sources, such as
• Customer’s suggestions and complaints.
• R&D department.
• Other competitor products in the market.
When a new idea has been conceived and then developed to the point at which it
shows itself to be both technically and commercially viable, it is considered as
how the product should be made.
Making of a new or modified product will require the services of the following
departments of a company.
- Marketing,
- R&D,
- Design,
- Manufacture,
- Accounts, and
- Personnel.
It is not possible to specify exactly what constitutes a good design, but the
essential requirements are that it should bring:
• Customer satisfaction – in order to achieve customer satisfaction.
- The product should function correctly.
- It should possess desired degree of accuracy.
- It should have required standard of reliability.
- Product should be easy to operate.
- Product design should obtain good space utilization.
- Product should have pleasant appearance.
- Products should be of reasonable price.
• An adequate profit – making adequate profit means
- It should be easy to manufacture.
- The use of standard component parts wherever possible can
lead to great saving.
- A well designed product will consist of minimum number of
parts.
- Good product design will call for minimum number of
operations.
- Good product design should not extend the through-put time.
- A well designed product should be easy to pack and distribute.
The design of any product involves due to attention to the following factors:
• Technical factors.
• Industrial design factors.
• Designing for production-economic factors.
Technical Factors.
1. Operating conditions.
-- Kind of workers which will be making use of the product.
-- Conditions of noise, vibrations and heat, etc.
2. Performance
-- Accuracy.
-- Speed, feed, etc.
-- Length of time.
-- Types of materials used.
3. Maintenance
-- How often maintenance and repair will be required.
-- Whether planned or breakdown policy will be adopted.
4. Company Experience
-- Has the product been designed by the company before?
-- Has the company experience or expertise to design the product?
1. Function.
-- Will the product function at minimum cost?
2. Appearance
-- Does the product has a pleasing appearance?
-- Does it create esteem?
3. Ergonomics
-- Is the product suitable for human use?
-- Does the use of product causes excessive fatigue to the workers?
-- Does the product fulfills the principles of ‘Fitting the job to the
workers’?
Designing for Production-Economic Factors
1. Materials.
-- Materials Specification : Is the cheapest material, consistent with
technical
design requirements, being used.
-- Yield: Is the waste production being minimised.
-- Content: Is the minimum amount of material being used in making
each
component part?
2.Methods
3.Standards
-- Is design simple?
-- Does it keep types and varieties of parts to a minimum?
-- Does the design make use of standard parts?
4.Finish
-- Finish may include painting, polishing, electroplating, etc.
-- Is the right finish being used consistent with cost, endurance and
appearance requirements?
DESIGN BY IMITATION.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:
Development is carried out after applied research which follows pure research. It
concerns the most economically feasible method for applying the principle
through Research. It involves design/redesign and fabrication of new or modified
product and then testing it to find its usefulness.
Product Research and Development are concerned with all aspects of the
product design and application including its,
• Functional efficiency,
• Quality,
• Unexplored uses,
• Investigation of materials and possible substitutes,
• Utilization of waste products, and
• Standardization and customer satisfaction.