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Title: DFMA Oral Progress Report


1
DFMAOral Progress Report
  • Advisor
  • Dr. Kiel
  • Sponsor
  • Herman Miller
  • Group Members
  • Kiana Dennis
  • David Burke
  • Paul Kerekes
  • Anthony Pulcini
  • Greg Parent

2
Project Introduction
  • Design For Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA)
  • Herman Miller
  • Office furniture company
  • Overhead storage door
  • Problems at assembly
  • Costs are too high
  • Improved design required

3
Project Objectives
  • Eliminate the racking condition at assembly line
    build installation
  • Improve ease of assembly for the operators in the
    production line
  • Improve the bracket assembly process to eliminate
    the dents on the face of the door.
  • Eliminate excess packaging

4
Activities
  • DFMA Research
  • Analysis of product installation
  • Tour of Herman Miller Facility
  • Assembly process
  • Factory capabilities

5
Future Activities
  • Cost analysis
  • Redesigning of the product
  • CAD drawings in Pro-E
  • Possible prototype
  • Installation Testing
  • Collaboration with Herman Miller engineers
  • Implement DFMA concepts

6
Literature Sources
  • Ulrich, K., Eppinger, S. (2000). Product Design
    and Development (2nd ed.). Boston, MA Irwin
    McGraw-Hill.
  • Otto, K., Wood, K. (2001). Product Design. Upper
    Saddle River, NJ Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  • Boothroyd, G., Dewhurst, P., Knight, W. (2001).
    Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly (2nd
    ed.). Marcel Dekker

7
Constraints
  • Time
  • Travel time
  • Group meeting time
  • Two semester time frame for completing multiple
    objectives
  • Cost must be at a minimum
  • Herman Millers production capabilities

8
Thank You
  • Questions?
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