Design for Assembly – Smallpeice Enterprises

Design for Assembly

Overview

One of the most powerful techniques for reducing production costs, DFA forces designs to be analysed for assembly ease and shows how to re-design to reduce time-to-market, and increase production efficiency. The course is based upon the Boothroyd Dewhurst approach, and provides a step-by-step framework to enable immediate application in the workplace.

Course objectives:

To provide measurable assessment of assembly difficulties
To challenge part count & simplify designs
To provide guidance in good product assembly features
To use actual product examples, to show best-practice
To assess re-design effectiveness

Course Content

Basic Theory of Manual Assembly Analysis

The need for better assembly by design
The core principles of the Boothroyd Dewhurst method
Reducing part count to generate savings in material and overhead costs

The DFA Steps

Improving manual assembly methods (handling & insertion etc)
Total time calculation
Minimum parts count analysis
Comparing efficiency of different designs and assembly systems
Improvement identification
Categorising re-design ideas, analysis and verification

Product Analysis

Using a pre-selected product example from your company, the participants will work in small teams to apply the DFA methodology live. This process will enable participants to see the power of the process applied to one of your products

Summary

Next steps & action planning

In-company

Duration:

1 day

Ideal for group training

Customised per company