Modular design is rapidly becoming the key to cost-effective automation, especially in sectors where demand variability and ...

Design-for-assembly (DFA) and design-for-manufacture (DFM) techniques can be applied to products assembled manually or automatically or manufactured by specific techniques, such as machining, die ...

23 thoughts on “ Retrotechtacular: Design For Assembly, 1980s-Style ” Mike B says: ... Cars are an excellent example of this. Report comment. Reply. Miroslav says: February 4, 2021 at 6:11 am ...

Engineering teams using DFX (Design For X)—including design for manufacturability, assembly, serviceability, and others—face three major challenges today.

Design for the future. Though it’s not possible to accommodate all future production requirements, designing a flexible assembly line to accommodate future capability and adaptability will set you ...

The need for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) began shortly after the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, but it took a hundred years for it to ultimately come into focus in the 1960s ...

This eliminates the need for 45 screws and cuts assembly time from 30 minutes to about six, with no tools required. And although [Will] doesn’t mention it, it must save a bunch of weight, too.