Manufacturing technology design system synchronized mold design with product design based on logic analysis of manufacturing technology

The objective of this research was to establish and realize a streamlined process from product design to manufacturing. Studies showed that this may be effectively accomplished by synchronizing the product and tooling design processes and incorporating manufacturing specifications during this product design phase. The proposed method entails a detailed tabulation of skills and judgments made by experienced manufacturing engineers onto a check list. These elements are quantified and simplified so that a non-skilled worker may perform the tasks. The parameters were then used to construct 3D CAD models forming collection of 3D data that is referred to as the check module. Implementing manufacturing specification check sheets and the check modules for a cell phone design resulted in 33% reduction in man-hour compared to existing approach, while the number of tasks requiring judgments and decisions was reduced by 78%. These measures decreased product defects stemming from human error and allowed a streamlined product and mold design.