Week 5

Design for Materials (DFM)


Design for materials is the opposite of MFD. Instead of choosing the best material for the product, DFM is changing a design so that a particular material can be used. DFM can be used when the material used is expensive and we want to make sure we do not waste it. We can then use DFM to create a design which can make full use of the material, so that we will not waste any of it. Another example when DFM is used is when the material is not commonly used. We can then used DFM to make a product using the material. We can then cut down the used of commonly use materials with another material which is not commonly used.

For our assignment, we had come up with a material and use it to enhance the functionality of an existing product through some changed in the design. We had chose the material "Alcantara" which is mostly used for making car seats' cover. We had thought to use Alcantara to make phone covers, or any product which requires a good grip. This way, instead of using rubbers which are commonly used, we can cut down on the use of these rubbers and use Alcantara which is not commonly used.

Moreover, in the assignment, we also had the chance to practice our MFD. Firstly, we had to come up with the material, which we had chose Alcantara. We then list down the general properties of Alcantara and thought of a material which can be replaced by Alcantara. We had thought of leathers and Alcantara and leather has similar general properties, looks and feel the same as leather and even has some more benefits as compared to leather. Finally, we thought of using Alcantara to make Alcantara jackets instead of leather jackets. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

P2

Image
Practical 2 (Air Lift Pump Challenge)  Assigned Roles Roles Responsibilities Member Team Leader Ensure all the procedures are executed accurately and assistant any member which requires help. Lau Jun Foong Wayne Experimental Set up and carry out the hands-on part of the experiment. Wong Kea Tzer Timekeeper Record the time, tabulate data and plot graphs. Kee Soon Heng Cavell Blogger Consolidate and type the documentation in the blog. Rong Yiren Experiment 1 b = 10cm a (cm) X (cm) Flowrate (ml/s) Average Flowrate (ml/s) Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 2 12   7.58 7.80  7.60  7.66  4 10   5.55 5.15  5.40 5....
Read more

Week 7

Image
Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) CADD is the use of software to draw and design physical components or to layout processes. With CADD, shapes and lines can be drawn easily and quickly, content can be easily copied, edited, saved and shared. CADD software also allows accurate calculation of dimensions and more advanced software can even accurately estimate the kinds and amount of materials used of the length of manufacturing time, which facilitates budget planning. It is hence beneficial for a product design to know how to use a CADD software. We had learnt to use Fusion360 to model shapes or designs. We can also use a 3D Printer to print our design we had made in Fusion360. In class, we had learn how to make a simple keyring and learn how to hasten drawing process through the use of sketch constraints.  Some of the common tools meaning used are: Offset  - Copy selected sketch geometry a specified distance away from the original geometry. Extrude - To make a 2 Dimensi...
Read more