Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst, Winston Knight
Publisher: Marcel Dekker

The facility has a state of the art lab RackTop Systems designs products for the high-performance unified storage and Global Enterprise cloud computing markets, which combined are expected to exceed $200 billion in 2013. Therefore, design engineers rely on guidelines such as Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) for guidance when designing a product. The faster and more reliable the robots, the higher the manufacturing output in automated lines. Metcam also assists clients with product design and manufacturability to reduce their total cost of production. Metcam (Alpharetta, GA), a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies for OEMs, recently announced it has completed implementation of a number of improvements, from plant configuration changes and floor space expansion to installation of more than $2 million in new equipment. And here, again, the most modern assembly and sealing technologies can bring new robot design opportunities. Knowledge of Design for Manufacture and Assembly 4. Knowledge of engineering materials and manufacturing processes 3. Product developers enjoyed a fairly predictable environment for most of last century. Involvement in Product Design and Development processes 2. The new office was designed to support manufacturing, assembly, and distribution operations from MD as well as create the perfect environment for technical collaboration with customers and partners of RackTop.