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Developing design templates for product platform focused design (2004)
| Venue: | Journal of Engineering Design |
| Citations: | 1 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Chandrasekaran04developingdesign,
author = {Balaji Chandrasekaran and Robert B. Stone Y and Daniel A. Mcadams},
title = {Developing design templates for product platform focused design},
journal = {Journal of Engineering Design},
year = {2004},
volume = {15},
pages = {209--228}
}
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Abstract
Product platforms, product families, and modular design are an evolving research area. Many of the theories and concepts proposed serve as powerful tools to industry in reducing the number of specialized components in products, reducing assembly time and accelerating the conceptual and embodiment design stages. In this paper, a structured approach to the modular design of electro-mechanical consumer products is proposed based on a study of the module structure of products. The approach is based on developing product family design templates. These templates are based on prior product design knowledge and the flow and conversion of energy through a product. The templates also carry potential embodiment solution information. Design templates for two product classes, electricity to thermal energy and electricity to rotational energy, have been developed and can be used by designers to undertake design or re-design efforts on products. A group of 16 consumer products from two product families has been used in this study. A clarifying design example is presented. 1.
Keyphrases
product platform design template modular design product family product class assembly time research area structured approach product family design template potential embodiment solution information consumer product design example specialized component embodiment design stage electro-mechanical consumer product module structure powerful tool prior product design knowledge re-design effort
