Table of Contents: Product design for modularity /

Main Author:	Kamrani, Ali K.
Other Authors:	Salhieh, Sa'ed M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2010
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Industrial design Modularity (Engineering) Flexible manufacturing systems

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Product Development Process: An Introduction
1. The Evolution of Product Development
2. The Importance of Product Development
3. Sequential Product Development
4. Simultaneous/Integrated Product Development
5. Generic Product Development Process
6. Product Development Categories
7. Case Studies
Chapter 2: Modular Design
1. Modularity Types
2. Modular Systems Characteristics
3. Modular Systems Development
4. Modeling Product Development Process using Design Structure Matrix
5. Modularity Advantages
Chapter 3: Design for Modularity
1. Needs Analysis
2. Product Requirements Analysis
3. Product/Concept Analysis
4. Product/Concept Integration
Chapter 4: Decomposition analysis of a Four-Gear speed reducer design: DFMo
case study
1. Problem Description
2. Appendix A: Engineering Design Specifications
Chapter 5: Design for Manufacture and Assembly
1. DFMA Methodology
2. Case Study: DFA Analysis of a Fog Lamp Design
3. Geometric and Parametric Design
4. Design for Manufacture
5. Structure for a Template-based System
6. Appendix A: Crankshaft Parametric File Structure
7. Appendix B: Formulation used for Material Removal
8. Appendix C: Sample Process Plan
Chapter 6: Flexible and Modular Cell Design
1. Traditional Manufacturing Systems-An Overview
2. Cellular Manufactuirng Systems
3. Cellular Manufacturing Systems Design
References
Index.