scholarly journals A Methodology for Product Development in Mobile Machinery: Case Example of an Excavator

Machines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Nima Alaei ◽  
Emil Kurvinen ◽  
Aki Mikkola
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
User Feedback ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
End User ◽  
Know How ◽  
Traditional Design ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Mobile Machinery ◽  
Industrial Machine

Digital tools have become indispensable for the testing and modification of prototypes in mobile and industrial machine manufacturing. Data that are extracted from virtual experimentation and analysis are both affordable and valuable, due to their repeatability and because they are close to real-world observations. Expert knowledge is a prerequisite for full deployment of computer aided engineering tools in the design phase and concomitant stages of product development. Currently, such knowledge, for the most part, is provided by the product development team and the manufacturer. Yet, it is important that manufacturers and designers receive end-user feedback throughout the product development process. However, end-users often lack sufficient know-how about the technical and engineering background of the product development, and this lack of understanding can become a barrier to user-designer communication. The aim of this article is to present an alternative to traditional design approaches that is based on customized real-time multibody simulation. This simulation-based approach can be seen as a platform that has the potential to improve knowledge management systems for product development. End-user feedback to the designer is given in a systematic manner throughout the design process using a multipurpose XML-based multibody environment.

Categorized Application Technology of Numerical Simulation on Electronic Equipment Thermal Design

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Yokono ◽  
Katsumi Hisano ◽  
Kenji Hirohata
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Application Technology ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Simulation Based

In order to utilize a numerical simulation on a product development for electronic equipment, not only the simulation techniques themselves, but the application technologies of the simulation in the product design, were examined. The design process of electronic equipment was categorized into four stages, which were a concept, a function, a layout and a parameter design. Each design stage consists of a specifying that a human decide the specification for the next stage and a verification whether the specification satisfy the previous stage requirements. The specifying and the verification are conducted over and over again. Numerical simulation is corresponded to the verification and is used to accelerate this iteration instead of experiments. The examples of numerical simulation corresponding to these four verifications were shown in the present paper. There are few examples in last two type of simulation. The progress of the numerical technology for function and concept verification is expected. The product development process requires not only numerical simulation based on physics but also statistical approach.

scholarly journals Integration of Application Code Simulations for Data exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (07) ◽  
pp. 659-666
Author(s):  
Basankar Vikas ◽  
◽  
Dr. S. P. Metkar ◽  
Manoj Mane ◽  
Bhuvaneshwar Kanade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Suitable Method ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Integration Approach ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Industry Automation

In every product development industry, automation plays a key role in increasing the throughput of the company and providing better planning in product development and improved product quality. It is very necessary to find a solution to interdependencies during the product development process. During simulation-based analysis of a product, it is required that the need for actual hardware of the product is to be eliminated. Because of this, the functionality of the actual hardware can be analyzed by using software using simulations. If simulations of different products are running, the data is to be exchanged between different simulations effectively. It can be considered as simulating data exchange, as it is implemented in the hardware form. A proper and suitable method is to be used to have this goal achieved. This paper will address the integration approach for application code simulations or programs that are built to perform specific tasks.

Optimization in the Simulation Based Design Environment

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Aldo Kusmik
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Naval Research ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Complex Products ◽  
Office Of Naval Research ◽  
Simulation Based Design ◽  
Simulation Based

Abstract Simulation based design methodologies have the potential to streamline the development and continuous improvement of complex products by addressing three fundamental aspects of team-based product development initiatives: coordination, collaboration, and optimization. On-going research funded by the Office of Naval Research is seeking to augment its baseline simulation based design environment with enhanced system integration, visualization, and optimization capabilities that address these three aspects of the product development process. The inherent strengths of the existing software environment are being leveraged to support the development of these enhanced capabilities including Multi-Disciplinary Optimization methodologies that will enable the rapid convergence on high payoff system alternatives.

scholarly journals COMPETENCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECODESIGN PRODUCTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1735-1744
Author(s):  
D. Kattwinkel ◽  
B. Bender
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
System Thinking ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Know How ◽  
Do So

AbstractTo respond to today's needs, engineers must be able to develop sustainable and environmentally compatible products and systems. To do so, they have to carry out new or changed activities and tasks within the product development process and therefore have to obtain new or changed competences. This publication examines which specific competences from the competence groups system thinking and communication are especially important for the development of Ecodesign products apart from technical know-how and should thus be included in a future higher education engineering course.

Partnership development between product customer and tool and die supplier

2005 ◽  
Vol 219 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Tang
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Decision Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Collaborative Partnership ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Know How ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
The Right ◽  
Development And Management

Generally, the tool and die industry is acting as a tooling supplier for customers' product development. It is widely acknowledged that tool and die suppliers are now more than ever having to improve the cooperation or collaboration level with their customers to gain the tooling market. However, real cooperation or collaboration between product customer and tool and die supplier cannot be achieved before an appropriate partnership is developed. Moreover, the partnership needs to be adaptive to the changing market and requirement levels of customers. The purpose of the present research is to investigate adaptive partnership development between product customer and tool and die supplier through several steps. A set of performance measurements are defined to help the product customer evaluate the capability of tool and die supplier candidates. Different interfaces between product customer and tool and die supplier are analysed. How to develop the right interface structure for adaptive partnership between them is discussed. According to the rational early supplier involvement (ESI) methodology, the adaptive partnership requires the tool and die supplier to justify its role as an active partner along the entire product development process chain, and a decision model is established to specify the ESI partnership between product customer and tool and die supplier. It is suggested that the collaborative partnership be implemented through stronger integration of the tool and die supplier's know-how into the customer's product development process. It is hoped that this research idea can provide comprehensive support for partnership development and management between product customer and tool and die supplier.

Characteristics and Potential for Successful Co-Creation

2017 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Rasool ◽  
Pisut Koomsap ◽  
Meghla Clara Costa
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
End Users ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
User Needs ◽  
End User ◽  
Product Success ◽  
High Level ◽  
Different Levels

Co-creation, an active end-users involvement in product development process, has been recognized as an effective way of minimizing risk of misinterpretation of end-user needs and achieving product success. Furthermore, high level of co-creation has seemed to create high perceived value to products. With an aim of encouraging many more firms to involve their end-users in the product development process, a quantitative tool developed to help the firms evaluate their readiness and potential for co-creation is presented in this paper. Important characteristics for co-creation have been established from the literature and have been classified with the help of expert opinion into three different levels: must-have, should-have and nice-to-have. The firms that fulfill all the must-have characteristics are ready for co-creation, and their potential is evaluated from the should-have and nice-to-have characteristics. An exploratory case study on three shoe manufacturers was conducted for illustration.

Making Sure its Right: Three Phases of Ergonomics Research in the Design of a Pointing Device

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-447
Author(s):  
Edie Adams ◽  
Steven T. Kaneko ◽  
Bryce Rutter
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
End User ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Pointing Device ◽  
User Focus ◽  
Product Definition ◽  
Three Phases

This paper demonstrates three phases of ergonomic research in the design of a mouse and discusses the value of a concurrent, interactive approach to ergonomics, industrial design and product development. Ergonomics worked in conjunction with industrial design, engineering and marketing to ensure that optimal comfort for the user was a continual focus throughout the product development process. Research phases included 1) the development of ergonomic criteria and the inclusion of ergonomics in the product definition, 2) the ergonomic review and user testing analysis of the design prototype and 3) the verification of ergonomic aspects of the design. The need for different types of ergonomic information at different phases in the product development process, and the value of maintaining an end-user focus throughout the interaction of ergonomics, industrial design and the whole of the product development team are discussed.

Highly Iterative Product Development Process for Engineering Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
pp. 532-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Diels ◽  
Stefan Rudolf ◽  
Günther Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Know How ◽  
Early Validation ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Engineering Projects

Many companies are exposed to the challenge to fulfill constantly growing heterogeneous costumer requirements and simultaneously deliver the highest quality standards for their products. One way to face these challenges is the highly iterative product development approach. The content of this approach is the division of the current development process in many short and iterative sub processes (sprints). This procedure enables a regular involvement of the customer in the development process and an early validation of the development status which jointly results in costumer-specific and marketable products. As a consequence of this short-cycled approach the requirements for the practiced process of development projects change fundamentally. However, most companies do not know how this new short-cycle development process has to look like for their daily project work. This is due to the fact that most published papers just deal with the description of how the highly iterative methods look like, however, without considering the challenges an implementation in a producing company involves. This paper aims at the presentation of a standard approach for the handling of highly iterative product development projects.

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