Design-for-assembly (DFA) and design-for-manufacture (DFM) techniques can be applied to products assembled manually or automatically or manufactured by specific techniques, such as machining, die ...

The design stage of a product’s life cycle is arguably one of the most crucial decision making periods, as 70 to 80 percent of the overall manufacturing cost can be projected at this stage. Engineers ...

Exact part location and minimal clearances seem like the Holy Grail of precision mechanical systems. But insisting on the slimmest tolerances can make assembly and disassembly difficult. Assembly ...

A number of years ago, the packages of electronic systems were only intended to protect the circuit from mechanical stresses and to realize a simple fan-out from the close spacing of connections on ...

A new IEEE technical paper titled “Package Assembly Design Kits (PADK’s)- The Future of Advanced Wafer-Level Manufacturing” was written by researchers from Amkor. Find the technical paper here.

Careful design of a single-use assembly by both the supplier and end user together can mitigate risks and create fitness for the intended use. Single-use technologies can offer significant benefits ...

To get its engineers thinking about design for assembly back in the 1980s, Westinghouse made a video about a product optimized for assembly: the IBM Proprinter. The technology may be dated, but the ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...