The Development of a Design Method for Production Machinery Companies

• R. P. Gouvinhas ^[1] ; J. Corbett ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

     Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] Cranfield University

     Cranfield University

     Cranfield, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Journal of Engineering Design, ISSN 0954-4828, Vol. 10, Nº. 4, 1999, págs. 351-364
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper presents the development of a design method tailored to support designers within production machinery companies. The proposed approach was developed based on the perceived views from designers within these companies with regard to formal design methods proposed in the literature. The method is based upon a chart-based collection of appropriate design guidelines. A study which was undertaken on a new design of sub-assembly of a high-accuracy machine tool was used to test the method, and this is also presented.