Discuss Different Engineering Systems In Manufacturing Engineering (Coursework Sample)

Manufacturing System Design
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Institution Affiliation
Manufacturing System Design
Introduction
Aim of the Study
The major goal of the entire project is to develop a Spiral slicer machine that will be used to lower the cost of production of sliced vegetables with more function available on it and provides long-term durability and ease the slicing processes in the market. The project involves the construction of a spiral slicer machine that will be used in vegetable industries to slice vegetables to the required sizes and shapes.
Project Description and Design processes
The project includes the different steps that are carried to construct a working prototype of the spiral slicer machine. The initial step in the project is the conceptual design process that starts with the identification of the customers need to the final product applied to solve the identified need. The next step in the project description is the coming up with the correct project analysis that includes the detailed working designs and the working plan. With the working detailed design of the slicer machine determined, design for both manufacture and the assembly of the machine arrives. When all the required parts are assembled, the fabrication of the prototype is done from the working design done in the second step.
During manufacturing designs process, the first step is the identification of the customers’ needs that require the technical specialist to come up with it remedies and all other steps follow as outlined in the below (Lefteri, 2012).
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From the identification of the customers need, the engineers enter the next phase of design which is the coming up with the design specifications for the projects (Wu, 2008). Although, establishing the design specifications is one of the most important and challenging elements in the overall design process. The design specifications both drive and control the design throughout the process. They are especially important during the early phases of the design effort because of they serve as the principal guidelines for the project team at this point in the process. The specifications are so critical to the ultimate design capability and its cost that they must be established early in the process.
Need for the design
Currently, slicing of vegetables is becoming expensive since the available machines are less effective, and the machines costs are always high compared to their purpose.
The assertion from the problem stated and it back up.
Hence, from the above-stated problem, there exist the need for the construction of the spiral slicer machine that will impact by reducing all the associated cost on slicing of greens in the market. The Spiral slicer machine will be easily and locally fabricated hence its price will be low compared to other competing machines.
Issues and problems to be solved by the design
The project will lead to mass production of sliced vegetables since its efficiency will be much higher compared to the other available machines in the market. The cost of purchasing the machine will be reduced since the machine will be produced locally and hence more income will be received from the users.
Project Scope
The project scope touches all the main aspect of the project planning by documenting and determining the project-specific goals, features, tasks, ultimately cost, functions, deliverables, and the fabrication deadlines (Wu, 2008). The project compromised the identification of the current problem that many sellers of sliced vegetables faces in the industry. One of the principal challenges is the high cost of purchasing slicing machines that were available in the market. The low output from less efficient used machines in the market. The next thing was coming up with the concept design that could be used to solve the above problems. A detailed design for the manufacturing design was determined and mainly touched on the construction and fabrication requirement for the product. Design for manufacturing and assembly was then done whereby all the need for the fabrication of the product was done as per the detailed working plans and were assembled, and all sub-assemblies were done. Finally, the fabrication of the prototype of the spiral slicer machine was done and tested. While some few replacements were done in the product to make sure that the product was appealing and it met the customer’s expectation and also it achieved it objectively.
Also, time used in the whole project should be clearly indicated in the Gantt’s chart and the time is taken for each step to be complete also be indicated. Also, the associated cost should also be analyzed so as to give total production cost of the project.
From the design, the efficiency of the project should not prevent the innovation of the project since from the invented machine it efficiency can be improved and also the parts that can fail to give the required output can be rebuild in future (Thiel, Meyer & Franz, 2009).
Methodology
Reverse Engineering
Reverse engineering is the continuous reproduction of more same products following the detailed examination of the prototype or the product in both composition and construction (Black & Steve, 2003). During reverse engineering, the first step is to gather all the required materials of the number of products to be designed from the material requirement pages that was used in the design of the prototype or the first design (Wu, 2008). Secondly, obtain all the utilized information in the product or assembly and also include the amended information on the final design. Such materials include the engineering drawings, exploded three-dimensional views, and the initially fabricated version of the product or a prototype. Next is to the assembly part where each item is identified the number and classified as per the assembly, and each part is joined to form the sub-assemblies (Thompson, 2007). Finally, the product is reassembled to form the final product as the one manufactured or an improved version of the product. In the spiral slicer machine, the first thing is to gather all the required materials for its fabrication. Then, the main unit (spiralizer body) is joined to form the flame. The blade frame is also joined to form a subassembly. The two frames that are linked together and the section cup is then fixed. The look, sliding board and food holder are then fixed as detailed in the drawing. The turning hand is fixed in line with the levers and the gears, the blades and the blad...