What is design for manufacturing? | DFM

Design for manufacturing

What is DFM? Design for manufacturing (DFM) is to make a design that is easy to manufacture. The purpose of DFM is to make a better product at a lower cost. Manufacturing engineering is the management of variation which involves 4M (man, machine, material and method). It is the main part of quality function deployment … Read more

How to maintain the measuring instruments?

“Our body is like a machine. What will happen if regular health check-up is not done? Regular exercise not done?  We may fall ill. Similarly in the case of measuring instruments, if we do not do the proper, regular maintenance, it will also fail.” reference MSIL quality manual. Types of Inspection Equipment: Measuring Instruments: Gauges:  Testing … Read more

How to conduct FMEA for a product or process?

Process FMEA

What is FMEA? An FMEA can be described as a schematic group of activities to : In FMEA each failure is considered as an independent occurrence with no relation to other failures in the system. Basic steps for conducting an FMEA: The early and consistent use of FMEA in the design process allows the engineer … Read more