May 21, 2004
MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Final Report
MIT LFM students Mike Parkins and Satish Krishnan took on the Kinkajou projector design challenge as a volunteer project, focusing on Manufacturability, Variation Sensitivity and Axiomatic (Coupled/Uncoupled) Design. Their goal was to consider these aspects individually and collectively to uncover the design aspects that are most critical to performance and those that have the most potential to improve the performance or robustness of the product.
Mike Parkins and Satish Krishnan at MIT
Read the team's final presentation: [PDF]
Read the team's final report: [PDF]
Solidworks model files: [Zip archive]
Recommended References:
Thornton, A. C. (2003). Variation Risk Management: Focusing Quality Improvements in Product Development and Production. New York, John Wiley & Sons
Whitney, D. (2004) Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development. New York, Oxford University Press
Suh, Nam Pyo (2001). Axiomatic Design: Advances and Applications. Oxford University Press, New York, 2001
Recommended MIT Courses:
2.882 Axiomatic Design, Prof. Nam P. Suh
2.875 Mechanical Assembly, Prof. Dan Whitney
2.744 Product Design, Profs. Woody Flowers and David Wallace
2.739 Product Design and Development, Profs. Steve Eppingerand Thomas Roemer
