Model-Based Definition Accelerates Product Life Cycle in Manufacturing and Inspection Phase – Experiment of Machined One-Off Production

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Pekka Uski (1), Asko Ellman (2), Ilari Laine (2), Lasse Hillman (3), Joni Nieminen (3)
Series: DESIGN
Institution: 1: Etteplan Finland Ltd, Finland; 2: Tampere University, Finland; 3: Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Section: Design Support Tools and Methods
Page(s): 643-652
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.66
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

The paper focuses on comparative experiment on manufacturing and inspection of two different prismatic one-off parts, which have different complexity. Our experiment shows that transforming product definition method from the Drawing Centric Definition (DCD) to the Model Centric Definition (MCD) enables 28%-29% time savings in manufacturing and inspection phases of machined one-off part’s life cycle. Furthermore, transition from MCD to Model-Based Definition (MBD) enables 5%-9% time savings, respectively. Applying of MBD enables more time savings in complex part compared to a less complex part.

Keywords: model-based engineering (MBE), computer-aided design (CAD), 3D modelling