Implementation of Concurrent Redesign & Manufacture procedure for an automotive component

With the development of Global market, it has become a major challenge for most of the manufacturing enterprises around the world to optimize their production strategies because of the demand for “The better quality product with shorter lead time and lower life cycle cost”. In order to meet these requirements, many enterprises face a critical need for advanced system engineering for Engineering. The changeover from the Traditional method of manufacturing to Concurrent method of manufacturing is one of the solutions. The front fork of the leading two wheeler was chosen for implementing the Redesign in Concurrent Engineering (CE). The main objective is to reduce the Manufacturing lead time and the cost of the product. The Co-ordinates of the already existing Front fork of a leading 2 wheeler was done using Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) and the model of the fork was obtained in CATIA, which is a Reverse Engineering concept. The model of the fork was stored in a database, such that it can be retrieved anytime in future. Slight variations in the design in future can also accommodated. Parts with similar design attributes can be grouped such that the Group Technology is achieved. The machining simulation was done using CATIA. The machining simulation can also be used to group the components having similar manufacturing attributes by storing the machining codes generated, in the database. The buckling analysis of the component was done using ANSYS for compressed loading condition. As the number of iterations in the Redesign-Concurrent method increased, both time and the cost reduced drastically.