(EDP) Engineering Design Process Overview
Engineering Design Process
Introduction
The Power Tool Institute, Inc., (PTI) is the leading trade non-profit organization for businesses in the portable and stationary power tools industry. PTI is the preeminent global organization for this industry with the purpose of maintaining high standards of safety and quality control in this important industry. The Power Tool institute website is designed to provide substantial credible safety training for professionals and consumers. The Safety Education portion of the site contains significant training information for a good number of specific power tools. These training aides are often included in classrooms and technology labs.
Use the PTI Safety Brochure as an excellent resource as you continue in your lifelong journey with power tools.
Start planning now for the assignments because materials will be required for the Cardboard Chair Design Challenge. Open the Cardboard Chair Design Challenge Overview document from the Resources (book) icon to understand the overall design challenge and the required common and inexpensive materials. The items used are sheets of corrugated cardboard and limited use of duct tape. Be forewarned, do not attempt the project before working through the lessons in this module.
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In this module, we will study the following topics:
Common Terms
Cardboard Chair Design Challenge Overview Handout Links to an external site.
Concurrent engineering - an engineering design process where the entire product development team simultaneously provides design and manufacturing input. This reduces the time for development, lowers product cost, and improves quality
Constraints – limitations or restrictions
Design – to fashion, create, or construct something according to a plan
Documentation – official written and electronic package to provide full information that communicates to all
Engineering Design Process- an iterative process which is a series of steps used by engineers as a reliable guide to develop a solution for a product
Iteration – repetition of process typically to obtain an improved result
Prototype - a model of the proposed solution used for testing and evaluation of performance
Requirements – a necessary condition
Specifications – a detailed description of the design or materials used in a product
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