What are the methods of product design?

Methods of product design:

1, combination design

Combination design (also known as modular design) is the product of a unified function of the unit, designed for different purposes or different performance can be used interchangeably with modular components, in order to better meet the needs of users of a design method. Currently, modular components have been widely used in a variety of product design, and from the manufacture of the same type of product development to the manufacture of different types of products. The core of combinatorial design is to design a series of modular components. To this end, it is important to look at the functional unit, i.e., how many parts, assemblies and components should be included in several modular assemblies, and how much of each modular assembly is needed in the design of a combination.

Today, in the face of increasing competition, the market segmentation of the fight is exceptionally fierce, it is difficult for companies that produce only one product to survive. Therefore, most manufacturers produce many varieties. This not only places new demands on the adaptability of the production system of the enterprise, but also obviously affects the skills of product design. One of the tasks of production management is to find new ways to design and produce the enterprise's range of products at the lowest possible cost. And combination design is one of the effective ways to solve this problem.

2, computer-aided design

Computer-aided design is the use of computer capabilities to complete the design of products and processes. Its main functions are design calculation and drawing. Design calculation is the use of computers for mechanical design and other calculations based on engineering and scientific laws, as well as in the design of the internal structure of the product, in order to make certain performance parameters or objectives to achieve the optimum and the application of optimization techniques for the calculation. Computer graphics, on the other hand, is accomplished through a graphics processing system in which the operator only needs to input commands for the shape, size and position of the required graphics into the computer, which can automatically complete the graphic design.

3, manufacturing and assembly-oriented design

Manufacturing and assembly-oriented design is in the product design stage designers and manufacturing engineers to discuss the consultation, the use of this teamwork, to avoid the traditional design process, "I design, you make" approach caused by a variety of production and assembly problems and the resulting additional costs. assembly problems and the resulting increase in additional costs and delays in the delivery of the final product.

If a product's design lacks a production perspective, it can be costly to adjust and replace equipment, materials, and labor. On the contrary, good product design, not only in terms of functional superiority, but also easy to manufacture, low production costs, so that the overall competitiveness of the product can be enhanced. Many of the market competition in the dominant enterprises are very concerned about the details of the product design, in order to design a low cost and has a unique function of the product.