TY - GEN
T1 - Modular product design, considering functions and properties
AU - Navarrete, Israel Aguilera
AU - Guzmán, Alejandro A.Lozano
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In traditional machine, equipment and devices design, technical solutions are practically independent, thus increasing designs cost and complexity. Overcoming this situation has been tackled just using designers experience. In this work, a data clustering method which allows this data presentation in a more systematic way using a matrix arrangement, is shown. From this matrix, data can be reorganized in clusters with a hierarchical structure, in such a way that modular design is now more tractable. Proposed method is based on a Euclidean algorithm which allows finding the shortest vectorial distance among technical solutions. Taking product properties as vector dimensions, a recursive method for moving matrix rows and columns is applied. As a result of this procedure, the minimum vector distances are found thus being possible to identify the best technical solutions for the design problem raised. The proposed modular procedure is shown with a 30 inches oven door design.
AB - In traditional machine, equipment and devices design, technical solutions are practically independent, thus increasing designs cost and complexity. Overcoming this situation has been tackled just using designers experience. In this work, a data clustering method which allows this data presentation in a more systematic way using a matrix arrangement, is shown. From this matrix, data can be reorganized in clusters with a hierarchical structure, in such a way that modular design is now more tractable. Proposed method is based on a Euclidean algorithm which allows finding the shortest vectorial distance among technical solutions. Taking product properties as vector dimensions, a recursive method for moving matrix rows and columns is applied. As a result of this procedure, the minimum vector distances are found thus being possible to identify the best technical solutions for the design problem raised. The proposed modular procedure is shown with a 30 inches oven door design.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887307114&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2012-87892
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2012-87892
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84887307114
SN - 9780791845196
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 1603
EP - 1609
BT - ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
T2 - ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
Y2 - 9 November 2012 through 15 November 2012
ER -