Course Description
Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (APPEL-DMA)
Audience
This three-day course is designed for NASA’s technical workforce that is involved in the design, manufacture and assembly of NASA’s major programs and hardware.
Goal
This is a course in Design for Manufacture (DFM). This course will provide students with the skills and insight necessary to design mechanisms, devices, and structural that can be produced quickly, at high quality, and cost effectively.
Learning Methods
Learning methods include a variety of standard lecture with visuals, videos of pertinent manufacturing processes, manual and reference book, in-class demonstrations, examples, and exercises. Relevant case studies are also used in this course to enhance participant understanding.
Specific Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply an intuitive understanding of how the process works
- Understand the typical tolerances, surface finishes, and process times that are easily achievable and those that are achievable only with significantly extra effort
- Determine the major cost drivers
- Design rules which are typical for the process in question
- Select between several competing processes
- Understand where to find additional knowledge about the process
