Manufacturing process selection integrated in the design process: University and industry

Abstract

Currently, methodologies of manufacturing processes selection are not clearly oriented for the early phases of the design process. Industry 4.0 has offered new opportunities to improve the integration of design and manufacturing processes. As a result, a methodology based on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly and organisational knowledge was created through its integration into an existing design process: Gero's function-behaviour-structure variables framework. This methodology, called Manufacturing Process Selection Integrated in the Design Process, has been included in Interactive Didactic Material, and its application is expected to contribute to the use of these kinds of tools which will be instrumental in training future Engineers.