17063 - Industrial Engineering Design and Methods

Learning outcomes

Educational objective

This laboratory is based on the experimentation and application of the DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) methodology applied to the vehicle sector, which becomes a pretext for learning ways of contemporary design research capable of generating original, useful and beautiful innovation. The DFSS is mainly based on 5 lines of action: Define - define the objectives of the project Measure - measure the objectives of the project Analyze - analyze project inputs and outputs Design - designing for aesthetics and functionality Validate - check the quality of the result

Course contents

This laboratory develops in an integrated way with prof. Flaviano Celaschi who holds the Industrial Design course 1. This year's field of observation is the world of the car of the future that can be divided into four areas of application: urban transport, safety, sportsmanship, space. We define the futuristic means of transport as an instrument that, based on the needs of the customers of the future, is able to satisfy them. Futuristic requirements are, among others, the agility in moving in urban spaces, the space available to passengers, reduced consumption and emissions (not to mention zero), low environmental impact, high comfort, the increase in active and passive safety. Another element of no less importance is certainly the style, which remains a fundamental and discriminating factor, on the part of customers, in the choice of the new vehicle to be purchased. These characteristics must govern the designer's choices, balancing the functional constraints with the aesthetic and morphological requirements. This sector is widely documented by the literature (ref. Google / Wikipedia) and by the market undergoes a reflux of attention in the contemporary period mainly due to four market segments.

URBAN TRANSPORT MEANS OF REDUCED DIMENSIONS (ie Hoverboards, etc.): these are "self balancing scooters", that is "self-balancing scooters", that is vehicles with two parallel wheels which, through gyroscopic sensors and appropriate on-board electronics, manage to stay in horizontal balance, even with people on board, without the need for additional supports and without needing to be on the move, giving the impression of being "impossible", a bit like the hoverboard of the movie "Back to the Future". CITYCAR: The super-utility (or city car) is a small car for city use, more sophisticated than the microcar. The car contains concepts closely linked to the needs of the city, that is, reduced dimensions (generally with a length of less than 3.70 meters) and practicality, as well as great maneuverability and a reduced turning circle. Once a wholly Italian specialty and a type of car prevalently widespread in Italy, the super-utilitarians began to spread globally towards the eighties and nineties to be present in almost all the world and in the lists of almost all the major car manufacturers.

SEDAN: for SEDAN we mean the type of car with a fixed roof body, generally equipped with 4 or 5 doors and mainly made in two, two and a half or three configurations. The term SEDAN originally indicated a particular type of carriage. SUV: from the English Sport Utility Vehicle, 'vehicle for sporting use', this is a vehicle with intermediate characteristics between an off-road vehicle (raised ground clearance, all-wheel drive, high weight and displacement) and a car (comfort, lack of space, road tires). Generally SUVs are divided into four main categories, based on dimensions: Urban, Compact, Large and Premium The trend lines identified to date in the bibliographic field (Frizziero, L., Donnici, G., France, D., Caligiana, G., Gaddoni, A., Stylistic design engineering (SDE) for innovative green vehicle following QFD and TRIZ applications, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2019, Article number IJMPERDAPR201979, Pages 805-827) are:

RETRÒ, the charm of nostalgia. We are all, always, naturally inclined to be curious about the past, and like a good vintage wine, it seems that the tastes of the past find new vigor with the oxygen of the present: the contemporary historical context, made of crisis, of saving and recovery, has certainly accentuated this miraculous practice of resuscitation of forgotten objects. In fact, not being able to buy, as a better solution if you don't dress in grandma's clothes, furnish your home giving new life and painting wood, or change a wall with other colors. Vintage is everywhere and fashion and interior design are the gills most affected by this return to the past.

NATURAL, when choosing to think of things as objects for the mind, we must adopt the style of lightness. First of all it is a philosophy of life, which chooses elegance inherent in composure. If the intent is to let nature enter objects it is certainly not necessary to plant a plant of the passenger compartment, even if there are those who can do this too; just a plank with a natural print that brings the mind back to the smell and the feeling of the forest.

STONE DESIGN, typical style adopted by SUVs, but not only; the winning element is the characteristic that this type of style embodies: SUVs (or other cars made in Stone Design, often the Station Wagons) "protect us" from the dangers of the world: they are a formidable armor against everything we fear and that we is dangerous. Pollution, reckless driving by other motorists, dirt, crime and even noise.

Readings/Bibliography

During the lecture the lecturer will deepen the methodology and offer bibliographical references among which stand out:

• Liverani, A., Caligiana, G., Frizziero, L., Francia, D., Donnici, G., Dhaimini, K., Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) for additive manufacturing applied to an innovative multifunctional fan, International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, Volume 13, Issue 1, 12 March 2019, Pages 309-330
• Frizziero, L., Donnici, G., Francia, D., Caligiana, G., Gaddoni, A., Stylistic design engineering (SDE) for an innovative green vehicle following QFD and TRIZ applications, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2019, Article number IJMPERDAPR201979, Pages 805-827
• Frizziero, L., Donnici, G., Francia, D., Liverani, A., Caligiana, G., Di Bucchianico, Innovative urban transportation means developed by integrating design methods, Machines, Volume 6, Issue 4,2018, Article number 60

Teaching methods

Proposed methodology

Each student, integrated into groups of up to three members, must develop 3 work phases:

PRE-DESIGN PHASE (Project setting):

Market analysis (QFD)

Competition Analysis (Benchmarking)

Identification of innovative project objectives (Top-Flop Analysis and / or TRIZ)

Identification of the most important and independent characteristics of the product (What / How Matrix)

 

PROJECT PHASE (Product Development):

Design (CAD) Each group must develop at least one concept that is consistent with the research, feasible, and referring to the four market segments mentioned above.

PROTOTYPES DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND WORKING MODELS Prototyping (Virtual with CAD Assembly / AR / VR and / or Physics with 3D Printing)

Experimentation (Aesthetics / LayOut / Functional) Each group must realize at least one of the three concepts designed up to the form of the prototype for validation.

Assessment methods

1) Periodic Design Review (at least one per month)

2) Periodic coaching on projects

3) Mandatory Final Audit

Teaching tools

1) Slides of Theory

2) References in Literature

3) 2D CAD and 3D CAD

4) Possibly 3D printing and Augmented Reality

Office hours

See the website of Leonardo Frizziero