NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING

ENGINEERING (PARALLEL)

NAME LAST

SURNAME FORICHI

STUDENT NUMBER N0175662P

,COURSE ENGINEERING DESIGN

COURSE CODE TIE 3220

LECTURER ENG. V.SIBANDA

ASSIGNMENT 4
QUESTION 5.5

Imagine that you are still part of the IPPD team discussed above. You have been asked to
roughly estimate the cycle time for the part shown in Figure P5.5 if it is produced with
commercial tolerances. What would you estimate the cycle time to be if the part is made of
nylon 6 in a mold with an SPI finish of 3? The maximum wall thickness of the part is 2.5
mm. The minimum wall thickness of the part is 1.5 mm.
Solution

Basic Part Type

Since Lu = L + H = 120mm and Bu = B = 50mm,

Then Lu/Bu = 2.4, and the part is non-slender, (N).

Part Partitioning

This part can be partitioned as shown below into four separate elemental plates.

Relative Cycle Time--Elemental Plate 1

Basic Relative Cycle Time

The plate is neither grilled nor slotted, and no projections are present. Thus, the first digit is
2. Based on the largest wall thickness, the wall thickness is 2.5 mm, hence, the second digit is
2. The basic code is N22. Thus, the basic relative machine cycle time, tb, is 2.67

Internal Threads/Inserts

There are no internal threads or molded-in inserts. Hence, the third digit is 0 and the relative
extra mold opening time, te is 0.

Surface Gloss/Tolerances

Since the part is SPI3, it requires low surface gloss, thus the fourth digit is 0.

The wall thickness is not uniform thus, the part tolerance is difficult to hold, the fifth digit is
1 and the penalty is 1.20

Relative Effective Cycle Time

The relative effective cycle time for the design is:

tr = (tb+ te)tp = (2.67)*1.20 = 3.204

Relative Cycle Time--Elemental Plate 2

Basic Relative Cycle Time

Once again, the plate is neither grilled nor slotted and no projections are present. The code for
this plate is also N22, and the relative machine cycle time is 2.67.

Internal Threads/Inserts
There are no internal threads or molded-in inserts. Hence, the third digit is 0 and the relative
extra mold opening time, te is 0.

Surface Gloss/Tolerances

Since the part is SPI3, it requires low surface gloss, thus the fourth digit is 0.

There are no external undercuts hence tolerances are not difficult to hold thus the fifth digit is
0. Therefore the penalty is 1.00

Relative Effective Cycle Time

The relative effective cycle time for the design is

tr = (tb+ te)tp = (2.67)*1.00 = 2.67

Relative Cycle Time--Elemental Plate 3

Basic Relative Cycle Time

Once again, the plate is neither grilled nor slotted and no projections are present. The code for
this plate is also N22, and the relative machine cycle time is 2.67.

Internal Threads/Inserts

There are no internal threads or molded-in inserts. Hence, the third digit is 0 and the relative
extra mold opening time, te is 0.

Surface Gloss/Tolerances

Since the part is SPI3, it requires low surface gloss, thus the fourth digit is 0.

There is an external undercut thus tolerances are difficult to hold and the fifth digit is 1.
Therefore the penalty is 1.20

Relative Effective Cycle Time

The relative effective cycle time for the design is:

tr = (tb+ te)tp = (2.67)*1.20 = 3.204

Relative Cycle Time--Elemental Plate 4

Basic Relative Cycle Time

Once again, the plate is neither grilled nor slotted and no projections are present. The code for
this plate is also N22, and the relative machine cycle time is 2.67.

Internal Threads/Inserts

There are no internal threads or molded-in inserts. Hence, the third digit is 0 and the relative
extra mold opening time, te is 0.

Surface Gloss/Tolerances

Since the part is SPI3, it requires low surface gloss, thus the fourth digit is 0.

There are no external undercuts hence tolerances are not difficult to hold thus the fifth digit is
0. Therefore the penalty is 1.00

Relative Effective Cycle Time

The relative effective cycle time for the design is:

tr = (tb+ te)tp = (2.67)*1.00 = 2.67

Since 3.204 is the highest relative effective cycle time for the design it is taken as the tr
 REFERENCES
Susman, G.I. ed., 2010. Integrating design and manufacturing for competitive advantage.
Oxford University Press.

Gebhardt, A., 2011. Understanding additive manufacturing.

Benhabib, B., 2013. Manufacturing: design, production, automation, and integration. CRC
Press.

Kulon, J., Broomhead, P. and Mynors, D.J., 2017. Applying knowledge-based engineering to
traditional manufacturing design. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology, 30(9-10), pp.945-951.

Rauch, E., Seidenstricker, S., Dallasega, P. and Hämmerl, R., 2016. Collaborative cloud
manufacturing: design of business model innovations enabled by cyberphysical systems in
distributed manufacturing systems. Journal of Engineering, 2016.