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    Manufacturers often purchase competitors products to reverse engineer them. This information is then used to produce a cheaper, better product. The weed wacker is available in the machine shop (room no. EL202)

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    Manufacturers often purchase competitors products to reverse engineer them. This information is then used to produce a cheaper, better product. The weed wacker is available in the machine shop (room no. EL202)

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    MP4-Identify The Manufacturing Method - Project Details

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    Manufacturers often purchase competitors products to reverse engineer them. This information is then used to produce a cheaper, better product. The weed wacker is available in the machine shop (room no. EL202)

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    ME317DesignforManufacturing MiniProject4 REVERSEENGINEERINGWEEDWACKER MOTIVATION Manufacturersoftenpurchasecompetitorsproductstoreverseengineerthem.Reverseengineering involvesdisassemblyofanexistingproduct,analysisofthedesign,analysisofthefunctionalityand determinationofthemanufacturingmethod.Thisinformationisthenusedtoproduceacheaper,better product,therebyallowingmanufacturerstostayaheadofthecompetition.Manymajorcompanies haveentiredivisionsdevotedtothistask. PROJECTDESCRIPTION InMP4wewillreverseengineeraweedwackersengine.Theweedwackerisavailableinthemachine shop(RoomNo.EL202).Therearethreemainstepstothisproject: 1. Identificationofthemanufacturingmethod 2. Featureanalysis 3.

    is 3. Redesign Step1:IdentificationofManufacturingMethod 11)Disassembletheengine(pleaserememberwhereallthecomponentscamefrombecauseyouwill havetoreassembleit) 12)CompleteTable1bylistingthepartnumber,partname,material,manufacturingmethod,features thathelpedyoudeterminethemanufacturingmethodandanyotherobservations.Ifcomponents aremanufacturedbymorethanoneprocess,itemizetheprocessstepsinthetable. Donotincludethebolts,bearings,screws,sponges,andcarburetorinthepartslist. Step2:FeatureAnalysis Fortheflywheel,pistonhousingandchokecover(withlabel),pleasedothefollowing: 21)Labelthemajor/significantfeaturesonthepart(notjusttheonesformanufacturingpurposes) 22)Statewhetherthefeaturewasfordesignorformanufacturingpurpose 23)Statethepurposeofthefeature Beginthefeatureanalysisforeachofthecomponentsonanewpage. Step3:Redesign Selectoneofthesethreecomponents(flywheel,pistonhousingandhub)anddothefollowing: 31)Stateanotherprocessthatcouldbeusedtomanufacturethepart.

    32)Statewhetherachangeofmaterialisrequiredtousethenewprocessstatedin31. 33)Givethreeadvantagesandthreeadvantagesofthenewprocessovertheexistingprocess Deliverables Thetemplatefortheminiproject4reportisavailableonDr.Stienstraswebpage:http://www.rose hulman.edu/~stienstr/ Table1identifyingthemanufacturingmethodforallcomponents Featureanalysisoftheflywheel,pistonandHub Redesignofeitherflywheel,pistonandhub Grading Identificationofmanufacturingmethod(40pts) Partslistcomplete Materialcorrect Correctmanufacturingmethod Featurescorrectlyidentified FeatureAnalysis(45pts) Allthefeaturescorrectlyidentified Designpurposeormanufacturingpurpose Purposeofthefeature Redesign(15pts) Alternativemanufacturingprocessisreasonable Materialselection Disadvantagesanddisadvantages

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