Use DFMA Methodology To Analyze On Car Wiper System.

DECLARATION

I hereby, declared this Bachelor‟s Project entitled “Use DFMA Methodology to Analyze
on Car Wiper System” is the result of my own research except as cited in references.

Signature

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Author‟s Name

: Noorazmie Afzam b. Muhamad Zaki

Date

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APPROVAL


This Bachelor‟s Project submitted to the senate of UTeM and has been accepted as
fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering
(Design) with Honours. The member of the supervisory committee is as follow:

…………………………………………
En. Tajul Ariffin b. Abdullah
Project Supervisor
Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering

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ABSTRACT
A project titled „„Use DFMA Methodology to Analyze on Car Wiper System‟. The
objectives of this project are mainly to identify weakness of current design in market and
use DFMA methodology the design efficiency and use DFMA to improved current
design and proposed new design too. Through those questions was distributed to well off
public in Malacca Parade parking to detect main part which possess problem and
weakness. That study of member support in this study to seek best concept in design part
that. Which part need to be studied is wiper blade ask for a lot in upgrade. Through that
study, visit carried out to manufacture or wiper blade supplier car to vehicle factory in

Malaysia. The study will be done in Laboratory at Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering,
Technical University of Malaysia Melaka with Boothroyd And Dewhurst software to
identify part will redesign or improved. The problem that happens in the wiper blade can
be identifying by using the DFMA software with assembly cost. At the end of this
research, the several expected result are to provide better redesign wiper blade.

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ABSTRAK
Kajian ini adalah bertajuk „Use DFMA Methodology to Analyze on Car Wiper System‟ .
Objektif bagi pelaksanaan projek ini pada amnya adalah untuk mengkaji kelemahan
yang terdapat dalam rekabentuk biasa yang ada dipasaran serta menggunakan kaedah
DFMA untuk mengkaji kebolehan dalam rekabentuk produk tersebut. Juga
menggunakan DFMA untuk meningkatkan keberkesanan reka bentuk produk terbaru.
Melalui soalan-soalan yang diedar untuk khalayak ramai yang berada di tempat letak
kereta Melaka Parade bagi mengesan bahagian utama yang mempunyai masalah dan
kelemahan. Kajian tersebut bagi member sokongan dalam kajian ini untuk mendapatkan
konsep yang terbaik dalam rekaan part tersebut. Bahagian yang perlu dikaji adalah
pengelap cermin yang banyak meminta di tingkatkan. Melalui kajian tersebut, lawatan
dijalankan ke tempat pembuat atau pembekal pengelap kereta untuk kilang kenderaan di

Malaysia. Kajian tersebut dilakukan di dalam makmal Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal,
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka dengan mengunakan perisian Boothroyd DFMA
dimana ia akan mengesan bahagian yang perlu direka kembali atau dibuang untuk
mempertingkatkan lagi rebentuk tersebut. Dimana bahagian pengelap cermin dikanlpasti
permasalah dan diselsesaikan dengan menggunakan perisian DFMA untuk permasalahan
cost pemasangan. Di akhir kajian ini juga keputusan yang diduga adalah, dapat
menyediakan satu reka bentuk baru yang lebih baik dari yang asal.

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DEDICATION

For my beloved family:

Muhamad Zaki bin Saleh
Ruhani binti Zakaria
Noorazrin Azafri bin Muhamad Zaki
Noorazlie Syazrin bin Muhamad Zaki
Nizartul Athirah binti Muhamad Zaki
Nur Farahana binti Muhama Zaki


To my lovely fiancé
Noor Juliana binti Jaa’far

To all my beloved and cherish friends

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah and Thank to Allah S.W.T. with all His Gracious and His Merciful for
giving me strength and ability to accomplish this project research successfully. I would
like to take the utmost opportunity to express my sincere and gratitude to my supervisor,
En Tajul Ariffin bin Abdullah who is always giving me supports and guidance in
completing this Final Year Project 1 & 2 until up to this stage in victory.
Also with the greatest thanks to my beloved parents En Muhamad Zaki Bin Saleh and
Ruhani Binti Zakaria and family who always pray and give the encouragement while
pursuing my research and project. Their sacrifices are never being forgotten and will be
remembered forever.
Besides, thanks a lot to Dr. Mohd Rizal Bin Salleh, Dean of Manufacturing Engineering,

Malaysia Technical University of Malacca and also to all lecturers of Faculty of
Manufacturing Engineering.
I also would like to convey my appreciation to all the staff in Wiper car manufacture for
supporting me in accomplishes my Final Year Project without hesitation. All knowledge
and experience I gained would not be forgotten.
And last but not least, to all my fellow friends who involves direct or indirectly that
always stand strong beside me in giving opinions and supports throughout our
relationship, I really thankful and appreciate it. All yours are the most valuable things
for the rest of my life.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract

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Abstrak


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Dedication

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Acknowledgement

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Table of Content

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List of Figure

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List of Table


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List of Abbreviations

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1.0

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1

Introduction

1

1.2

Objective


3

1.3

Problem Statement

4

1.4

Scope

4

2.0

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1


Introduction

6

2.2

Traditional Design Methods

7

2.2.1

Differences DFMA with Traditional Methods

10

2.3

Design for Manufacture (DFM)


12

2.3.1

DFM Principle

14

2.3.2

Benefit of DFM

15
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2.4

Design for Assembly

16


2.4.1

Base Component

17

2.4.2

Number of Part

18

2.4.3

Fastener

18

2.4.4

Design of Part

19

2.4.5

Redesign

19

2.5

Design For Manufacture And Assembly (DFMA)

20

2.5.1

DFMA with Concurrent Engineering

20

2.5.1

DFMA is Combination With Two Methods DFA & DFM

21

2.5.3

Design For Manufacture And Assembly Process

23

2.5.4

Benefit Design Manufacture And Assembly

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3.0

CHAPTER 3: CAR WIPER

3.1

Introduction

28

3.2

The Car Wiper Uses

29

3.3

History of Car Wiper

30

3.4

Raw Material

31

3.5

The Type of Car Wiper

32

3.6

The Working Principle of Car Wiper

34

3.6.1

Motor and Gear Reduction

35

3.6.2

Linkage

35

3.7

Wiper Blade

36

3.7.1

The slope and area of the windshield

36

3.7.2

The amount of spring tension on the wiper arm

37

3.7.3

The number of pressure points or claws holding the blade

37

3.7.4

The material used in the blade itself

38

3,8

Wiper Control

38

3.9

The Manufacturing Process

39

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4.0

CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

4.1

Introduction

42

4.2

Methodology

42

4.3

Questionnaire Outline / Survey Instrument.

43

4.4

The Advantages and limitations of Questionnaire Survey

44

4.5

Analysis of the Survey Data.

44

5.0

CHAPTER 5: RESULT FROM SURVEY AND DFMA ANALYSIS

5.1

Introduction

46

5.2

Questionnaire Survey Result

46

5.3

Scenario Simulation

53

5.4

DFA

59

5.4.1

Current design

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5.4.2

Redesign

62

5.5

DFM

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6.0

CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION

6.1

Introduction

68

5.2

Data from Questionnaire

68

6.3

Analysis from DFMA

72

7.0

CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION

7.1

Introduction

73

7.2

Conclusion

74

8.0

CHAPTER 5: SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION

8.1

Introduction

76

8.2

Suggestion and Recommendation

76

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9.0

REFERENCES

79

10.0

APPENDICES

81

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LIST OF FIGURE

2.1

Sequential Design Approach

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2.2

Traditional Manufacturing Process

9

2.3

Model of generic process or productive system

11

2.4

Typical DFM flowchart (Martin O‟Driscoll, 2001).

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2.5

Type for Considered About DFA

17

2.6

Typical stages in a DFMA procedure

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3.1

Windshield wiper car

29

3.2

Picture Inventor Mary Anderson

30

3.3

Tandem System

33

3.4

Some of the different wiper blade schemes used by various cars

34

4.1

Framework of an Implementation Model for Research

45

5.1

Show Pie Chart List of Part.

48

5.2

Show Pie Chart for a Weakness for Wiper Blade

49

5.3

Pie Chart for Time Change Their Wiper Blade.

50

5.4

Show Pie Chart for Criteria.

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5.5

Concept design process flowchart

53

5.6

Use diagram

5.7

show about concept 1, have 4 claws and rivet each other

57

5.8

Show about concept 2, which reduce 2 claw a improve the bushing

57

5.9

show about concept 3

57

5.10

List assembly the wiper blade

5.11

New Wiper Blade

5.12

Table and the chart show a breakdown of time per

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.

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product for current design
5.13

Table and the chart show a breakdown of cost per

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product for current design
5.14

Table show a DFA index for current design

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5.15

Table and the chart show a breakdown of time

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per product for redesign
5.16

Table and the chart show a breakdown of cost

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per product for redesign
5.17

Table show a DFA index for redesign

5.18

Show Graph the Total Cost $ vs Life Volume for

.

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Superstructure Part
5.19

Show Graph the Total Cost $ vs Life Volume for

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Element Part
5.20

Show Graph the Total Cost $ vs Life Volume for Claw Part

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5.21

Show Graph the Total Cost $ vs Life Volume for

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Bushing Part
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5.22

Show graph The Total Cost $ vs Life Volume for Adapter Part

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LIST OF TABLE

5.1

List Manufacture and Car Used.

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5.2

List of Part.

48

5.3

List the Weakness

49

5.4

Show Time Change Their Wiper Blade

50

5.5

The Criteria from Correspondent Thinking

51

5.6

Show calculation pointer for questionnaire as use in Pugh‟s matrix

52

5.7

Pugh‟s Matrix for concept collection

55

5.8

List Part Material and Process (Champion Motor Sdn. Bhd.)

57

6.1

Show calculate negative, neutral and positive

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

DFA

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Design for Assembly

DFM

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Design for Manufacture

DFMA

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Design for Manufacture and assembly

SPC

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Statically Process Control

CAE

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Computer-Aided Engineering

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

1.1

Introduction

Manufacturing industry era is beginning of the year 1960‘s, at this time
manufacturing industry walk with such great. A lot of competition and new
inventions producing products that give competition in world economy. At
that time, it has been used tradition system, each division or sector part to the
someone‘s expertise in undergoes his task only. While somebody only have
the expertise in his field but will in stationed in stated sector. No deep
unanimity does something decision. This matter will give some problem to
those areas that further. For example, designer will design only product that
he think well founded because every each design it only guided to data are
acquired. The real problem that will happen when the designer creates their
design make would be brought to department process. So here will happen
the differences of opinion because possibility design make unable meet
machine utilization or process would be made. If their making also, it will go
to be on expansion cost. The cost will be rising because a part that the
arduous make. In tradition practice, industries practices ―wall approach".
Wall approach is a barrier happens inside the area of manufacturing. Term
"we design it, you build it" of course deep synonym in tradition system. Here
no discussion will make, only waited what designer should do is more
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enough. This matter, if continuously will make one company pay for higher
whereas stated cost can be reduced. Apart from that, part also actually could
be reduced.
By year end 1970, this problem realized by a person whose named Geoffrey
Boothroyd in University of Massachusetts. With the case study which is
done by Geoffrey Boothroyd has made it with one method whose can solve
the problem with producing his Design for Assembly and Design for
Manufacture (DFA and DFM). Design for Assembly (DFA) is a method or
system to facilitate a deep product installation. This matter, emphasize with
some procedure that need followed and am being cared deep assembly
method. It can be reduce cost bear by the company. Apart from that, can
reduce part unconnected sense in the products can be chased away. With that
system, installation time could be reduced hereby get increase productivity
quoted company. Whereas Design for Manufacture (DFM) is a system or
method that concerned to the components something easy of use in the
products process and cost. Process driving at is deep machine utilization
make stated product could be reduced. Hereby, designer necessary drop
heavy process that have and the process that would face. Each part necessary
have the process or machine that there on the company because it will reduce
manufacturing cost. Through DFM and DFA, wall approach get be torn and
are eliminated in a sector. Through to the DFM and DFA, to will start of
something product will happen a discussion through the chief of each
department.

They will jointly discuss deep tackle will happen and can

produce one product with good. Hence, the process dialogue is this in that
process paramount is very importance. Dialogue is important to encouraged
between designs and manufacturing engineers that will giving the team an
attitude necessary to concurrent engineering.
In 1983, through to the Dr. Geoffrey Boothroyd and Dr. Peter Dewhurst have
introduced DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly).

With this

method, exist deeply union DFA's method and DFM previously. DFMA's
purpose introduced was to facilitate more of something products are studied
in installation aspects and his manufacturing.
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If second this aspect

emphasized, product one make will reduce in the use cost to make and
through data are obtainable get also that person, redesign something product
until producing a good product.
This motivated author, to use the method DFMA for his bachelor's for the
project. A product wiper seated study deep product wiper now much
difference car among one product wiper with one product another. Whereas
function to wiper car is the same, namely wiping things that there were to car
mirror and also help driver give the view best-of in his driving. In study
weakness have the product will be identify, by using DFMA methodology,
design that there were this, Get our particle suffixed to the emphatic word in
sentence pores to quantify design efficiency.

Apart from that, increase

goodness to current design and new design and comparing them.
In conclusion is the method use this can be help a tackle will arise after this.
It is the method for sense get helps the research. Our one box know, DFMA's
method can help in settling minimize part that there to each product. Apart
from that, through no DFMA work that postpone too long as time can be
shortened.

1.2

Objective

There were 3 objectives would be made:


To identify weaknesses of current design of car wiper system.



Use DFMA methodology to quantify the design efficiency.



Use DFMA to improve current design and proposed new design.

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1.3

Problem Statement

In recognition process to use DFMA method, a product would be identified.
Through stated product, with necessary study in the use and function product
stated. Current product will be undertaken via the market that there were in
passed market study material and difference design that there were in
circulation in the market. Current product that there were to market have
difference each design and each product different form and unequal follow
the price to market. Proven each product have cost in whose bear different.
Through DFMA, will approach current design with comparing all products to
market and find best-of to approach current product stated become primary
current product. Later, to current design stated redesign back to gain product
a more favorable go comparing it to section evaluate the effectiveness
software DFMA stated in tackle stated. Whether software DFMA can solve
this problem and enhance product stated to best from the aspect benefit to
manufacture and assembly process.

1.4

Scope

The aim for this project is to use the DFMA method on this project. Research
for weakness in the current design and approach that to make redesign that.
Use the methodology of DFMA software. By using software Boothroyd and
Dewhurst software can solve and increase product stated. Purpose a study the
effectiveness software stated in tackle to current product. Weakness that can
to current product could be overcome nicely. Apart from increase another to
product with new emphasizes manufacture and assembly process.

This

matter, there were to Boothroyd and Dewhurst software because in software
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stated there were DFA and DFM. With this method, the extra time spent in
the early design stage is much less the time that ill be spent in the repeatedly
redesign. And meanwhile, the cost will be reduced. A design team was
founded and the goal of the team was to finish the design with a concept that
would meet the product requirement and meanwhile, improve the
manufacturability of the product. They used Boothroyd – Dewhurst DFMA as
the framework during the whole design process.
When the concept design finished the designer will met the supplier at this
time, reviewed the part design and developed a better one. The results of this
effort are that the new product is greatly simplified, the improvement of
assembly and assembly cost. DFMA shorten the manufacturing time,
decrease the cycle time and keep the high quality of the product, and
meanwhile make the design more creative. The author was focused the efforts
on the analysis material selection, assembly process and the sheet metal
working of the parts. Have a five parts were redesigned from a manufacture
point of view which reduce time and cost. An added bonus to those changes
was a time and cost saving at the assembly stage.
In conclusion, DFMA is a good method to increase the productiveness,
decrease the cycle time and cost of manufacture and assembly. Meanwhile,
the DFMA software is helpful to finish these products faster and easier.
DFMA software combines the knowledge of product design, assembly
process, material selection and manufacturing technology.

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CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1

Introduction

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) as it has become to known
and is now a widely accepted technique. Design for Manufactured and
Assembly (DFMA) technique has been utilized extensively in industry field
these days. If its trace the history of DFMA its can even find it before the
Second World Warford and Chryler use the DFM philosophy in their design
and manufacturing process of the weapons, tanks, and other military
products. Dr. Geoffrey Boothroyd and Dr. Dewhurts

who founded the

Boothroyd Dewhurts. Inc (BDI) in 1982 is the first persons doing the research
job in this new technology in the early 1970‘s. Currently these programs are
used to help the design in almost all the industrial fields including circuit
boards with manual assembly, with robotic assembly and with machining. It
also does a lot of work examining the economic justification of each design
revision. It has been practiced in many manufacturing industry around the
world, among other seek to reduce development time, lower costs, increase
productivity and improve product quality.
DFMA is to maximize the use of manufacturing processes and minimize the
number of components in and assemble or product (K.L. Edwards, 2002).
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