Abstract: Shortening design and manufacturing lead times while maintaining product quality requires careful planning of the design process. This paper describes a new design used at a major automobile manufacturer to create a simple, flexible process to do just that for their engine design group and investigated the company's existing design and manufacturing process, identified areas for improvement, and synthesized mechanisms and machines to achieve those improvements. While this car manufacturer currently designs world class engines, they felt a need to reduce their time to market. As part of this overall effort, they identified their engine manufacturing process as one for examination and improvement. Manufacturing has been influenced by trade liberalization, global competition, market fragmentation, technological innovation and the demands of more sophisticated consumers. In response to these pressures, manufacturers are incorporating more flexibility and technology in their production practices. These features have become a trademark of world-class corporations. An issue of importance in this strategic decision is whether the process should be transferred without modification or adopted in some way for transfer . Implementing this design of manufacturing process is one of the lengthiest, expensive and complex tasks a firm is undertaking.
Keyword: Design, Engine Block, Index Drill, Index Tap, Gang head.
Title: Design of Index Drill & Tap Gang Head used in Manufacturing of 4 Line Engine Block
Author: Kumar S P, Dr. H R Vitala
International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Technology
ISSN 2348-7593 (Online)
