Thu, Sep 24, 2015. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
In the new competitive world, product designers are under tremendous pressure to produce robust designs at a minimum cost and in the fastest possible time.
For a robust plastic part or assembly equal emphasis has to be given to all four attributes – material selection, part design, tooling, and processing. If any one of these attribute is deficient then it will nullify the other three, even if they are highly optimized. Leading author David Wright wrote in his book titled “Failure of Plastics and Rubber Products” that design issues account for almost 20% of product failures. The fact is that many errors that manifest themselves as material, tooling or processing can also be accounted to due to design issues. Conventional plastic flow simulation does not necessarily help diagnose and avoid common design issues such as sharp internal corners. In most cases it can only optimize the tooling and processing of plastic part designs. Mechanical simulation tools on the other hand are strongly aligned to metals and will not even detect the esoteric issues related to plastics, such as non-uniformity of wall thicknesses.
During the webinar key speaker Vikram Bhargava, will explain a holistic approach for plastic part design and review all the four attributes mentioned above, illustrating through actual deficiencies in plastic parts. The webinar will also be interspersed with his insights to the role of Six Sigma in improving the entire process. A brief demonstration of automated design validation tool DFMPro will be demonstrated that can help avoid basic design errors from proceeding to the simulation or manufacturing stage.
Keynote Speakers
Vikram Bhargava
Vikram is a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers and past chairman of its product design and development division. He recently retired as the director of mechanical engineering services at Motorola Solutions in Holtsville, NY where he set up and headed an international group of professionals, state of the art simulation capabilities and training programs that were key contributors to improving products’ robustness. He has over 40 years of experience in product design, development, manufacturing and management, especially in plastics.
He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and has led or mentored numerous projects resulting millions of dollars in savings. He is currently authoring a book on Holistic Product Design to be published by Hanser in 2015. He holds or has pending over 21 US and International patents.
This webinar is being hosted by Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and sponsored by Geometric Americas Inc. Participation is free of charge, however pre-registration is required. Please reserve your space by registering from link below.
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