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Contributors:
Keya Gemechu
Chris Barnes
Scott Gilmour
Chris Chu
Brent Oursler
Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 3
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Importance of Design For Manufacture ...................................................................................... 4
The Motor ................................................................................................................................... 4
Copper Wiring and Coil Winding ........................................................................................... 5
Design for Manufacturing ......................................................................................................... 11
Material ................................................................................................................................. 11
Armature lamination and Stator lamination.......................................................................... 11
Copper coil winding:............................................................................................................. 11
Wire diameter range .............................................................................................................. 12
Circular hole of the armature lamination: ............................................................................. 12
Cost ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Motor Fan.............................................................................................................................. 13
Costs.......................................................................................................................................... 20
Table of Compatible Materials ................................................................................................. 21
Drafts: ................................................................................................................................... 24
Wall Thickness: .................................................................................................................... 25
Radii and Corners: ................................................................................................................ 26
Ribs: ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Ejector Pins: .......................................................................................................................... 27
Parting Line:.......................................................................................................................... 27
Tolerances: ............................................................................................................................ 27
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 28
References ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Executive Summary
Through our research into the material and manufacturing considerations for the design
of the DW272 motor subsystem wiring and fan, we will identify the factors that influenced the
design process of these parts. We investigated the material properties and how they were
influenced by the manufacturing process, as well as what design features were influenced by the
manufacturing process. Based on our investigation, we will identify if design manufacturing
guidelines were followed and how it has impacted the overall manufacturing performance. Our
team will then be prepared to begin a proposal for an improvement to one of these components.
Introduction
Importance of Design for Manufacture
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is a key part of the design process of any product.
DFM is designing something so it is simple and cheap to produce. If a component design is too
complicated, it could require a more expensive process to make. Designing a tool that only uses
simple techniques to produce reduces the cost of the product. Choosing the right material for
components is equally important. Different materials can be easier to machine and work with,
while others can only be cut using expensive machines. Tolerances are also addressed when
designing for manufacturing. Manufacturers must be given specific instructions on how to make
your component. Pieces that fit together or must move past each other have to be within a certain
tolerance limit in order for the whole product to work correctly. In the design for manufacturing,
these tolerances must be addressed because different processes produce different errors in the
final product. As a designer, one must decide which process will fulfill the products
requirements.
The Motor
In the DW272, the motor is what converts the electrical energy from the wall into
mechanical rotational energy to drive a screw into drywall. Utilizing the magnetic fields created
by electricity running through coils of copper wire on the rotating armature and the stationary
walls surrounding it, the motor spins faster than 4000 revolutions per minute. Attached to the
armature is a fan that moves air through the screw gun to cool the brushes and the rest of motor.
The shaft in the middle of the armature outputs the rotational energy through the front of the
motor housing and into the gear casing.
The fan attached to the armature is a very important piece of the screw gun. It is what
keeps the whole screw gun from overheating. Overheating would cause the screw gun to fail; the
plastics would melt, the brushes would be less efficient, the screw gun would underperform, and
the metal would get dangerously hot, which could harm the operator. While the armature spins,
the fan also spins, pushing air out the slits in the side of the motor housing. This creates a
vacuum that pulls air in from more holes in the housing, which gets pushed out again by the fan,
creating a continuous flow of relatively cool air across the hot motor. The screw gun must have
inlet and outlet holes in the housing for the fan to work. Only having one or the other would not
let air flow through and cool the motor. The motor also has to be spinning for the fan to work,
this means that the screw gun is not getting cooled after it has been turned off, but it is still hot.
In the Thermal Lab, we saw that after the screw gun was turned off the inside temperature of the
screw gun initially increased before cooling down.
The copper coils on the armature are what allow the motor to spin. The alternating
current coming in from the wall is fed directly to the copper coils on the motor housing and
through carbon brushes to the copper coils on the rotating armature. The coils on the armature
are wrapped around in all directions, but each direction is connected to its own section of a
segmented contact. These two sets of copper coils create magnetic fields when a current is run
through them. Thanks to the brushes and segmented contacts, the two magnetic fields are always
offset, creating a net force that spins the armature. Without the brushes and contacts giving the
right loops the current at the right time, the magnetic fields produced by the coils would not spin
the motor as efficiently, if at all. These coils must conduct electricity well and must be malleable
and ductile enough to be made into wire coils. Additionally, because of the long length of wire
used, it must be relatively cheap.
In order to get copper into its wire form, scrap metal containing copper is sent to a
factory. This part of the process is excellent for recycling old electric products for its copper. All
of the scrap metal together is heated at a very high temperature (1085 degrees Celsius) and
pressure, melting the copper and disintegrating many other materials. The temperature is
increased until the copper starts to boil (2562 degrees Celsius). Then, the molten copper and
impurities flow into molds of slabs inside the factory. The slabs are cooled inside water and sent
to electrolysis labs to shed off their impurities. This process cleans conductive metals by
breaking off less conductive metals at the molecular level. Once the copper is pure, it is melted
and cooled again to be cold drawn to the necessary diameters for wires (Gizmodo). Although
cold drawing gets the wires to their proper dimensions, it makes the copper very brittle and
inflexible due to all the stress and strain of the process. To make wire flexible again, it is
annealed. That process involves putting the wire into an electric furnace, letting the metal
recrystallize into its original structure, making it soft again for application (eHow).
Because pure copper is hard to find in nature, an alternate method involves taking copper
ores (compounds that include copper bonded within) mined from the ground and sending it to the
factory. The most common copper ores are known as sulfur ores, but copper can be found
bonded with many other elements such as: carbon, silver, gold, etc. Typically in the United
States, copper only makes up 1.2 to 1.6% of the weight of these copper ores. Once its sent to the
factory, its crushed into small pieces with the sulfur and mixed with water. That mixture is sent
to a large cylinder with steel rods inside. The cylinder rotates on its horizontal axis, grinding up
the small pieces into finely ground ore. They end up being little balls that are around three
millimeters in diameter. The mixture is then sent to tanks with air injected through the bottom.
As the air bubbles rise to the top, copper particles cling on. The top layer of the mixture will be
mostly sulfides with 25% to 35% of sulfides containing copper. That top layer overflows from
the tank and is sent to a furnace. Simultaneously, the water + particle mixture in the tank, called
gangue or tailings, is pumped to a settling pond to dry. That same top layer later goes to a
furnace where its mixed with a silica material. Fuel oil and oxygen-enriched is forced into the
furnace chamber, bonding the oxygen and sulfur together. Once those two elements bond to
make sulfur dioxide, it leaves the furnace as a gas, leaving a higher percentage of copper within
the furnace (up to 60%). This process is repeated multiple times with different silica materials to
remove the last of the sulfur (except a small amount) and other materials such as iron. As a
result, there will be at least 99% copper left in the furnace. Next, the copper goes into an
electrolysis stage in a tank. Within the tank the copper acts as an anode and the surrounding
fluid, copper sulfate, acts as a cathode. As the cathode runs as a current around the anode, the
copper clings onto the copper sulfate and the last of the impurities sink to the bottom of the tank,
allowing the copper to take 99.99% percent of its total weight. Finally, the copper is cold drawn
to make wires, similar to the first method.
To assemble the copper coil winding onto the armature, the basic fundamental parts that
are needed include armature lamination (rings), armature shaft, commutator, stator, and bearing.
As shown in Figure 1. Laminations are the steel portions of the stator and the rotor consisting of
thin lamination sheets stacked together. Laminations sheets are stacked together either by
welding (stator laminations), or stacked loose together (armature lamination). (Polaris Laser
Laminations, LLC)
Multiple lamination rings with slots and teeth will be stacked together to make up the part
of the armature where the copper coil will be wound together. This lamination is made of
multiple stacks of flat rings that all have similar shapes and are
pressed together. As shown in Figure 1 the armature shaft piece is
then inserted in the center hole of this lamination, once the stack
has been pushed together so it can stick. Although the armature
shaft is shaped circular, it is important to recognize the center hole
of the lamination ring is not circular. As shown in Figure 8, the
center hole of the lamination ring has hexagon so that it helps to
Figure 1
Figure 2
together as shown in Figure 8. Some stators multiple lined slots, each of which holds a copper
coil. The more powerful the motor, the bigger the stator and the larger the slots. The first step is
to line the slots with insulation as shown in Figure 11. This insulation will keep the voltage
confined to the coils. The coils are made from several copper wires wound together by
programmable machines. Bigger motor, more wires per coil. The coils are then tied together, this
prevents the wires from unraveling while being inserted into the stator slots. Insulate the copper
coil on the outside with fiber glass sheets. Lock the coil inside the slots. Submerge the stator and
the coil in a polystyrene varnish and vacuum it to prevent the stator to being a moist resistance
Both stator and armature laminations are created by using electrical steel laminations. In
many electrical systems where electromagnetic fields are important, silicon steel is used.
Combining silicon to steel increases electrical resistance, while at the same time, improving the
ability of magnetic fields to penetrate it, and also reduces the steels hysteresis loss (Polaris Laser
Laminations, LLC).
The copper coil is wrapped around the armature lamination and the stator lamination.
Once the lamination has been assembled with the armature shaft of the motor, there will be an
asymmetric winding process that wraps the coil onto the armature as shown in Figure 3. There
are multiple ways of copper winding process. An example of copper coil winding machine is the
Dual flyer Armature Winding Machine from Nide Mechanical, Figure 4. This machine similar to
most other winding machines has a system where the number of winding are kept tracked. On
Figure 4, on the top right side is shown a screen where the number of windings and RPMs
tracked. This dual flyer winding machine takes the armature lamination assembly with the
armature shaft in a horizontal position and inserts it to the space where copper wire is ready to be
wrapped around the lamination Figure 3. Note, copper is wrapped around only two slots of the
armature laminations at a time. Then it is rotated for the next set of two slots.
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stator (Keith). Most of the electric motor industry uses shed type
wires. Then the winder system wraps the wire around a tapered
pushes the wrapped copper coil down the taper into the slots of the
stator using an
Figure 5
Figure 5
(UMANG Electricals). An example of technical parameters for coil winding machines is shown
in Figure 6 for armature winding machine and Figure 7 stator winding machine. The
productivity of the winding machine can be analyzed by studying its performance given a certain
parameters. For example, given a 12 slot armature, with 0.38 mm wire diameter, how many
armatures could the machine wind within 10 minutes? Analyzing the performance of the
machines given these constraints, it is possible to determine the productivity. Finally, it is
important the machines have the capability to take inputs from the user. The machines shown in
Figure 4 and Figure 5 have a computer interface where the user could edit, modify and save
specification data for multiple types of motor models.
Figure 8
Figure 8
Figure 8
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Material: Standard steel metal combined with 3% silicon alloy is used in manufacturing of the
motor. This is a standard material that is used universally. This also reduces additional cost from
having to make parts with specific material properties.
Armature lamination and Stator lamination: In the production of the armature lamination, the
lamination ring pieces are only pressed together without any additional molding process. In
addition, during the production of the stator lamination, we have identified that the lamination
rings of the stator are only welded on one side of the stator. Thus keeping design parts at ease of
fabrication. Therefore, the die cutter is able to perform multiple functions of cutting, measuring,
and stamping of the armature lamination all in one place.
Copper coil winding: We have noticed that the copper coil windings both on the armature and
the stator are not dipped into any chemical solution to bind them together. When studying the
pieces, we were able to pull a single strand of copper coil from the winding. Other motors we
have studied use an insulation method where the stator and the armature is dipped into chemical
solution that binds the coils together. For example, one of the fan blower stator we looked at in
class had a green material that helped bind the copper coil together, this may have been useful,
when it is operating in dusty environment. However, we were able to recognize in the production
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of the DW272, DeWalt does not use this method, and it will save time and additional cost during
manufacturing process.
Wire diameter range: There is a manufacturing requirement of range of copper coil diameter
range that the armature lamination and the stator lamination (similar) will need for it to work
with the winding machine during production. Since DeWalt uses similar types of copper coil
winding system, it is possible to make the production process efficient by standardizing a
common wire diameter range across multiple products and varying models.
Circular hole of the armature lamination: as shown in Figure 8 the center of the armature
lamination is not fully circular. By avoiding small tolerance, in this case perfect circular hole, it
is possible to make the production cost lower. It is also important the to note the fact that the
shape of the hole is intended to avoid slipping between the surface of the armature shaft and the
armature lamination.
Cost
The coil winding machines range from $10,000 up to $90,000 (Alibaba). It is possible
tool manufacturers to have a higher costing winding machines, because they have to have a
higher standards. With increased amount of features, and productivity rate, the cost of the
winding machines increase. For example, the winding machine shown in Figure 5, has a
technical specification shown in Figure 7 and the cost of this particular machine is around
$50,000 USD (Alibaba). When considering the cost of manufacturing the copper wire, you have
to consider the precision of each stage. For the beginning first method, taking scrap metal wont
be very expensive because they are old goods that people dont want anymore. However, in the
second method, mining is added to the equation. The dynamite needed to extract the material,
usage of all the dump trucks, and transport of the material to the factory all need to be considered
for an additional cost compared to the first method. Later into both methods, the first uses hot
temperatures to melt the copper, but the send method mixes copper ore and water, along with a
crushing stage to assist extracting the copper material. To get rid of the impurities, the first
method relies on one round of electrolysis, but the other uses multiple rounds of combustion and
silica injections. One could consider that the second method is much more precise, but it has
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more stages, increasing cost to manufacture. On average the price for this final copper wire, as
previously stated, is roughly $2.79 per pound (Vincent Metals).
Motor Fan
The fan is made from either one of two materials. The primary material is Ultramid
B3ZG6 BK30564 30% glass filled PA6 while the alternative material is BOILN Pemaron
260G6HI 91BK 30% glass filled PA6/GF30 (Stanley Black & Decker Inc.). These materials
were chosen for their strength, weight, cost, and melting temperature. The fan does not support
any substantial load, and must merely resist severe deflection from the torque that results from
rotational air resistance. The primary material offers a flexural strength of 220 MPa and a
flexural modulus of 7.40 GPa, both of which are more than enough to satisfy the strength
requirement (Matweb 2015). In the name of ergonomics, an engineer would want the fan to be as
light as possible without sacrificing other important characteristics. The Ultramid has a density
of 1330 kg/m3, which reduces the moment on the users wrist during operation. Because keeping
the price of the tool as low as possible offers a distinct competitive advantage, this material is
likely one of the cheapest that was available. Upon researching it, we found the Ultramid
material to be $0.07 per fan when an order of one million fans are produced (CustomPart.net
2015). Since the inside of the DW272 gets fairly hot, the fan must be able to withstand these
temperatures without deforming or becoming very soft. However, the material also must be able
to be easily melted and injected into a mold to form its shape. The Ultramid has a melting point
of 220oC and a melt flow of 3.325 g/min under a load of 5.00 kg at 275oC (Matweb). This allows
the material to be injected into a mold easily and efficiently. Finally, this Ultramid has a linear
mold shrinkage of 0.005cm/cm. This property ensures that the fan will not experience a large
amount of deformation once it is cast into the mold and cooled.
For this part, plastic injection molding was used to create it. This process was used
because it is relatively cheap, able to accurately and reliably reproduce parts with complex
geometry, and it is able to produce a large volume of parts fairly quickly. Evidence of this
manufacturing method can be seen in the ejector pin indentations in figure 3-1 and the ridges
along the support ring seen in figure 3-2. Likewise, the fan blade thicknesses are tapered, which
indicates drafting was used. The fan consists of 80 individual blades, as well as an imprinted 5
on the front as seen in figure 3-3.
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Figure 3-1
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Figure 3-2
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Figure 3-3
Accomplishing this by another manufacturing process would likely be very expensive
and time consuming. The ability to quickly produce the parts is also crucial to manufacturing.
This is especially true if the tool is competing for a first-to-market position and all other
components can be produced more quickly. Although the fan is important to the overall function
of the DW272, DeWalt cannot afford to spend a large amount of money on this one-piece
component. When producing parts in large volume, injection molding is usually the cheapest
method.
The other viable methods for reproducing the fan are spin casting, laser cutting, and
standard 3-D printing. Spin casting is a similar process to injection molding, except that it uses
the centrifugal force from a rotating mold to force the material into the cavity. However, this
method would likely take a longer time for each mold in this application. Laser cutting from a
solid block of Ultramid would produce much more waste material than injection molding. Some
of this can be recycled and reused for formation into another block of stock material, but there
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are limitations on the percentage of new and recycled material that can be used. Both recycling
material and discarding waste material will add extra cost to the final product. Additionally, the
high temperatures required for laser cutting may deform the edges of the fan. Because of its
geometry, the fan may not have the ability to be fully reproduced by a laser cutting procedure,
and the stock material would likely need to be tooled with a lathe as well to replicate the three
dimensional shape. 3D printing involves individually printing each piece from a computer model
of that piece. This method of manufacturing can begin producing parts much faster than injection
molding because no core or cavity is required to be made before manufacturing can begin. This
also means that at low volume production, this method can be much cheaper than injection
molding. However, as we can see from the graphs below, when hundreds of thousands to
millions of parts are being produced, the price for injection molding per part becomes much
lower than 3D printing. Currently, 3D printers are only compatible with specific materials, and
they may not be able to support a material that could fulfill the critical requirements of the fan.
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Process + Machinery
The fan for the DW272 was specifically manufactured using hot runner injection
molding. A diagram of a screw-type hot runner injection mold can be seen in Figure 3-8.
The remainder of the process consists of two main phases: an injection phase and a clamping
phase.
Injection phase:
Plastic pellets are first supplied into a hopper and then fall into a heated barrel. As the
threaded barrel turns, it forces the material down towards the mold cavity and simultaneously
heats it. This barrel is kept between 265 and 290 degC depending on the length of the barrel
(Plastic Portal 2015).
Clamping Phase:
As the melted plastic moves past the barrel, it passes through a nozzle that is kept
between 270 and 290 degC. The plastic then enters the molding cavity, which is kept at a surface
temperature between 80-95 degC to ensure that the material solidifies almost as soon as contact
is made with the mold surface. A constant pressure of 30-125 bar is kept inside the mold to
compensate for shrinkage and to reduce trapped air (Plastic Portal). Faster fill rates are
recommended to ensure a uniform distribution of material inside the mold. Once the mold is
sufficiently cooled, the core and cavity separate and the part is removed via ejector pins (Plastic
Portal).
Costs
Injection molding has a very large initial cost, and a very small cost per component
afterwards. This is because a core and cavity must be produced, which is a custom part and will
cost a lot of money. Using a cost estimator from CustomParts.net, we were able to estimate the
cost for tooling this component to be roughly $25,000. The complex geometry of the fan adds a
lot to this price. However, from a larger supplier that has a history with DeWalt, we can assume
this cost will likely be lower. Assuming an order of about one million fans, the material cost was
estimated at only around $0.07 per fan. Production Labor was estimated at $0.22 per part. These
figures combine for a total estimated cost of $0.56 (CustomPartNet 2015). From the cost BOM
found on canvas (Stanley Black & Decker), we found that the actual total cost per fan was only
$0.14. This difference could result from a larger order of fans, or a more efficient manufacturer.
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PET, Black 35% Glass Mica Low Warp (Rynite 935 BK505)
PETG, Clear (Eastar 6763)
PP, Natural (RTP Anti-static Permastat 100)
PP Homopolymer, Black (Maxxam FR PP 301BLK1284-11S)
PP Homopolymer, Natural (Profax 6323)
PP Homopolymer, Natural (Profax 6523)
PP Homopolymer, Natural (Profax PD702)
PP Impact Copolymer, Natural (Profax SG-702)
PP Random Copolymer, Natural (FHR PP P5M6K-048)
PPA, Natural 35% Glass Fiber (Zytel HTN 51G35HSL NC010)
PPE/PS, Black (Noryl 731-701)
PPS, Black 40% Glass Fiber (Ryton R-4-02)
PPS, Natural 40% Glass Fiber (Ryton R-4)
PPSU, Black (Radel R-5100 BK937)
PPSU, Off-White (Radel R-5100 NT15)
PS (GPPS), Clear (Styron 666D)
PS (HIPS), Natural (Styron 498)
PSU, Natural (Udel P-3703 NT 11)
SB, Clear (K-Resin KR01K CPC BDS CL)
TPE, Black (Santoprene 111-35)
TPE, Black (Santoprene 111-45)
TPE, Black (Santoprene 101-64)
TPE, Natural (Santoprene 211-45)
TPE, Natural (Santoprene 251-70W232 70A Durometer)
TPE, Natural (Santoprene 201-64)
TPU-Polyester, Natural (Texin 245)
TPU-Polyether, Natural (Texin 983-000000)
TPV, Black (Santoprene 101-87)
TPV, Black (Santoprene 101-55)
TPV, Black (Santoprene 101-73)
TPV, Natural (Santoprene 201-87)
PEEK, Natural (Victrex 450G)
PEEK, Natural 30% Glass Fiber (Vestakeep 4000 GF30)
PEI, Black (RTP 2100 2100 LF Black)
Magnesium, Grey (Magnesium AZ-91)
MIM Hardenable Nickel Steel (Catamold FN0205)
MIM Nickel Steel (Catamold FN02 MIM Case Hardening Nickel Steel)
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Figure 3-10
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Wall Thickness: Wall thickness for a thin part such as a soda bottle is quite reasonable and
economical. Thick wall sections are possible as well. Uneven wall thickness present challenges
to the plastic molder manufacturer. Designing your part with uniform walls and cross section
will simplify manufacturing and costing. At wall intersection or "tees" sinking will occur. Thick
walls cool slower and greater shrinking will occur. Thin walls cool faster and thus, less
shrinking. Observing proper (and uniform) wall thickness helps parts avoid potential issues such
as sink marks and warping as well as minimizing residual stresses. Recommended thicknesses
vary by material:
Resin
Inches
ABS
0.045 - 0.140
Acetal
0.030 - 0.120
Acrylic
0.025 - 0.500
Liquid crystal polymer
0.030 - 0.120
Long-fiber reinforced plastics
0.075 - 1.000
Nylon
0.030 - 0.115
Polycarbonate
0.040 - 0.150
Polyester
0.025 - 0.125
Polyethylene
0.030 - 0.200
Polyphenylene sulfide
0.020 - 0.180
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Polypropylene
0.025 - 0.150
Polystyrene
0.035 - 0.150
Polyurethane
0.080 - 0.750
Table 3-2: The table shows wall thicknesses that Protomold recommends according to resin.
Radii and Corners: The design must maintain uniform wall thickness at corners. External and
internal radius should share the same center point. External radii = internal radii + wall thickness.
The minimum radii should not be less than 1/4 minimum wall thickness. Design for radii to be
1/2 to 3/4 of the nominal wall thickness. When significant stress is present, a larger radius is
recommended as larger radii distribute stress more uniformly.
Ribs: Ribs increase the bending stiffness of a part. Without ribs, the thickness has to be increased
to increase the bending stiffness, thereby increasing part weight, materials costs, and cycle time
costs. Adding ribs increases the moment of inertia, which increases the bending stiffness.
Bending stiffness = E (Young's Modulus) x I (Moment of Inertia). Ribs should be 1/2 to 2/3 of
the nominal wall thickness and less than 3 times thickness in height in order to keep sinking to a
minimum. Taper of 1 deg. is typical. Excess rib height combined with taper will produce thin
sections requiring extra fill time at the mold.
Diameter Ratio should be minimum ratio of 2,this will reduce risk of failure.
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Ejector Pins: Ejector pins must be strategically sized and placed in order to minimize the effect
on the design and need to be approved by DeWalt engineers prior to tooling. For the fan, these
indentations are visible towards the center of both the front and rear of the fan. This location has
a minimal effect on airflow and the fans structural stability.
Parting Line: The parting line or witness line refers to the line of raised material on the part
resulting from the crease in the core and cavity. This defect is an unavoidable side effect in most
circumstances. However, the fan of the DW272 has no notable witness line. It is likely that the
fan mold was cleverly designed so that the crease in the mold was placed in between naturally
occurring features of the fan such as the blades and support ring.
Tolerances: This fan part had tolerances of +/- 0.3 for 0 & 1 place decimal, +/- 0.10 for 2 place
decimal, and +/- 1.0 degrees for angles, based on the design schematics. Using calipers, we were
able to measure our fan part to see if the guidelines and tolerances were met. Wall thickness was
between the recommended guide of .762 mm and 2.921 mm for nylons. Uniform wall thickness
at corners was also achieved for each section and draft was applied to the vertical faces of the
blades to prevent the mold from being parallel to the motion of the mold opening. Surface finish
was too small to measure down to the micro inch. The minimum radii is not less than the
minimum wall thickness. The ejector pin and gate location imprints further show that the
components of the DFM guidelines were met.
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Conclusion
Through our research and investigation, we became more familiar with the materials and
manufacturing processes of the fan and armature wire of the DW272 motor. In addition, we were
able to find evidence that DFM guidelines were used during the manufacturing process to
increase ease of fabrication process. We now understand many of the design decisions that went
into these components including the die casting method, copper coil production and winding
process and the overall armature fan fabrication process. Based on our studies we were able to
identify manufacturing decision that influenced the production efficiency. These decisions
include the material, manufacturing process, manufacturing guidelines, and features of these
components that are directly related to manufacturing. Our research also uncovered other
possible manufacturing processes that were available to engineers and why they chose the
particular ones that were used. Armed with this knowledge, we now feel confident that we can
further investigate the components of the tool and make suggestions for improvement. These
improvements could come in the form of cost, weight, overall tool efficiency, or time to
manufacture. Deciding on the improvement that may be made will require further research and
testing of the tool and that particular part. This will allow us to determine the critical
requirements for the part and suggest other methods for meeting those requirements.
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