Custom Mounting Member Design via Segmented Base and Tip
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing mounting systems face challenges in manufacturing custom mounting members quickly for diverse electronic components, as suppliers may struggle to produce them in a timely manner, while users may possess the necessary technology to manufacture these components but lack the appropriate division of labor in the design and production process.
Innovation Solution
An order processing device that acquires and outputs design data for mounting members based on specific component information, allowing suppliers to design and deliver the necessary components to users, who can then manufacture them using their possessed technology, thereby optimizing the division of labor in mounting processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a supplier manufactures custom mounting members for each type of electronic component, then the mounting members are precisely tailored to component shapes, but the manufacturing time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member is divided into a standardized base portion and a customizable tip portion. The base portion contains common structures (mounting holes, gripping mechanisms) that remain identical across different mounting members, while only the tip portion needs to be customized to match specific component shapes. This segmentation allows the majority of the mounting member to be manufactured quickly using standard processes, while only minimal customization is required for each component type.
Solution Approach 2:
A universal base portion is designed that can serve multiple component types through standardized interfaces and mounting mechanisms. This base structure can be paired with various tip portions to create different mounting member configurations, allowing one base design to support multiple functions and component shapes, thereby reducing overall manufacturing complexity and time.
2Reliability
If a supplier manufactures all mounting members, then quality control is centralized, but the division of labor is inefficient when users possess manufacturing technology
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member design separates critical quality-functions (mounting precision, structural integrity) in the base portion, which is manufactured by the supplier under centralized quality control, from the application-specific customization in the tip portion, which can be manufactured by the user. This segmentation allows quality-critical elements to remain under supplier control while enabling user manufacturing capability for less critical portions.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized base portion acts as an intermediary between the supplier's quality-controlled manufacturing process and the user's customization needs. It provides a reliable, pre-engineered foundation that interfaces with various component-specific tip portions, allowing the user to manufacture customized mounting members while relying on the supplier's quality-assured base design.
Data Source
AI summary
An order processing device acquires an order request of a mounting member that is attached to mounting device and that handles a component, and component related information including information related to a component of a specific shape to be handled by the mounting member or information of a component related member that relates to a member that stores the component. Next, the order processing device outputs design data of the mounting member designed based on the acquired component related information to a customer PC of a requester. Designing of the mounting member is performed on the side of the supplier of mounting device and the design data is delivered to the requester, and the mounting member is manufactured on the requester side based on the design data using technology possessed by the requester.