Project Motivation

I attended a Design Validation build for Bradley's product dispenser---the unit was built for the very first time. This is what I noticed:

  • Crowded table space

  • Hard to assemble various components due to location of bolts and springs

  • Long and delayed assembly time due to misplaced parts

Assembly Fixture

Design for manufacturing, Fabrication, Assembly line

In order to decrease assembly time and difficulty, I designed a rotating assembly fixture on which complex mechanisms could be built prior to their insertion in the main housing. During this process:

  • Designed the fixture using real parts in CAD assembly

  • Created engineering drawings and instruction manual

  • Led a design review and implemented feedback

  • Presented proposed design to two engineering managers

  • Created a comprehensive Bill of Materials

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Currently the fixture:

  • Is completely fabricated

  • Is used every day on the manufacturing floor in the assembly line to build Bradley's product dispenser internal components

Nathan burke

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