Integration of a teardown approach at Graz University of Technology´s LEAD Factory

Andreas Kohlweiss, Elias Auberger, Atacan Ketenci, Christian Ramsauer
2020 Procedia Manufacturing  
The teardown approach is a useful tool to understand both the structure and the functionality of products. Furthermore, it plays a significant role in product development and the related product evolution. Due to the fact, that there is no research known describing a teardown process implemented in the environment of learning factories, the development and application of the teardown approach plays a significant role in future development of Graz University of Technology's LEAD Factory. The aim
more » ... of this research is to develop a teaching module, which combines the usage of product teardown with the integration of new products into a learning factory environment. The theoretical framework for the approach is built up on the basic teardown procedure and principles of function analysis combined with the Learning Factory Curriculum Guide. The teardown objects are e-scooters in three different variants. After the teardown process, the most promising variant is addressed to be implemented in the assembly line of the learning factory as an additional product to the actual scooter. Within the designed teaching module, the training participants should first disassemble the teardown objects and compare the different variants of the e-scooter in terms of functions, geometry and the ability for assembling afterwards. In the following step, the participants have to select the e-scooter variant with the highest functional correlation and optimize the e-scooters functionality by applying the Value Analysis Tear-Down approach in terms of enabling the integration into the LEAD Factory. The focus of the teaching module is the application of the hands-on teardown approach, the functional evaluation of the teardown objects and the implementation recommendations. Abstract The teardown approach is a useful tool to understand both the structure and the functionality of products. Furthermore, it plays a significant role in product development and the related product evolution. Due to the fact, that there is no research known describing a teardown process implemented in the environment of learning factories, the development and application of the teardown approach plays a significant role in future development of Graz University of Technology's LEAD Factory. The aim of this research is to develop a teaching module, which combines the usage of product teardown with the integration of new products into a learning factory environment. The theoretical framework for the approach is built up on the basic teardown procedure and principles of function analysis combined with the Learning Factory Curriculum Guide. The teardown objects are e-scooters in three different variants. After the teardown process, the most promising variant is addressed to be implemented in the assembly line of the learning factory as an additional product to the actual scooter. Within the designed teaching module, the training participants should first disassemble the teardown objects and compare the different variants of the e-scooter in terms of functions, geometry and the ability for assembling afterwards. In the following step, the participants have to select the e-scooter variant with the highest functional correlation and optimize the e-scooters functionality by applying the Value Analysis Tear-Down approach in terms of enabling the integration into the LEAD Factory. The focus of the teaching module is the application of the hands-on teardown approach, the functional evaluation of the teardown objects and the implementation recommendations.
doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.101 fatcat:bvnm6c6cxncoxla26mmhlditcu