Importance of mechanical design department | Why mechanical design and engineering important

R.K Verma

4/17/2023

Design department is critical department for any organization. In this article you will learn about importance of mechanical design department in industry. Why mechanical design and engineering is so important.

Topics covered are :  1) How product is categorized. 2. Customer and Manufacturer Requirement. 3. How design complies all aspect of product. 4. How Design sustain quality, cost, performance, process and standard. 5. Why Analysis, Simulation is carried out

How product is categorized :

The main parameters of any product i.e  Quality, Performance, Cost & Delivery is the major concern for Customer as well as Manufacturer. Both have the same priority regards to these features of product. Customer wants good quality, good performance at genuine cost with ontime delivery. Same as manufacturer also wants to deliver good quality, good performance at genuine cost with ontime delivery so that business from both end can take place smoothly. To balance these parameters, design department plays major role.

Customer & Manufacturer Requirement :

Requirement of any Customer and Manufacturer of any organization is always common on the basis of Quality, Performance, Cost and Delivery. 

Quality              =   High

Performance   =  Best

Cost                    =  Low

Delivery           =  Ontime

Process             =  Simple

How design department sustain Quality, Performance, Process & Standard :

Quality   : Quality of product is sustained if we follow right standards, correct calculations and follow any technical specifications. Design  department follows all these instructions and ensure the quality of product.

Performance  :  Before manufacturing, design department creates 3D model of product on computer by using CAD tools and ensure its performance virtually by using CAE-analysis tools. This way if there is any need of change, it can be done on 3D model and do the analysis again till we get desired results. 

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Cost   :  Cost depend on the selection of material and method which is to be followed during manufacturing process. Design department ensure that right material to be selected with optimum method to be used to manufacture that product.

Process  :  Process of manufacturing is depend on Reference Drawing and operations to be performed on that product. Design department ensures that all information is provided on drawing so that different operations can be performed smoothly. Simple manufacturing process is always preferable as compared to complex.  

Delivery   :  Design Department ensures the quality, performance and process of any product to manufacture by means of Standard General Assembly Drawing, Bill of Material etc. which push ontime delivery of product to customer.

Conclusion :

None of the organization can be achieved Quality & Performance of product without design department. Without Quality product organization can not survive long time in the market. So, Design department Back support the organization to sustain its position in market by taking care of Customer requirements, Standardized product, Minimize operations and Reduce Cost.