Product Design (ME-603 (C)) - Important Questions

Explain the different stages of the Product Life Cycle with suitable examples.

Explain the product design / new product development methodology and process.

Explain the procedure for selection of a profitable product for design and manufacture.

What are the factors of Product Design? Explain it.

Explain the importance of understanding user needs in the product design process.

Describe the importance of product strategy and explain the elements involved in product strategy.

Explain Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) in detail.

Explain the advantages and applications of value engineering in product design and how to identify and select problems for value engineering.

What do you mean by DFM and DFX? Explain the benefits and implementation of DFM and compare DFM with DFA.

Explain Computer Aided Design and Robust design in product design and the challenges in applying robust design in practice.

Explain the design guidelines for metallic and non-metallic products to be manufactured by different processes such as casting, machining and injection molding.

Explain general design guidelines and techniques for products that are easy to assemble manually and to disassemble.

Explain the needs and advantages of rapid prototyping in product development.

What is Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and explain its process including powder material handling during layer-by-layer construction?

Write short notes on any two: (a) Classification of rapid prototyping methods and applications of rapid prototyping (b) Stereolithography (SLA) process (c) Ergonomics in product design.