Methodology to Define the Design Specification of Injection Molded Component and its Application in the Automobile Industries 2001-01-3928

In the process of definition the component design specifications, the dependence and interdependence among the requirements, rules, strategies and design recommendations should be considered. However, in the conceptual design phase, the level of abstraction of the available information is high, and the methodologies present only superficial recommendations about the process to define design specifications. The consequences of these approach are reflected on the generation of conceptions with high costs and lost of resources during the design process. The objective of this paper is to present a methodology to define the design specifications, its application in the design of injection molded components and the software SISCOI developed to support this activity.