Robust Form Division - Manging the Effect of Manufacturing Variation

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Product development is a necessity for manufacturing companies to keep market shares as well as gaining new ones. Decisions made in the beginning of the process will affect the final product to a large extent. It is thereby of great importance to be able to detect possible obstacles in the early phases of the product development process. Manufacturing variation is always present during production and needs to be treated. By designing robust, the manufacturing variation will influence less. A robust solution suppresses manufacturing variation whereas a sensitive one amplifies it. The appearance of the spatial relation between visible parts (i.e. split-lines) in an assembled product is important for the overall quality appearance of the product. Variation in the split-lines affects the visual quality appearance of the product. Split-lines are the result of a form division activity carried out in the early stages of the product development process, most likely by industrial design. Two ma

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