6 Steps to Accelerate Your Design Cycle

What is driving the need to accelerate

machine and instrument designs?

Shorter life cycles

Need to be first to market

Limited engineering resources

What are the challenges presented by

outsourcing in the design phase?

• Reduced Design Control

Reduced Design Control

Diminished Intellectual Property

Increased Management Complexity

Parker’s Approach

• Modular Outsourcing

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Modular Outsourcing

Operates as an

extension of the

development

team

Engineers

where you are

engineering

Manufactures

where you are

manufacturing

Delivers a “plug

in” module that

is tested and

proven

Step 1

Develop a System

Specification

• Translate process requirements into

measurable motion attributes

• Throughput = distance, acceleration,

velocity, settling time

• Target Size = accuracy, repeatability,

flatness, straightness

System Specification is the

foundation of the design

A shared and living document

that is critical to QFD and Target

Costing.

Ultimately transformed into the

Acceptance Test Procedure

Added Value

If you don’t know your process requirements, a

proof of concept can be rapidly deployed using

standard products to create a test bed for

developing and testing process requirements

Step 2

Perform system analysis

• Develop analytical models of the

highest risk elements of the design

• Calculate the technology

requirements and technical

justification

System Analysis is the Keystone of

the design process

Design iterations that result from

failed assumptions are the

biggest driver to extended

development times.

Testing creative solutions on

paper is inexpensive and drives

innovative solutions.

Added Value

We have built a library of tools used to design

and analyze motion control problems. We go

back and confirm the analytics with real world

applications that improve predictive accuracy.

Step 3

Provide a system proposal

• A comprehensive document including

the System Specification, the System

Analysis, and other critical decision

making elements

The System Proposal is more than

just a quote

Serves the internal design teams

as a tool to communicate

progress with decision makers

and other stakeholders.

Becomes a revision controlled

document through the life of the

program to capture changes

and integrated into design

documentation.

Added Value

System Proposals may include reliability

models, manufacturing control plans, cost

control plans, technology development

roadmaps, and global sourcing plans. What do

you need to know to be confident you are

selecting the right partner?

Step 4

Dedicate Project Management

• Both Parker and our customer need

to have a central point of contact

who has ownership of the timelines

and the quality of deliverables

Project Management is more than just

a person

We require a regular cadence of

review meetings to validate action

items and facilitate decision

making.

We recommend a shared and

secure network drive where

project data can be shared and

accessed live.

Added Value

We have two critical milestones internal to the

main design phase:

• Preliminary Design Review – overview of the

form, fit, and function at the assembly level.

Authorizes the ordering of long lead

components

• Critical Design Review – deep review of the

details of each element. Authorizes the start

of complete manufacturing of the prototype

Step 5

Finalize the Acceptance Test

Procedure

• Documentation of the original

System Specification including how

each of the target values will be

measured

An Acceptance Test Procedure

assures total quality

Every specification has a Go –

No Go boundary. 6 Sigma style

analysis is available for critical

elements.

Results are provided with every

unit as either paper copies or

electronic files.

Added Value

The Acceptance Test Procedure is the foundation

of the production test plan

• For prototypes both Critical and Non Critical

characteristics are tested

• For production Non Critical tests can be

eliminated through the use of process

capability studies

Step 6

Support Globally

• Wherever in the world you design

or manufacturing teams live, you

need support that you can count

on.

Global Support is more than a

commitment

Growing your business in both

existing and emerging markets

means your team is spread

across the globe.

Parker has a footprint to match

our customer’s global needs.

Added Value

Parker has both engineering and

manufacturing to support electromechanical

motion control in Asia, Europe, and North

America. This provides the ability to

seamlessly work your design team on one

continent and your manufacturing team on

another.

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Brian Handerhan

Automation Group

Parker Hannifin

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