Manufacturing Homepage

Manufacturing is the subteam in charge of machining and assembly the components for the rover. We also consult the other mechanical subsystems in their design process to ensure that they're designing parts that are machinable and consider the manufacturing processes during their work.

DFM Guidelines
In order for manufacturing to effectively do its job we need the mechanical teams to have a healthy understanding of what is and isn't possible to make and have an idea for how their part will be made in their head when they publish a drawing file. To this end we have created the following DFM guidelines for quick reference from design teams:

Primary DFM Presentation
During the Fall 2021 onboarding cycle the team was given a presentation on design for machining, it was designed to be readable without a speaker, and is a good first resource for reviewing DFM principles.

Bad DFM Examples
Other than lecture material, we're also hoping to maintain a running list of bad DFM examples, explaining what not to do and why, so designers can learn from their mistakes. We don't meant to put any designers on blast by doing this, these are simple mistakes to make that nobody taught you how to avoid, the goal here is to learn by doing.