For those of you who enjoy a bit of old school mixed with best practice mechanical engineering, Sandy has recently found a new passion, he is a convert to Electric Vehicles and in particular Tesla vehicles and the engineering behind them.
Who is Sandy Munro? He is an automotive engineer who specializes in machine tools and manufacturing.
He started as a toolmaker at the Valiant Machine & Tool Company – a General Motors supplier in Windsor. In 1978, he joined the Ford Motor Company where he improved methods of engine assembly.
Methodologies
Munro advises and consults on the implementation and use of manufacturing methodologies including Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) and lean design. He introduced DFMA to Ingersoll Rand in 1989. Munro’s main design principles are:
- Teamwork
- Reducing the number of parts
- Layered assembly from above, using gravity
- Easy alignment and insertion
- Avoid expensive fastening
- Bulk storage to reduce handling problems
- Poka-yoke – making operations foolproof to avoid errors
- Self assembly so that parts naturally engage
- Simplify packaging and servicing
- Avoid adjustment and repositioning of the assembly
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