| Author | Promchat Snitwongse |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-99-34 |
| Subject(s) | Agricultural machinery--Thailand
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-99-34 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this thesis study was to propose an alternative product design and development
process for agricultural machinery design in Thailand in order to improve the traditional
process more efficiency.
16 people from 4 groups who design agricultural machines were interviewed. First group is
the non-engineering group. Second group is the university researchers. Third group is the
govermnent agencies and the last group is the large manufacturers.
There are two main problems in which all groups are similar. The first problem is that
designers always create a concept for a sub-function and the second problem is that there are
too many prototypes after achieving a final prototype.
The proposed agricultural machinery design is presented to solve these two problems. The
creativity techniques are applied for assisting in concept generation and combination. The
concept evaluation matrix is exploited regarding to select the appropriate concepts. This
manner is presented for solving the first problem. CAD design, CAD assembly, and the
computer simulation were employed to decrease the numbers of physical prototypes.
The grass cutting machine of Sahayont Company was the case study for the proposed process.
The analysis was about to compare the advantage and disadvantage of the propose design and
development process with the traditional process. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-99-34 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Naber, Helmut.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Anulark Pinnoi;Igel, Barbara; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology |