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Luleå University of Technology and industry partners in collaboration Sirius 2006/07 is a collaborative programme involving Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with the Faste Laboratory partners Volvo Aero, Hägglunds Drives AB, Sandvik Coromant AB and several other industrial and academic partners. Sirius prepares students for work in product development. The product development projects of this course are firmly based on close collaboration with manufacturers or on real product development needs identified in other ways. Work is conducted in project groups with the support and guidance of academic and industry advisors. Collaboration benefits both students and industry partners. • Students are given an opportunity to apply their know- ledge when developing proposals with optimal solutions to real design problems with a limited time frame and budget. A unique insight into present and future working methods and cooperation in product development is gained. • Manufacturing companies gain access to innovative product development performed by well-educated engi- neers who are unbiased by traditional modes of thinking and problem solving. 2 3 Creative product development Sirius is a final-year course for students in the development in teams, in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering MSc degree pro- manufacturing companies or based on real gramme at Luleå University of Technology. product development needs presented in Sirius is also open to final-year students from some other way. Experience from Sirius pre- other MSc engineering programmes at the pares the participants well for teamwork with university, thereby ensuring a broad base of colleagues from other disciplines. Students knowledge for the course’s project groups. also take courses in product development During most of the 20-credit course, product methods, computer-aided modelling and development projects are conducted in close analysis, and project management as a sup- national and international collaboration with port to their development projects. Sirius companies and universities. The aim of Sirius students engage in a valuable exchange of is for students to acquire, apply and integrate knowledge and ideas with graduate stu- knowledge considered essential for product dents and staff from the Faste Laboratory developers in modern manufacturing indu- and other departments of Luleå University stries. of Technology. Not only do Sirius students Students gain knowledge in project from Luleå University of Technology have management, production of creative con- solid theoretical knowledge, they also have cepts, mechanical engineering design and the benefit of valuable experience from computer-aided engineering, as well as com- work in an integrated environment applying mand of all stages in the integrated product methods and ideas from the research at the development chain, from needs analysis to division of Computer aided design and the For more information about previous Siriusprojects, the finished product. Under realistic indu- use of advanced computer tools in industrial please visit www.cad.ltu.se/sirius. strial conditions, they must carry out product projects. 2 3 Concept Concept Needfinding generation evaluation A user focus has come to dominate com- Needfinding. Needfinding implies the As Needfinding activities unfold, students Numerous concepts are created during the pany innovation strategies in the last interplay between needs and recognition. gradually perceive insights into people’s concept generation phase; approximately decade, though in reality involving users Observations, interviews and creative needs and concept ideas. To work out the 100-150 concepts are not unusual. This in product development is not as straight- methods are used to identify, analyse, ideas into comprehensible concepts, the vast amount of concepts has to be narro- forward as it sounds. People cannot always categorise and communicate needs to use of creative methods is emphasised. wed down into a manageable size during be precise about what their needs are; drive product development in SIRIUS The use of creative methods spurs a free a phase referred to as concept evaluation. they might just perceive a situation where student projects. The main principles mind and openness to new ideas, since Concept evaluation can be seen as activiti- satisfactory solutions are lacking. In such of Needfinding are to first be close to judgmental attitudes are not allowed and es that highlight some desired qualities in situations, it is naturally more difficult to the users and then look for needs, not all ideas are good ideas. The concept each concept and can be seen as a stage in identify these needs. Needs obviously play solutions. This keeps the early phases of generation phase has a focus on quantity, the design process where the design space an important role in innovative or radical product development open to unexpec- i.e. as many ideas as possible. Examples is narrowed down. The aim is to extract product design, since the starting position ted insights and supports the generation of creative methods are brainstorming, a few concepts that best fulfil the needs in includes no existing solution. of numerous concept ideas. In turn, this method 653, brainwriting, bodystorming, focus and are feasible to be further deve- Thirty years ago, Robert McKim, broadens the design space and the opp- and de Bono’s six thinking hats. The use loped into a product. However, to build the head of Stanford University’s product ortunities for innovative products. This of creative tools, e.g. method cards and upon crazy ideas from the concept gene- design program understood that engineers contradicts a problem-solving approach thinkpak, support thinking outside the ration, the concepts have to be described had to be involved during the earliest sta- of product development, where reducing box and using all senses to be creative in more concretely. ges of product development to understand the number of concepts as early as possible the concept generation activities. needs. He developed an approach, named is important. Needfinding is part of the Concept generation is, in particular, SIRIUS guideline that provides students highly iterative. The generation activi- with capabilities beyond classical engine- ties occur on different levels throughout ering design education. The insights into the entire product development process needs provide a solid ground for the acti- as the product becomes more mature. vities in concept generation, concept eva- luation, detail design and product launch, which are also main parts in the SIRIUS guideline. 4 5 Product Detail design launch A first round of evaluations can be After iteratively framing and reframing Completing the whole product deve- sell and explain their ideas. Hence, ideas performed, for example, by using creative the concepts in the evaluation phase, a few lopment process from identifying and and concepts are continuously presented tools where the focus is on judging the concepts are chosen for further develop- understanding needs to product launch is to industry partners, teaching staff or both value of the idea. During the later stages, ment. Detail design is a stage where the a basic principle in the SIRIUS guideline. during the whole course. At the end of the measurable criteria and matrix-based met- concepts become more explicit in terms of The SIRIUS student projects are per- course, a public event where the student hods, e.g. House of Quality and Pugh’s solutions and functionality. Still, the cho- formed under realistic conditions, most projects are presented and the products matrix, are used. Small models or prototy- sen concepts are at various stages of com- of which are a collaborative effort with are shown takes place. This is a day when pes may be used to test if a concept should pletion. Therefore, a range of approaches companies. Therefore, the expectations many students are pleased to show what be further developed. The idea here is to are used. Computer aided engineering and on the products are high. Several products they have achieved, and when the SIRIUS keep the prototype as simple as possible, design tools such as multi-body dynamic developed within the SIRIUS course are course personnel are full of pride for their since only particular concepts should be analysis and finite element analysis are further developed and implemented by students. tested. Concept generation and concept used, along with engineering design met- the companies. Not only is it important to evaluation are closely related phases and hod and methodologies, e.g. case based design a competitive product in terms of are used to narrow down and open up reasoning, knowledge based engineering, design, ergonomics, aesthetics, etc., but it the design space. The results from the and industrial design approaches. The is also important that the students have the Needfinding activities, i.e. the needs in SIRIUS course encompasses a diversity possibilities to train their capabilities to focus, are used in the evaluation activities of products to be developed; thus, what to, for instance, judge a user perceived approach or approaches are used depends value of the concept. on the focus in the student project. 4 5 Sirius 2006/07 Product development projects CLAMPING SYSTEM REDEFINING THE FOR FACE MILLS SLEEPING EXPERIENCE SANDVIK COROMANT VOLVO AERO Due to minor development of new tech- Together with the company the students During development of a new jet engine, nology in the field of spring units, students developed a new clamping system for car- Volvo Aero discovered a need for an from LTU were given the assignment to bide inserts clamped in a cutting position in improved Variable Bleed Valve system. develop an IKEA-unique spring unit for face mills using a knowledge engineering The system is supposed to prevent the mattresses. The new spring unit should approach to use in future delvelopments. engine from stalling. Students from LTU offer improved comfort and quality as well were given the task to develop a concept as permit a cost reduction. limited by weight, cost, materials, durability FORMULA SAE and several different load cases.