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Generic product model of air technology units – basis for the development of new, modular product families
Nele Ganze, Stefan Jakschik, Kristin Paetzold-Byhain
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Year:
2025
Editor:
Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold, Sandro Wartzack
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Series:
DfX
Institution:
ULT AG
Section:
Modularization & Variant Management
Page(s):
091-100
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Abstract:
Increasing product individualization demands flexible product families, for which modularization methods offer a promising approach. For practical application in developing modular product families of air technology units (e.g., air filtration and extraction units) in small and medium-sized enterprises, existing methods require adaptation. This paper presents a methodical approach for modularizing product families with a significant new development effort, building upon and refining existing minimum viable products. The foundation of this development is creating a generic product model describing interactions between product features, functions, effective principles, and components, structured as variety allocation model and multiple-domain matrix. The approach is employed in a case study.
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