REDESIGN OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR GEAR TRANSMISSION BOX COMPONENT OF HAND TRACTOR
Design for Manufacture (DfM) is one of approach in product design development. It is integration of art design, material and process choosing in quality consideration. Gear Transmission Box (GTB) component of hand tractor is one of main component that compile hand tractor. It’s base component, other components are connected to it. It was produced in combination of casting-machining process and its manufacturing cost is the second highest that cause high production cost. To solve it, development or redesign of fabrication is needed. To realize it, load and force it detained have to be known, and than create alternatives design and process using DfM approach that yield cheaper design but still strong enough for detaining operation load. In this research, two alternatives were resulted. Both are using St 37 plate as base material and combination plate metal forming, welding and machining as basic process. The First redesign reduces manufacturing cost 11.75%, and the second 27%. From this research, it can be concluded that in design stage, there are a lot of potential things can be improved and developed that make it efficient.