Machine frames can look straightforward in CAD, but small design decisions can have a major impact on manufacturability, assembly, cost, quality, throughput, and repeatability.

In this on-demand webinar, PEKO walks through practical Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) considerations for machine frames, equipment frames, welded structures, boltments, sheet metal frames, and fabricated assemblies.

You’ll learn how frame construction choices, tolerance strategy, fixture planning, machining requirements, weld callouts, inspection expectations, and assembly needs can affect the full production path.

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What You’ll Learn

This webinar focuses on practical machine-frame DFMA decisions, including how to:

  • compare weldments, boltments, riveted structures, sheet metal frames, tube structures, plate construction, and hybrid designs;
  • reduce unnecessary machining by separating critical features from non-critical features;
  • use fixture strategy to control important weldment dimensions;
  • evaluate when a weldment-to-boltment conversion may improve cost, throughput, and repeatability;
  • use laser-cut and formed sheet metal features to reduce fixture complexity;
  • account for raw material variation, weld distortion, datum strategy, and inspection expectations;
  • avoid design choices that create unnecessary post-processing, grinding, machining, or inspection burden.

Practical DFMA Examples Covered

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The webinar includes real manufacturing examples that show how DFMA decisions affect production outcomes, including:

  • reducing machining by limiting tight tolerance control to critical mounting surfaces;
  • using weld fixture strategy to control final critical features during welding;
  • converting a weldment to a boltment to reduce large CNC machining and improve throughput;
  • using laser-cut, formed, and slot-and-tab sheet metal features for repeatable frame fabrication;
  • reviewing dimensional and tolerance considerations for large welded and fabricated structures.

Who Should Watch?

This webinar is a good fit for OEM teams working with machine frames, fabricated structures, sheet metal enclosures, weldments, equipment bases, and complex mechanical assemblies.

It is especially useful for:

  • mechanical engineers;
  • manufacturing engineers;
  • machine designers;
  • NPI teams;
  • OEM engineering managers;
  • sourcing and supplier development teams;
  • quality and inspection stakeholders;
  • teams preparing for production transfer or ramp.

Presented By PEKO’s NPI & Manufacturing Team

PEKO’s NPI and manufacturing team works with OEMs developing complex machinery, equipment, fabricated structures, precision assemblies, and electromechanical systems.

This webinar shares practical DFMA guidance based on real production considerations, including machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication, fixture strategy, inspection, assembly, and production ramp.

Mark Frosino, Sales & NPI Project Manager | LinkedIn
Mark has spent nearly 20 years at PEKO in the New Product Introduction (NPI) group. His primary focus is on the early-stage engagement of new customers to ensure that PEKO properly supports the development of their products and processes so that they can be successfully transitioned to PEKO’s production team for consistent, repeatable builds. In doing so, DFMA concepts have become a pivotal part of his NPI process.

Scott Baxter, Sales & Business Development Manager | LinkedIn
Scott has worked at PEKO since 2008. Recently, his attention has been drawn to the needs of DFMA for serialized repeated machine builds. Working with DFMA teams gives Scott a unique ability to speak to audiences of machine designers about their cost-down design struggles.

Watch The On-Demand Webinar

If your team is designing or refining a machine frame, welded structure, sheet metal enclosure, fabricated base, or complex equipment assembly, this webinar can help you identify manufacturability and assembly issues before they become production constraints.

Watch DFMA Crash Course for Machine Frames to learn how PEKO approaches frame construction, fixture strategy, tolerancing, and production-ready design.

 

 

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