Wes Demirjian

Freestanding NPI

• From Nashville, TN

• Junior at TN Tech

University

• Mechanical Engineering

• First Rotation

• Freestanding NPI

• Mentor: Jamie Little

• Literature

• Controls Rework

• Torque Tests

• Pre-Pilot Build

• Other Assignments

• New models (with new

software) mean new literature

• Proofread existing manuals,

omitting obsolete details and

adding new information

• Used new graphics to form a

rough draft of what the new

Use and Cares might look like

• Updating software and hardware separately caused EMI

issues

• Fixed issues by modifying one connection on circuit

board

• Problems with stripping

screws during previous build

• Took different fasteners and

different hole types to test the start

and strip torques of all possible

production variations

One instance (CR control trim) showed that only one out of

three of the current screws was satisfactory in a sense that the

maximum start and minimum strip torques were a great deal

separated

• Rework

• Loops

• UL/Miswire FMEA

• Overlay Tape Design

• Warping Control

Trims: Details

• Doors failing STTs:

Analyzing

• DST

Abrasions:

Simplicity

• Everything in industry takes longer than

expected

• Flexibility is

essential

• It’s not what you know, but who you

know