Results of IID activity with Divnogorsk LowVoltage CircuitBreakers

Results of IID activity with Divnogorsk Low-Voltage Circuit-Breakers Plant during 2004 -2008

Institute of Innovative Design Divnogorsk Low. Voltage Circuit. Breakers Plant 25%

Products of Divnogorsk Plant Circuit breakers: In=100 A In=250 A In=630 A Electrical cabinets: In=1600 A

Innovative projects Construction and production technology of lead-in distributor (cost reduction and quality increase) Construction and production technology of electrical cabinet PR 8503 (cost reduction and quality increase) Nonferrous materials economy. Construction and production technology of circuit breakers and electrical cabinets. (cost reduction and quality increase)

Innovative projects Silver contact points of circuit breaker 250 A (cost reduction) Construction and production technology of circuit breaker VA-57 -43, up to the 1600 A. (cost reduction at the design stage) Construction and production technology of In=1600 A circuit breaker VA-57 -31(35, 39), 100 A, 250 A and 630 A. (cost reduction and quality increase) In=100 A In=250 A In=630 A

10 million Rub. 7 million 20 million 8 million Project VA 57 -31, 35, 39 Rub. Project nonferrous materials economy Rub. Project lead-in distributor 3 million Project VA 57 -43 Rub. Project silver contact points 8 million Electrical cabinet PR 8503 Project VA 57 -43 Economy 100 million Rub.

Lead-in distributor Project goal: to reduce the prime cost in 50% Prime cost – 38966 Rub. Market price - 15417 Rub.

Costs

Innovative Design Technology Data Gathering Background information Analysis of the Object Functional and Flow models, Evolution Trends, Key Disadvantages, Contradictions Problem Statement Trimming problems, Feature transfer problems, Key problems Function Based Information Gathering Function oriented information ANALYTICAL STAGE Problem Solution Engineering Solutions Supporting Information Gathering Supporting information INFORMATION STAGE Concept substantiation Concepts, Ideas for Further Development CONCEPTUAL STAGE

Analytical stage procedures OVERMODELING STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS COMPONENT-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS DIRECTION OF SOLUTION GENETIC ANALYSIS FUNCTIONAL-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS INTEGRATION OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS CAUSE-AND-EFFECT CHAINS ANALYSIS Denotations: Undesirable effects STATEMENT OF KEY PROBLEMS Problems

Functional model

Results of functional analysis

Cause-and-Effect Chains Analysis What are the reasons of high labour-intensiveness and materials consumption?

Convolution results

Results of analytical stage Class of problem Amount User defined problems 47 Problems which are directed on increase of useful function performance 95 Problems on exclusion of harmful effects 31 Problems on decreasing of functional superfluity 47 Key problems after partial trimming procedure 17 Root problems after cause-and-effect chains analysis 76 Total (problems after analytical stage) 313

Conceptual stage 23 basic concepts submitted 1. Labour-intencity decrease 2. Materials consumption decrease 3. Energy intensity decrease 4. Quality and product appearance increase 5. Ease of use and repair increase 6. Change of package and transportation 7. Lead time decrease

Change wires by bus rods The saving rate is 1212 Rubles for one item.

Arrangement change New arrangement of devices: Current transformers Safety devices Switchers VDU Clamps The saving rate is 1476 Rubles for one item.

Advanced fixing elements High labour-intencity

Galvanized panel instead iron powder coating High costs on powder coating

Buses of intricate profile High labour-intencity of wire bonding

Welding points reduction Bending process applied: High labour-intencity of frame manufacture

Bras binder change by iron High costs of brass binder

New light frame design High labour-intencity and material consumption of frame

Material consumption decrease

Labour-intencity reduction

Achievements • Costs reduction on 51% • New attractive design • New modern devices used • Materials consumption reduction • Labour intensity reduction • New technology applied • Energy consumption reduction

Innovative Design efficiency 1 Ruble put into innovative design works gave more than 20 Rubles