For the purpose of increasing the value of products, the interest in surface treatment for product design is continuously rising. Physical limitations of the material can be overcome through surface treatment, resulting in the reduction of development...
For the purpose of increasing the value of products, the interest in surface treatment for product design is continuously rising. Physical limitations of the material can be overcome through surface treatment, resulting in the reduction of development cost and increase in consumer satisfaction, which makes this factor essential for design development. The designer develops items by indicating the details of appropriate surface treatment in the design specifications depending on the product concept, but due to the diversification in materials and finishing techniques, the surface treatment engineer and product designers are experiencing difficulties in communication. It can be contended that no quantitative or standard tools exist that can help mutual communication of product designers and surface treatment engineers. This study intends to develop a surface treatment tool for efficient communication between product designers and surface treatment engineers. Fifty subjects consisting of product developers, designers, and reserve product designers were surveyed, on technique and degree of corrosion, and components for the application of surface treatment tools. As a result, 7 factors to be included in the tools were realized, consisting of round, chamfere, hole, venthole, emboss, intaglio, and corrosion. Round, chamfer, hole, venthole, emboss, and intaglio were arranged in the front of the tool depending on size, and 10 degrees of corrosion were arranged in the back of the tool. By using the quantitative and standardized surface tool developed in the form of a ruler, the designer is able to convey detailed size and level of corrosion to the engineer, which is expected to contribute to resolving the difficulty in communication during development.