Copying- its role in engineering product development
“Copying”- its role in engineering product development. Prof. Prodyut Das. Whilst teaching “Synthesis of Design” I used to programme several lectures in the way an engineering product could be designed starting with direct or “Chinese” copying and ending with Barnes Wallis’s design-actually a near invention- of the Dam Busting bombs which I labeled as “Design by Genius”. Design by copying is a misunderstood method. For India, with design capabilities lagging due to many reason including the very restrictive Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 which depressed demands for Engineering, production and quality control skills for decades, product design by copying is of special interest. Given below is a summary of the lecture with examples suitably amended to keep in tune with the interests of this blog. It is expected that the interested will look up the Net for further details on the examples cited. Perhaps because of its association with copying in school examinations “