Design for Manufacturability: A DFM Checklist for STS Machined Parts
A practical, print-ready checklist engineering teams can run against a drawing before it's released for quote.
Most cost and lead-time surprises on a machined part trace back to a handful of drawing decisions made before the part is ever quoted. This checklist is the same one our applications engineering team runs against every incoming drawing.
It's built for design engineers who want to catch DFM issues before an RFQ goes out, not after a quote comes back higher than expected.
What's inside
- Tolerance stack-up checks before a drawing is released
- Feature-by-feature DFM review: pockets, bosses, threads, undercuts
- Material and stock-size considerations that affect quoted cost
- Surface finish callout guide matched to functional requirement
- Common drawing issues that trigger an RFQ clarification round
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