Integral attachment using snap‐fit features: a key to assembly automation. Part 7 ‐ testing the conceptual design methodology with a case study
Suat Genc
(Post‐doctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA)
Robert W. Messler
(Associate Professor and Director of the Materials Joining Laboratory in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA)
Gary A. Gabriele
(Professor in the Department of Mechanical Egineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics, as well as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA)
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Abstract
A formalized, systematic approach to product design, using integral snap‐fit features to accomplish assembly was revealed in the first six parts of this series of papers. This final part applies the developed methodology to a case study, thereby familiarising readers with use of the methodology in practical design situations.
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Citation
Genc, S., Messler, R.W. and Gabriele, G.A. (1998), "Integral attachment using snap‐fit features: a key to assembly automation. Part 7 ‐ testing the conceptual design methodology with a case study", Assembly Automation, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159810224851
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:MCB UP Ltd
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