...-up), the manufacturing process-dominant case (product/component design under a specific process), the part-redesign perspective, and sustainability perspective. Manufacturability constraints within four design levels or scales were explored as well, ranging from macro-scale to sub-micro-scale design...

... matrices. The authors present a function-based framework for the classification of Additive Manufacturing processes in this paper. This framework, centered in the concept of the morphological matrix, provides a designer the ability to observe the general functional similarities that exist among...

... and manufacturing processes. In this paper, a schematic method is presented for characterizing and benchmarking the human health impact of toxic chemicals, as a visual aid to facilitate decision-making in the material selection process for sustainable design and manufacturing. In this schematic method, the human...

... the diffusion of the blowing agent (i.e., CO 2 gas) from bubble to bubble in the “packing” and “gelation stages.” The design of multifunctional materials requires a coupled manufacturing process, where both structure and composition can be engineered to obtain the intended result...

...Masaharu Komori; Haixiang Li; Fumi Takeoka; Sonko Osawa; Osamu Sato; Takashi Kiten; Daisuke Shirasaki; Yohan Kondo The strength and vibration/noise of gears are influenced by the pitch deviation of micrometer order and therefore, advanced quality control is needed in gear manufacturing processes...

... or attributes. These structures play an important role in making selection decisions in engineering design including selecting design concepts, materials, manufacturing processes, and configurations, among others. The theoretical foundations of the method are developed and the need for consistent preferences...

... manufacturing processes design engineering materials handling equipment liquids axiomatic design fluid dispensing information content modeling redundant design Fluid dispensing is a process critical to various applications such as electronics packaging ( 1 2 ), microelectromechnical...

...Julian M. Allwood Manufacturing processes based on cutting have been extensively automated over the past 30–40 years leading to greatly increased flexibility of operation. In contrast, processes based on ductile forming have largely remained dependent on fixed tooling and lack flexibility. Recent...

..., constituting an orthogonal Taguchi array, from the input distributions. The analytical output distributions are, in turn, used to extract the reliability and robustness measures of the system. The methodology is applied to stochastic analysis of a composite materials manufacturing process under uncertainty...

...Saurabh Deshpande; Jonathan Cagan Many optimization problems, such as manufacturing process planning optimization, are difficult problems due to the large number of potential configurations (process sequences) and associated (process) parameters. In addition, the search space is highly...

..., an automated intelligent layout and packaging tool is highly desired. production engineering search problems design engineering manufacturing processes 01 October 2000 01 June 2003 11 03 2004 Contributed by the Design Theory and Methodology Committee for publication...

... 2001 01 April 2003 22 01 2004 manufacturing processes sheet materials assembly planning Compliant sheet metal assembly is a manufacturing process where two or more sheet metal parts are joined together using various joining techniques. The result of this process...

... and commitment of our former Editor, the late Prof. Lung-Wen Tsai. I am honored to follow in his footsteps to serve this creative, energetic and diverse community of scholar-engineers. mechanical engineering manufacturing processes 2003 ASME ...

... methods manufacturing processes The unbalanced forces in rotors are random due to the random nature of tolerances on components resulting in eccentric locations of mass centers. The connection between the tolerances and unbalanced forces was first considered in Vinogradov 1970 1 , where...

...-driven spatial decomposition : The mold-pieces used in different mold-stages may not be manufacturable by any of the available manufacturing process and may need to be decomposed further. 5.  Addition of assembly features : Once the mold decomposition is completed, assembly features are added...

...Kwun-Lon Ting, Professor 06 08 2002 robot kinematics manufacturing processes biographies Dr. Atmaram H. Soni Dr. Atmaram H. Soni passed away at age 64 on February 8, 2000, from a massive heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Ila, eldest daughter, Bina, son...

.... It can be applied to other multistage manufacturing processes such as machining and semiconductor processes so long as the variation propagation in those processes is modeled in the same state space framework. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the NSF Engineering...

... manufacturing processes lithography sintering industrial manipulators It is always desirable to evaluate a proposed robot design prior to full prototyping to ensure the swiftest and most cost effective design changes. Even though powerful three-dimensional Computer Aided Design and Dynamic Analysis...

... of the machine tool setting insuring the desired modifications in hypoid gears. machine tools load distribution finite element analysis mechanical contact cutting optimisation manufacturing processes 01 July 2000 Contributed by the Power Transmission & Gearing Committee...

... engineering assembly planning design for manufacture production manufacturing processes Design for Disassembly Selective Disassembly Disassembly Sequence Wave Propagation Assembly Planning and Product Design A product designed for disassembly can be taken apart easily to support...