Designing a mechanical systems involves many considerations . From Functional requirements, Aesthetics, Durability to Manufacturing and Assembly with assembly being a key aspect in terms of performance and cost.

Designing a system with assembly in mind requires an approach which focusses on the ease and speed of assembly . In a production setup where Time is money , efficient assemblies are very important .

Learning about how to plan and design systems so that they can be easily manufactured and assembled is one of the key tasks for a design engineers. This course introduces the key concepts to be considered when designing for assembly.

You will Learn :

- The context of assemblies in larger product development - product architecture

- What is modularity in assembly

- Importance of assembly ease - Costs associated

- Generic rules of Thumb and affect of Tolerances

- Part count reduction

- Handling , Insertion , Self aligning features

- Poka yoke features

- Case studies in Designing for assembly

Utilizing degrees of freedom or strategically constraining them is a design philosophy used to design precise and optimally constrained systems.

- What are redundant constraints in systems, structures

- When are they useful and when they are not?

- What is exact kinematic constraint assembly?

- Nesting force and constraining a plate in 2D

- Case studies and examples of the concept applied in practice

Learn about key fundamentals to keep in mind when designing for mechanical assembly and practices to inculcate , errors to avoid in practice.

Learn a new way of thinking about mechanical systems in terms of constraints and how to effectively utilize them for function and assembly.

In this 2 in 1 course covering key insightful concepts which can be put directly into practice by design engineers.