Engineering Product Design Guides are intended to guide and inform engineering product designers of both theoretical and practical knowledge on various product designs
Mechanical or machine element are basic mechanical parts used as building blocks in mechanical product design such as mechanical transmission components, springs, seals and fasteners.
A thoughtfully designed metal extrusion part will successfully satisfy the form, fit and function of the final product design. Following is a detailed design...
What is concurrent engineering
Concurrent engineering is a method of designing and developing engineering products, in which different departments work on the different stages of engineering product...
What is Vat Photo Polymerization?
SLA (Stereolithography) is part of vat photo polymerization AM method where ultra violet (UV) laser is used to cure photopolymer liquid...
What is Sheet metal forming?
Sheet metal forming is a process where material is deformed while keeping the thickness and the surface area relatively constant....
What is Vacuum casting?
Vacuum casting, sometimes referred as Urethane casting or Polyurethane casting uses silicone moulds to make plastic and rubber components under vacuum....
What is Sheet Lamination?
Sheet lamination is one of the 7 types of additive manufacturing processes defined by ISO/ASTM 52900-2015 and is the process of...
What is New Product Development?
New Product Development (NPD) is a comprehensive set of multi-disciplinary processes that transform a market opportunity into a marketable new...
Directed Energy Deposition (DED) forms 3D objects by melting material as it is being deposited using focused thermal energy such as laser, electron beam or plasma arc. Both the energy source and the material feed nozzle are manipulated using a gantry system or robotic arm.
What is Stress concentration?
Mechanical elements such as shafts, gears, support brackets threaded fasteners etc often have 3D features that change its size and shape...
What is Product Design Process?
In general engineering product design is a process of creating new products through efficient idea generation and concept development to...
What is Material Jetting?
Material Jetting (MJ) is one of the 7 types of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies in which droplets of build and support...
Conceptual Design is an early phase of the design process, in which the broad outlines of function and form of something are articulated. It includes the design of interactions,...
