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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"design for manufacturing"”.
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Design for manufacturing analysis on the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle
iRobot is responsible for delivering the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) initiative. With increasing external competition and pressures, iRobot must deliver an innovative robot while reducing costs, improving quality, and shortening the …
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Cost modeling and design for manufacturing guidelines for advanced composite fabrication
… estimation methods are available to the public for metal processing, but there are almost none (excluding proprietary) for advanced composite materials. Therefore, the central objective of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of the costs of common composite production technologies …
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Automated Design for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Using Geometric Data Mining and Machine Learning
<p>This thesis presents an automated method for assessing conceptual designs with respect to manufacturing and supply chain, using geometric data mining and machine learning algorithms. It is important for designers to understand how design decisions will impact downstream manufacturing and …
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The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Analysis and Redesign of an Aircraft Refueling Door Hinge Utilizing Additive Manufacturing
… process called DFMA. The hinge was then redesigned to be additively manufactured, which is uncommon currently in industry for load bearing components. It was shown that the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) guidelines were inadequate when applied to the new technology of additive manufacturing …
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Establishment of checklist of design for safety (DfS), life-cycle analysis (LCA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) for IVD medical device based on IEC 60601
… to more sustainable policies and better performance towards achieving healthcare Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Designing the uprising star of In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) device casing is choose as a case study in this research because the current discovery of non-invasive jaundice …
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High compliance all-terrain transport and heavy cargo hybrid bicycle
A design project was carried out which involved the design, manufacturing, and assembly of a hybrid bicycle. The bicycle was required to operate between two modes, one that permitted fast transport of the operator from one location to another, and a second configuration which could permit the …
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An Experimental Method to Calculate Coefficient of Friction in Mecanum Wheel Rollers and Cost Analysis Using DFMA Techniques
… special kind of omni-directional wheel which is designed for robot vehicles. The purpose of this thesis is to work on geometry and working of Mecanum wheel rollers and to conduct experiments on these rollers to find its values of coefficient of friction in different conditions. This thesis also …
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Interactive exploration of design space
Typical design for manufacturing applications requires simultaneous optimization of conflicting performance objectives: Design variations that improve one performance metric may decrease another performance metric. In these scenarios, there is no unique optimal design but rather a set of designs …
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Design and analysis of bio-inspired 3D printing body armor for neck support and protection
The thesis presents the design and analysis process of a bio-inspired 3D printing body armor for neck support and protection. There are numerous examples of the structural skin or body armor among animals that generates both cranial protection and torso support. In this thesis, the mechanical …
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Design and Manufacturing of the Filament Collection and Diameter Measurement Systems of Fiber Extrusion Device for Educational Purposes
… system that mimics continuous fiber draw process for hands-on learning and/or laboratory experience on data acquisition, control system, and smart manufacturing, and it allows users to perform experiments, vary manufacturing parameters, change control system, and collect data. There are different …
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Design, Analysis and Fabrication of Complex Structures using Voxel-based modeling for Additive Manufacturing
A key advantage of Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the opportunity to design and fabricate complex structures that cannot be made via traditional means. However, this potential is significantly constrained by the use of a facet-based geometry representation (e.g., the STL and the AMF file formats); …
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Design and Manufacturing of Educational Fiber Extrusion Device and Smart Factory
… system that mimics continuous fiber draw process for hands-on learning and/or laboratory experience on data acquisition, control system, and smart manufacturing. It allows learners to perform experiments, vary manufacturing parameters and control system, collect data, and perform analysis. …
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Designing a new joint for the iXa walker
… that improved upon the flaws of the old design in attempts to create a patentable product. My area of focus in the redesign was creating the exterior of the joint including the locking pin interface, the alignment of the legs in relation to the joint, and the integration of the joint into …
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Reduction of Printed Circuit Card Placement Time Through the Implementation of Panelization
… cycle time of panels in the printed circuit card manufacturing process has been a significant research topic over the past decade. The research objective in such literature has been to reduce the placement machine cycle times by finding the optimal placement sequences and component-feeder …
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Improving design and manufacturing performance through advanced visualization
… heavily in the technology to improve product performance and manufacturability. Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) has recently upgraded their visualization space, called a CAVE (Computer Aided Visualization Environment), to a state of the art facility with over 500 square feet of advanced …
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Mass production readiness of a hardware start-up : assessing and improving product designs for manufacturing and assembly
… living costs and shortage of skilled labor is forcing restaurateurs to look for alternatives to remain in operation and maintain profit margins. Industrial robots, equipped with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are now penetrating into commercial kitchens. The idea is …
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Design of a high-speed, meso-scale nanopositioners driven by electromagnetic actuators
The purpose of this thesis is to generate the design and fabrication knowledge that is required to engineer high-speed, six-axis, meso-scale nanopositioners that are driven by electromagnetic actuators. When compared to macro-scale nanopositioners, meso-scale nanopositioners enable a combination of …
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Physical understanding and modeling of chemical mechanical planarization in dielectric materials
… the enabling planarization technique of choice for current and emerging silicon integrated circuit (IC) fabrication processes. This work studies CMP in dielectric materials in particular, which is widely used in device formation for isolation and in interconnect formation for dielectric …
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