Mechanical Engineering Blog
Author: Merili Velvet
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- Learn from Engineers
- Machine Components
- Product design
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Posts
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Design for Assembly
28.09.2021Although Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles are often looked at as one subject and combined into Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), they are separate […]
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Types of Couplings
17.09.2021A shaft coupling is one of the most common machine elements because it is just so important in power transmission systems. Thus, they find use in a variety of applications […]
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Types of Machine Elements
05.08.2021Mechanical engineering has become extremely complex with time. An average car today has about 30,000 machine elements when we count each one down to the smallest screw. These machine elements […]
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Total Runout (GD&T) Explained
05.08.2021ASME Y14.5-2009 classifies fourteen different types of geometric tolerances. These fourteen tolerances can be sorted into five broad groups, where each group represents the type of control they exercise on […]
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Design for Supply Chain Principles Explained
15.07.2021Design for supply chain is a part of the Design for Excellence (DFX) philosophy that focuses on creating designs that improve a certain aspect of a product. Some popular examples […]
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Design for X (DFX) Methods
17.06.2021Albert Einstein once said, “The best design is the simplest one that works.” But a simple design can be difficult and time-consuming to create. However, putting too little work into […]
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Learn from Engineers – Making the Dream Welding Table
15.06.2021A few days ago, I received the most heart-warming letter from one of our customers. It’s just great to see someone so young being that passionate about engineering. Hopefully, you’ll […]
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Cylindricity (GD&T) Explained
03.06.2021The GD&T standards in ASME Y14.5-2009 define fourteen types of geometric tolerances. These fourteen geometric tolerances are divided into 5 main types of geometric control. These are form, location, orientation, […]
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Best Free CAD Software in 2021
19.05.2021CAD stands for computer-aided design software. Simply put, these are computer programs that allow users to create 3D models and 2D drawings of products in the design phase. CAD software […]
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Aiming for BattleBots – Case Study
03.05.2021Last year, we were presented the opportunity to put our manufacturing quality to the ultimate test. And I’m not talking about the ultimate tensile strength test. A team getting ready […]
