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design for manufacturing and assembly of a connecting rod

Kurian Jory,Arsha J D

Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Mechanical and Production Engineering and Development

ISSN: 2320-7256          Impact Factor:1.398         Volume:1         Issue:1         Year: 08 June,2013         Pages:12-18

International Journal of Advanced Research in Mechanical and Production Engineering and Development

Abstract

The recent developments in design for manufacture and assembly, the need for improving quality and reducing the manufacturing we need a more structured and flexible design approach. This is achieved by using software called DFMA. DFMA software enables us to analyze a product and reduce the number of parts, improve their manufacturability and ease of assembly, reduce product cost and anufacturing time. A Connecting Rod was modeled using the software SOLIDWORKS and then it is imported to DFMA. DFMA analysis was performed and computes all the essential requirements and the most optimal design was chosen.

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The connecting rod is one of the most important parts in engine that connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft in reciprocating engines. It co

Reference

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