Integral attachment using snap-fit features: a key to assembly automation. Part 4 - selection of locking features

Suggests that, without question, while every step in a systematic approach to the design of parts for assembly using integral snap-fit features is important, none is more important than selecting locking features. After all, it is these features that hold the assembly together. While quite different...

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Published in:Assembly automation 1997-01, Vol.17 (4), p.315-328
Main Authors: Messler, Robert W, Genc, Suat, Gabriele, Gary A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly lines
Automation
Case studies
Design
Designers
Injection molding
Manufacturing
Plastics
Product design
Retention
Series & special reports
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Summary:Suggests that, without question, while every step in a systematic approach to the design of parts for assembly using integral snap-fit features is important, none is more important than selecting locking features. After all, it is these features that hold the assembly together. While quite different in appearance and details of their operation, all integral locking features comprise a latch and a catch component to create a locking pair. Proper, no less optimum, function requires that such locking pairs be selected using a systematic approach. Presents that approach as a six-step methodology, but first, defines and describes latch and catch components, bringing order to their apparent boundless variety. Demonstrates the utility of the methodology with a real-life case study.
ISSN:0144-5154
2754-6969
1758-4078
2754-6977
0144-5154
DOI:10.1108/01445159710191606