Assembly: Process Integration

This lecture by the instructor covers the importance of assembly in combining different materials, addressing tolerances, labor costs, and precision engineering. It delves into typical process tolerances, bonding issues, bimorph effects, and the design principles of Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM). The lecture emphasizes the need for a system design approach in assembly, explores the concepts of stability, positioning errors, and mobility analysis, and discusses the optimization of parts for simpler assembly. It also introduces the Boothroyd-Dewhurst method for reducing assembly complexity and manufacturing costs through part count reduction.