Mechanical engineering design
Holding it all together: joining techniques, frames and brackets
Have you ever come across a device with quality individual parts which were let down by poor joining strategies, or by a weak frame? Joining and outer frameworks, although they may not have a big input into the achievement of the device aims, could be a major cause of its lack of success!
Quality effective components may be meaningless if they are not held together effectively.
In this first video, Uddin discusses different methods of joining components for your device assembly, and how to avoid assembly weaknesses.
At one stage in the video on Joining techniques, you are asked to study a poorly joined device and come up with some possible improvements. What lessons are there here for your own design and build?
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In this video, Uddin talks about frames and brackets to hold your device together.