Design-for-assembly (DFA) and design-for-manufacture (DFM) techniques can be applied to products assembled manually or automatically or manufactured by specific techniques, such as machining, die ...

Exact part location and minimal clearances seem like the Holy Grail of precision mechanical systems. But insisting on the slimmest tolerances can make assembly and disassembly difficult. Assembly ...

A number of years ago, the packages of electronic systems were only intended to protect the circuit from mechanical stresses and to realize a simple fan-out from the close spacing of connections on ...

A new IEEE technical paper titled “Package Assembly Design Kits (PADK’s)- The Future of Advanced Wafer-Level Manufacturing” was written by researchers from Amkor. Find the technical paper here.

To get its engineers thinking about design for assembly back in the 1980s, Westinghouse made a video about a product optimized for assembly: the IBM Proprinter. The technology may be dated, but the ...

Careful design of a single-use assembly by both the supplier and end user together can mitigate risks and create fitness for the intended use. Single-use technologies can offer significant benefits ...

The L Series by New York studio Assembly Design is a modular collection of shelves and tables supported by poles that poke up through the horizontal surfaces (+ slideshow). The range of stained-wood ...

[Will Cogley] makes eyeballs; hey, everyone needs a hobby, and we don’t judge. Like all his animatronics, his eyeballs are wondrous mechanisms, but they do tend toward being a bit complex, especially ...