Integral attachment using snap-fit features: A key to assembly automation. Part 2 - Bringing order to integral attachment: Attachment-level design

Assembly Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-165

  Messler Jr , Robert W ^a   Genc, Suat ^a   Gabriele, Gary A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DESIGN; FACTORY AUTOMATION; JOINING; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION; INTEGRAL ATTACHMENT; SNAP FIT FEATURES;

PLASTIC PARTS;

EID: 0030648798     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000004328     Document Type: Article

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