Simultaneous tolerance synthesis for manufacturing and quality

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-106

  Ye, B ^a   Salustri, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Function tolerances; Manufacturing tolerances; Quality; Tolerance design

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL;

FUNCTION TOLERANCES; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; TOLERANCE ALLOCATION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037933499     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-003-0029-1     Document Type: Article

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