Concurrent design and manufacturing process of automotive composite components

Assembly Automation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-152

  Sapuan, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automotive components industry; Design and development; Production cycle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CLUTCHES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS INDUSTRY; COMPOSITE CLUTCH PEDAL; MOULD FLOW ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION CYCLE;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 19444367614     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150510590514     Document Type: Article

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