Designing Cost-Efficient Mechanisms: Minimum Constraint Design, Designing With Commercial Components, and Topics in Design Engineering
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0070335699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautiful discussion of boundary conditions Fascinating compendium of ideas associated with boundary conditions in mechanics. If you think about this, a lot of things in mechanical practice is touching different elements of a machine or inside the machine. This is called constraints in the book but this means boundary conditions in analysis and modeling. Economy of boundary conditions comes with experience but one has to introduce something better than g. Jim Papadopoulos said essential for mechanism designers. My degrees are from MIT, and I have spent the last ten years in industry. This is far and away the best book I have seen on 'smart' design, based on thinking about how parts are constrained or guided. It includes every trick I developed for myself [that my colleagues usually do not understand], plus many more. Plus it is amazingly inexpensive, and approachable [lots of pictures, no equations]. If you design, in. "Engineering Ideas You Need (but weren't taught)" according to Christopher H.. Great book - put down your GD&T manual and study this first.In the first part of the book Mr. Kamm teaches ways to thinkabout constraints and how they affect assembly, functionality,and repeatability of mechanisms. You will use these ideas forthe rest of your career, but probably did not have much exposureto Min Constraint in college. I also found the balance of thebook valuable - Mr. Kamm's experiences have gi
robots which enabled that small company to dominate the Cartesian robot field. From the Author After learning the principles of MCD and applying them to a space vehicle simulator, we built the design system for MOBOT Corp. I continue to teach and apply the principles as a teacher and design consultant.
. Now a consultant and expert witness. BS and MS in engineering, Licensed P.E., Registered Patent Agent, 38 patents. Author of six books, columnist in Electronic Design and Chipcenter magazines, many technical papers, and much trade literature
Relecting over 45 years of experience in product design, Larry Kamm discusses modern engineering design using a classic principle - Minimum Constraint Design (MCD) Filled with scores of practical examples and design tips, the book is an invaluable working tool for significant cost savings in mechanism design.