The First Snap-Fit Handbook
Creating and Managing Attachments for Plastics Parts
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Beschreibung
Snap-fits have long been used to join plastic parts, but the available technical know-how focused only on locking feature performance, primarily the cantilever hook. The 'system level' knowledge and design skills needed to create good snap-fit interfaces existed in the minds of self-taught snap-fit experts but was not captured in the literature. New designers of plastic parts wishing to use snap-fit had nowhere to turn unless they were fortunate enough to have access to an experienced snap-fit designer.
This book organizes and presents all design aspects of snap-fits with an emphasis on the systems level thinking required to create world-class attachments. Beginning as well as experienced product designers will find the information they need to develop snap-fits more efficiently and avoid many common snap-fit problems.
A new chapter in this edition discusses issues associated with managing snap-fit technology in an engineering organization. Suggestions for introducing the technology and strategies for ensuring long-term snap-fit technical capability and learning are provided.
Snap-fits have long been used to join plastic parts, but the available technical know-how focused only on locking feature performance, primarily the cantilever hook. The 'system level' knowledge and design skills needed to create good snap-fit interfaces existed in the minds of self-taught snap-fit experts but was not captured in the literature. New designers of plastic parts wishing to use snap-fit had nowhere to turn unless they were fortunate enough to have access to an experienced snap-fit designer.
This book organizes and presents all design aspects of snap-fits with an emphasis on the systems level thinking required to create world-class attachments. Beginning as well as experienced product designers will find the information they need to develop snap-fits more efficiently and avoid many common snap-fit problems.
Content includes:
- Minimum Requirements for Successful Snap-Fits
- Details of Constraint Features
- Improving Snap-Fits with Enhancements
- Fundamental Concepts behind Snap-Fit Performance
- Feature Analysis
- A Logical Process for Creating Snap-Fits
- Diagnosing and Fixing Snap-Fit Problems
Autor*in
Paul R. Bonenberger
Paul R. Bonenberger is President of FasteningSmart, Inc., a position he has held since 2006. He is an widely recognized expert on mechanical attachments, especially those involving threaded fasteners or snap-fits. He consults on design solutions, problem diagnosis, patents, and technology management issues, and undertakes training courses in this area.
Previously, he spent 37 years at General Motors as Staff Project Engineer specializing in mechanical attachments. He holds degrees from Oakland University, University of Detroit-Michigan, and Kettering University (previously General Motors Institute).
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