Chapter 12 Questions

1. What options are available when selecting an assembly method?
2. What are the major characteristics of each of the available assembly methods?
3. Discuss some of the factors that affect the selection of an appropriate assembly method.
4. Define the term design assembly.
5. What are the benefits of applying the concept of design for assembly?
6. What has always been the traditional approach for DFA?
7. What three questions form the criteria for eliminating a part from an assembly or combining it with its neighboring part?
8. List the guidelines for product design for manual assembly.
9. What is the ideal insertion motion? Why?
10. Why should you try to avoid reorienting parts during assembly?