Chapter 15
DP13 – Assembly Optimization
Structural Optimization of a Lifting Mechanism
(Design Problem courtesy of Unipart Rail Ltd)
Key Features Introduced in this Design Problem
| Key features | |
| 1 | Sliding/no separation contact |
| 2 | Manual contacts |
| 3 | Planar X, Y, Z stress plots |
| 4 | Parametric optimization |
Introduction
Unipart Rail is part of the Unipart Group, one of Europe's leading independent logistic companies, employing more than 9000 people worldwide with annual turnover of more than £1.1 billion.
Unipart Rail combines extensive engineering, logistic, and manufacturing experience with industry-leading supply chain and lean expertise.
Autodesk Inventor is used within the design and development division of Unipart Rail to produce, validate, ...
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