Major Selection Criteria: Complex Shape

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Regulator

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The regulator for Turner’s self-igniting torch has a design criteria specifying pressure tightness, strength, cleanliness and metal-chip free, net shape, and cost-effective manufacturing. A screw-machined aluminium or brass regulator was first considered, but both...
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Ratchet Housing

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The goal of product designers for the 1/4 in. air ratchet was to lower product manufacturing costs while improving performance and appearance. The original product design specified an axial assembly–a machined steel head attached by a lock nut to a housing handle....
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Printer for ‘ATB’ Magnetic Airline Tickets

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Zinc alloy pressure die casting has been chosen by the IER company for the four parts that make up the structure of this ticket printer. The specification set by IER required materials and technology that would enable the production of: complex shapes, so that the...
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Plate

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The part is machined on guiding bores and reference faces. It substitutes for the pressed steel plate for several reasons: its high precision realized on machined diameters Ø < 0.02 mm and for the cost efficiency.