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This paper describes experiences gained in teaching a new course aimed at providing junior-level undergraduate engineering students with some of the fundamentals needed in developing new products. A six-stage engineering ...

We present a decision making assistant tool for integrated product and process design environment for manufacturing applications. Specifically, we target microwave modules which use Electro-mechanical components and require ...

This paper presents results obtained from a study of cost structure and cost estimation for applying the rapid prototyping technology in the process of developing new products. The laser- based rapid prototyping technology ...

This article proposes a systematic method for the optimal design of sensor locations for an automated Coordinate Checking Fixture (CCF). The fixture can be employed for making at-machine assessments of the dimensional ...

This paper presents the development of a mathematical model describing the stiffness of a Stewart-platform-based milling machine. Matrix structural analysis is used to derive the stiffness matrix for each of the elements ...

A method is presented to evaluate the workspace variation of a Stewart platform based machine tool. Four sets of constraints, covering strut lengths, platform spherical joint angles, base spherical joint angles, and strut ...