What is Concurrent Engineering? Concurrent engineering is also known as simultaneous engineering is an approach where the different stages of product development runs simultaneously rather than sequentially. It helps in reducing overall product develo ...
What is Reverse Engineering Process and How does it works?
What is Reverse Engineering? Reverse engineering also known as re-engineering or back engineering is a process where an existing product, process or a component is analyzed to understand its working, function, design intent and architecture. Here engineer ...
What is Poka Yoke in Lean Manufacturing?
Mistakes during manufacturing operations or in our day to day life can damage products, affect manufactured part quality and can cause inconvenience to the users. To avoid these mistakes the concept of Poka Yoke is used in product design and lean manufact ...
Bolt vs Screw : What is the Difference between Bolt and Screw
Bolt and screw are mechanical fasteners used to position and hold two or more components together. But they have unique applications and characteristics. Bolts are mostly used with nuts whereas screws make threads of their own or used with threaded compon ...
Industrial Design vs Product Design : What is the Difference
Sometimes these two terms Industrial design and product design are used interchangeably. It is very difficult to tell, What the difference is between industrial design and product design. In this article we will try to understand what is the di ...
Various Types of Screw and their Applications
Screw is an external threaded fastener used to align and hold two or more components. Threaded screws are designed to be used either on threaded components or they create threads on their own. Screwdrivers or special tools are used to install screws. In t ...
Heat Sink Thermal Resistance and Size Calculation : Heat Sink Selection
Increase in heat dissipation rate and reduction in overall form factor has made thermal management of electronics products a challenging task. Heat sinks are used to cool electronics devices by increasing heat dissipating surface area. In this article, we ...
Role of Simulation in Product Design and Development
Simulations are computer models used to check the performance of a system in defined boundary conditions. It plays a very important role in all stages of product design and development. Simulation helps in product verification without actually building it ...
Role of Mechanical Engineer in PCB Design
Nowadays, market disrupting big ideas are coming from new startups and innovators. Sometimes they have no previous experience in product design.In the initial design stage, sometimes innovators and startups give more preference to pcb hardware design and ...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Simulation
Simulation is a computer program that is used to check the performance of a system in defined conditions to accelerate the product design process. As a result products can be launched to the market faster at low development cost. In this article we will d ...