A wide variety of assembly technologies will be on display at the Design and Manufacturing Midwest Show in Chicago, September 10-12. These include fastening and joining systems, adhesives, and enclosures, as well as related components and systems.
A couple of trends that have been growing in fastening and assembly technologies for a while now are Design for Disassembly (DfD) and Design for Recycling (DfR). In order to recycle the materials in a product, it must be possible to first disassemble it and second, separate the materials relatively easily without damaging them. But that can be tough to do depending on the type of fasteners used, or the amount and type of adhesives. Their placement in a design is also key.
Click the image below to see three products that will be on display at the Design and Manufacturing Midwest Show. (…)
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