Shortening the design for assembly process time for torque converter development

Abstract

By leveraging various designs for assembly and designs for manufacturing methods, manufacturing industry can apply solid modeling, or 3D design, to increase profit margins and decrease the time to market of its product. Specific to torque converter development, an engineer can utilize a CAD package and gain all of the advantages of designing in 3D without the drawback of increased design time. In this paper we propose a behavioral modeling technique to capture design intent and utilize the intent maps for obtaining 3D solid models in a similar amount of time as on a 2D CAD system, but with the advantage of a life‐like final design. This results in fewer modifications and less inaccuracies associated with 2D design. A 3D model so generated also assists in drawing interpretation. In general, using the proposed techniques will streamline the torque converter design cycle and move readily towards desired assembly automation. Torque converter design for assembly is implemented as an illustrated example.