As with most endeavors where success can’t be measured by keeping score, a good job of engineering is often defined by not doing a bad job. In other words, the most direct measurement of successful joint design and assembly is a lack of joint problems. Here’s a brief look at the most common reasons why problems occur during joint design, joint assembly and troubleshooting.
Engineers
have had to figure out a way to adequately maintain the station given that the
number of supply missions has been considerably reduced following the Space
Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
Recently, MPC upgraded its oil-cap assembly machine by substituting a
machine-vision inspection system to take the place of the traditional tool and
sensor technology it had been using previously.
On these and
several other products, Buck Knives uses no other means of attaching the two
pieces together: There is no adhesive, only the two or three rivets inserted
and rolled by the Milford riveter.
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