2. Identify the functions of your assembly: type of support, sealing, vibration, noise level, expansion
Specifications provide a great deal of information about the functions to be performed. In any case, you need to determine these before setting up your assembly process.
2.1 Permanent or temporary retention
From a few seconds to several years, or even centuries, your assembly may have a temporary function, and not necessarily be designed to last; it may be a means of :
position one element in space in relation to another (advertising insert in a case before welding);
secure an operation in your process (before moving a transfer table);
disassemble the assembly for maintenance ;
imagine a function based on sticking...
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