OT: Interesting Article Fundamentals of Annular Snap-Fit Joints

Pretty good article.

Could use even more descriptions of some variations and examples, but it is better than most descriptions, unless you buy some of those expensive seminars &/or books from the professors that run those things.

Bo

John Layne wrote:

Pretty good article.

Could use even more descriptions of some variations and examples, but it is better than most descriptions, unless you buy some of those expensive seminars &/or books from the professors that run those things.

Bo

John Layne wrote:

if you search Google with the following search string, 3 additional Bayer technical pdfs pop up which are useful in addition to the article you note:

Bo

John Layne wrote:

OK, it is actually 2 articles as one is a duplicate from another server.

Still, one article is almost 170 pages on part and mold design, and something not to be missed.

Bo

Bo wrote:

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And, if you want to see how a company does a snap-fit hermetic joint with in-mold assembly, so the finished product drops out sealed, look at:

There are also at least 8 patents they hold on their particular implementations:

searchable with the term:

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Bo

Bo wrote:

Good link. I added it to our faq and links pages as well as the Bayer links Bo mentioned. Under "Reference Sites" there are some links I have collected over the years if anyone is interested.

B.