Customer Requirements

Quality Value

Customer Satisfaction

Service

MATERIAL SELECTION FACTORS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Codes & Specifications Service Environment Structural Properties Other Design considerations Process Considerations Cost

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Codes & Specifications:
Agencies regulating safety - FDA, UL, Specifications -Military, BIS, Code Bodies - ASTM, DIN

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What are environmental conditions under which the product will be used:
Operating temperature Exposure to sunlight and weathering Chemical environment Humidity

Temperature,

Conditions of use

Arc resistance,

Moisture,

Light transmission,

Stability or Permanency, Ultraviolet exposure, Physical properties, Exposure to fungus, Colorability, Flammability, Heat insulation, Chemicals, Solvents Resistance to scratching Electrical resistance, (mar resistance),

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Structural Properties:
Strength Stiffness Toughness Fatigue Creep

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What is the nature of the load to which the product will be exposed, such as impact, creep, deflection, stresses, bending, gliding, etc. ?

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What tolerance requirements are expected in the performance of the product? Do shrinkage characteristics of the contemplated material appear small so that tolerances can be anticipated with a reasonable degree of accuracy ?

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Other Design Considerations:
Friction & Wear Electrical Properties Dimensions Assembly Aesthetics Consistency of Properties

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Special requirements such as:

Self-lubrication, Lightness, Hinging property, Spring properties, Time of exposure, etc.

Process considerations

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What is the best process?

What is the best material?

What is the most economical process? What is the most economical material?

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What is the cost per cubic cm of material?

Total Part Cost

Value-in-use

DATA REQUIREMENTS
1. Data sheets of the specific grade of material, which are to contain all the properties listed in data chart.

2.

Stress-strain curves at the conditions of product application. This would indicate the toughness of material by sizing up the area under the curve. It would also show the proportional limit, yield point, and corresponding elongations.

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3. Curves showing change of tensile strength, flexural strength, and modulus with increasing temperatures. Creep data for periods at 100 and 1000 hours (or more, if available) covering stress and temperature conditions closely comparable to those of product application.

4.

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5. The allowable working stress, based on successful performance at conditions of product usage.

6.

Chemical resistance at conditions of application, if needed.

A statement of major applications comparable in design parameters to those of the contemplated product.

7.

MORE ABOUT LONG TERM DATA

1.

For practical design purposes, the data accumulated up to 100 hours of creep is of no real benefit. There is usually too much variation during this test period, which is of relatively short duration. The apparent modulus values starting with a test period of 100 hours up to 100 hours when plotted from a straight line on log-log graph paper.

2.

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3.

This line may be continued for longer periods on the same slope for interpolation purposes, provided the stress level is one-quarter to one-fifth that of the ultimate tensile strength and the test temperature is no greater than two-thirds of the difference between room temperature and the heat deflection temperature at 264 psi.

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When the limitations outlined above are exceeded, there is a sharp decrease in apparent modulus after 1000 hours with indications that failure due to creep is approaching, i.e., the material has attained the limit of its usefulness.

State the desired objective

Use multiple points if necessary

MECHANICAL INFORMATION
1. 2. 3. 4. Is the load static or dynamic? Is the load constant or changing? Is the load continuous or intermittent? Is the load concentrated or distributed?

5.
6. 7.

What is the magnitude of the load?

What is the direction of the load? What is the rate of application of the

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8. Are there size , weight, or shape limitations? What are the possibilities of outside (non-designed) forces? What is deformation the maximum allowable?

9.

10.