// ROBOTICS AND SMART FACTORIES TERM
Mechanical Design
The process of creating and developing mechanical systems, products, or components, considering factors like function, strength, and manufacturability.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Mechanical design is the engineering discipline focused on conceiving, developing, and optimizing mechanical systems, products, and components, integrating principles of mechanics, materials science, and manufacturing to meet functional, performance, and cost requirements.
BACKGROUND
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high-tech, but it is most commonly applied to industrial design, in which raw materials from the primary sector are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such goods may be sold to other manufacturers for the production of other more complex products, or distributed via the tertiary sector to end users and consumers.
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- Product design
- Engineering design
- Machine design
- Component design
- CAD design
USAGE NOTE
Involves CAD software and simulation to optimize performance before physical prototyping and production.