Assembly Mechanisms
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There's only so many ways things are attached together. Whenever you see a mechanical connection, try to find what assembly mechanism it uses!
- One piece, like a continuous block of steel.
- Soldered, brazed, or welded, like connecting copper to copper using molten-then-cooled tin-copper alloy.
- Adhered, like glue sticking paper to paper
- Fastened with thread, like with a machine screw or a bolt and nut.
- Pressure differential, like with suction cups.
- Plain contact, like a picture frame mounted on the head of a screw in the wall.
- Friction, like a semi-compressed spring holding itself inside a round tube.
- Weave, like a uniform cotton fabric pattern.
- Magnetic, like with 2 magnets attracting each other.
- Buoyant, like with a piece of wood floating on top of a tub of water.
- Gravity, like with a steel weight holding down a length of wire.
Intermolecular
LED Soldered to Resistor
Brazed Bicycle Frame
TIG Welded Pipes
Friction Welded Pipes
Pressure Welded Wire Mesh
Motors Epoxied to Plastic
Glued Wood Endtable
Thermoplastic Heat-layer 3D Printing
Ink Heat-layer 2D Printing
Thread
Light Screen C-Clamped to Steel Tube
Screwed Guitar Cover
Wood Fastened by Nut and Bolt
Thread as Linear Guide to Nut
Ballscrew and Ballscrew Nut
Tension
Discrete Electronics Tension-Held by Breadboard
Small Rod Connected to Large Rod with Setscrew Coupling
Clamp-on Shaft Collar
Worm Screw Hose Clamp
Spring Hose Clamp
Plain Contact
2 Carabiners holding Rope
Plate Riveted to Plate
Piano Hinge
Round Linear Slide
Dovetail Linear Slide
Boxed Way Linear Slide
Rolling Contact
Roller Wheel Slide
Ball Bearing
Tapered Roller Bearing
Slewing Bearing
Magnetic
Magnets Repelled and Attracted by Magnets
Electromagnet Attracting Iron-containing Paperclips
Pressure Differential
Plunger Assembled with Suction on Computer Screen
Weight
Weight Holding Book Paper Down
Woven
Plain Weave
