Engineering Features

1. Ribs
2. Boss
3. Gussets
4. Snaps
5. Locators
6. Dog house or retainer
7. Flange
8. Heat stock
 RIBS
• Provides stiffness and strength in moulded parts
• Locating and captivation components of an assembly
• Providing alignment in mating parts
• Acting as stops or guides for mechanisms

• Consideration for Rib Design:

Thickness
Height
Location
Quantity
Moldability
BOSSES
• Used for locating, mounting and assembly purposes.
• wall thicknesses should be less than 60 % of nominal wall
• The base radius should be a minimum of 0.25 x thickness
• strengthened by gussets at the base
• and by attaching it to nearby walls with connecting ribs.
 GUSSETS
• Used As An Attachment Feature That Add Support To Structures Such As
Bosses, Ribs And Walls.
• Height- 4t
• Thickness- 0.4t Or 0.5t
STRENGTHENING GUSSET FOR BOSS
 SNAP
• A Snap-fit Joint Is A Frictional, form-fitting Joint.
• Snap-fit Joint Are Hooks, Knobs, Protrusions, Or
Bulges On One Of The Parts To Be Joined.
• After Assembly Engage In Corresponding Depressions
(Undercuts), Detents, Or Openings In The Other Part
To Be Joined. SELF LOCKING SNAP
• Easy To Assemble And Disassemble.
• Snap-fit Elements Are Integral Constituents Of The
Parts To Be Joined.
ROOT THICKNESS = 0.4t
HEIGHT = 1.5t - 2t

TO AVOID SINK MARK WE HAVE

TO CREATE
WITH SINK TRAP METHOD
Types of snap joints
• Cantilever Snap Joints
The Load Here Is Mainly Flexural.
• U-shaped Snap Joints
A Variation Of The Cantilever Type.
• Torsion Snap Joints
Shear Stresses Carry The Load.
• Annular Snap Joints
These Are Rotationally Sym-metrical and Involve Multiaxial
Stresses.
 LOCATOR
2 WAY LOCATOR

6 WAY LOCATOR

4 WAY LOCATOR
8 WAY LOCATOR
 CLEARANCE BETWEEN LOCATOR AND
SURROUNDING DATA

2 WAY LOCATOR DRAFT ANGLE= 0.5mm

SURROUNDING DATA

CLEARANCE =0.5mm (H) & 0.1mm(V)

4 WAY LOCATOR

SURROUNDING DATA
DRAFT ANGLE= 0.5mm
CLEARANCE= 0.1mm
 CLEARANCE BETWEEN LOCATOR AND
SURROUNDING DATA

6 WAY LOCATOR
DRAFT ANGLE= 0.5mm

SURROUNDING DATA

CLEARANCE= 0.1 mm

8 WAY LOCATOR

DRAFT ANGLE= 0.5mm SURROUNDING DATA

CLEARANCE= 0.1 mm
RIB TYPE LOCATOR

CLEARANCE= 0.1mm

DRAFT ANGLE= 0.5mm

SURROUNDING DATA

LOCATOR
 DOG HOUSE
• Used As Supporting Feature.
• Snaps; Locators Etc. Are Mounded On Them To Increase Their Strength.
• Built On B-surface.
• Wall Thickness = 0.70 X Thickness Of The Plastic Material
• Top thickness should not be less than 0.8mm
• Fillet On The Inner Side = 0.25 X Thickness Of The Plastic Material
• Fillet On The Outer Side = 1.25 X Thickness Of The Plastic Material
• Fillet On The Coring Edges = 0.25 X Thickness Of The Plastic Material
• Coring Thickness = 0.40 X Thickness Of The Plastic Material
• Draft Angle 2deg To 3deg
Doghouses should be as near possible with Trim wall, Doghouse positions we decide w.r.t. holes on BIW
As it is better to maintain gap-flush situation. of Door Panel
Hence it always mounted on Radial periphery of panel.
 HEAT STACKING

• Thermal staking is an assembly method that uses the

controlled melting and reforming of a plastic stud or boss to
capture or lock another plastic or metal component of an
assembly in place.
• The plastic stud protrudes through a hole in the component to be
locked in place.
• The heated thermal tip contacts the top of the stud, which melts
and fills the volume of the tip cavity to produce a head, locking the
component in place.