Week 9 - Challenge 3 - Bumper

DRAFT ANALYSIS:

THIS AIDS IN UNDERSTANDING WHETHER OR NOT THE PART TO BE MOULDED CAN EASILY BE REMOVED. THE FACES THAT ARE DRAFTED RENDER THE PART TO BE REMOVES EASILY DURING THE EJECTION PHASE OF INJECTION MOULDING.

TOOLING DIRECTION:

THE TOOLING DIRECTION IS DETERMINED BASED ON THE DRAFT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED W.R.T THE TOOLING AXIS. IN ESSENCE, THE AXIS THAT ALLOWS ALL THE RELEVANT SURFACES TO HAVE THE DESIGN DRAFT

ONE OF THE DESGIN PRACTICES TO BE NOTED IS THE REFERENCE OF THE GLOBAL COORDINATE SYSTEM IN THE MAKING OF THE TOOLING AXIS. THIS HELPS TO KEEP A STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEHICLE FOR THE OEM.

A DUMMY TOOLING AXIS IS CREATED IN THE Z AXIS OF THE CREATED AXIS SYSTEM ( X AXIS-GLOBAL CSYS)

THE DRAFT ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED FOR THIS GIVEN TOOLING AXIS WITH THE MINIMUM DRAFT ANGLE OF 3 DEGREES

The dummy tooling axis can henceforth be considered as an adequate tooling axis for this case.

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