Mechatronic Products

In this chapter, some revolutionary mechanical engineering inventions have been discussed. Starting from wheel to mechatronic products, the technology has been continuously evolving. The mechanical engineering is a very dynamic discipline of 

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The mechatronics is an evolving field. Boundaries between various disciplines are vanishing with mechatronics approach. Many primarily mechanical products are becoming extinct for example mechanical watches, cams, and typewriters. At the same time, several mechanical products are incorporating a lot of electronics into it. In this section, a brief description of some mechatronic products and services is provided, which are going to dominate the technological world. 

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Moreover, the high degree of integration of mechanical and electr(on)ic components also poses a challenge to the assembly and quality assurance of mechatronic products. Due to that, the mechatronic approach is not limited to the product development process only but also comprises the production development process. 

In order to develop rehable products with a long lifespan, it is necessary to predict possible causes of future damage in the use phase during the early construction phases already. Over the whole product life cycle, mechatronic products (e.g. electronic coolant pumps, high pressure fuel injection pumps, alternators) exhibit highly complex damage causes due to the interactions between the different subcomponents. 

Why has the RFLP-approach been necessary although the V model has been existing Even though the V model has been provided for the development of mechatronics products involving mechanical, software and electrical/electronical engineering, it does not explicitly provide details on creating models as well as model boundaries in its initial form. However, an amelioration of Ott emphasizes systems thinking and traceability [44],... 

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V model as macrocycle The V model on the macro level was taken from software development and adapted to the requirements of mechatronics (Fig. 8.1). It describes the basic procedure for the development of mechatronic products and defines the major substep requirements, system design, domain-specific design, and system integration accompanied by validation of properties. Modeling and model analysis are both in-process. 

Product The result of a completed cycle is the product. In most cases, however, a complex mechatronic product cannot be developed within a single cycle. Product, in fact, does not really mean the finished, real item. It refers instead to the increasing level of detail of the future product, such as the laboratory sample, functional sample, or pre-series product. 

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