Design and manufacturing of mechanical component using optimization engine

Abstract

In a method for designing and producing a mechanical component for an application, application requirements and application variables are provided to an optimization engine, wherein the application requirements describe required features and the application variables describe features that can be varied to arrive at an optimal design. The optimization engine is operated using the application requirements and application variables to produce a manufacturing specification for the mechanical component, which includes specific values for the application variables corresponding to an optimal design. The mechanical component is then manufactured according to the manufacturing specification. The optimization engine may use a genetic algorithm to generate and evaluate a large number of candidate designs and thus quickly and efficiently produce superior application-specific components.

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