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Design of a Roller Rail for the Drawer of Three-Door Refrigerators Using Taguchi Method  

Lee, Boo-Youn (School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Keimyung Univ.)
Kim, Je-Hyun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Keimyung Univ.)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.26, no.6, 2009 , pp. 97-105 More about this Journal
Abstract
Optimal design of a roller rail which replaces the ball rail for three-door refrigerators is presented using the finite element analysis and the Taguchi method. Stress and deformation of the roller rail for an initial design are analyzed and evaluated. Optimal design parameters are determined using the Taguchi method. The maximum stress of the optimal design is favorably reduced comparing to the initial design. It is verified through an additional analysis that the drawer on the roller rail will not be derailed even if one opens the drawer with a transverse force.
Keywords
Three-door Refrigerator; Pantry Drawer; Roller Rail; Taguchi Method; Optimal Design;
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