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Material Selection Guidelines for the Product Designer

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The aim of this work is to analyze the importance of the selection of materials in the development of products. As such, this work can provide an important contribution to the field of development of product design.

A questionnaire was sent to professional designers. 29 responses were validated, this being the sample of our study. An application model of the guidelines to support the product designer in the selection of materials was developed. The relationship of parameters related to the model are presented. Thus, the selection of materials is considered of extreme importance for the designers. Several aspects influence it, including, among others, the conditions of service, the nature of the mechanical efforts, the availability of the materials, the cost of the materials, the safety, the ease of manufacture and assembly, the previous experience, the cycle product life. All this, looking for a better use of the products, capable of providing an improvement in the standard of living of the people. Furthermore, they can also create emotional connections with future users. For this, it is necessary the materials classification in simple and definitive categories. But it is a complex work, due to the amount and also, the diversity of options of materials available in the market able to materialize the ideas of the designers. Hence, the survey results are very important for professionals who need to select materials. The authors intend to extend this study to more professionals, to improve the results, through a more significant sample.

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  1. Design School, Polytechnic Institute Cávado Ave, Barcelos, Portugal

    Pedro Ferreira, Maria João Félix, Ricardo Simoes & Gilberto Santos

  2. ESCE, Polytechnic Institute Viana do Castelo, Valença, Portugal

    Olga Silva

  3. Institute for Polymers and Composites (IPC), University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Ricardo Simoes

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

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  2. Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

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  3. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

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  4. Dept.of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

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Ferreira, P., Félix, M.J., Simoes, R., Silva, O., Santos, G. (2022). Material Selection Guidelines for the Product Designer. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Trojanowska, J., Ottaviano, E. (eds) Innovations in Mechanical Engineering. icieng 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79165-0_18

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