Case Study: Shelf Brackets
Design Brief These brackets are required to provide support to book shelves. All the specifications of the concepts fulfil the design constraints.
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Catalogue
University of Malta
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Name: Shelf Bracket A Description: Shelf bracket
Number of parts: 2 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 9 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 20 Material: Stainless steel
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Name: Shelf Bracket B Description: Ribbed Shelf bracket
Number of parts: 2 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 14 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 40 Material: Stainless steel
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Name: Shelf Bracket C Description:
Number of parts: 5 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 6 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 5 Material: Brass
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Name: Shelf Bracket D Description:
Number of parts: 5 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 12 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 18 Material: Aluminium
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Name: Shelf Bracket F Description:
Number of parts: 4 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 4 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 8 Material: Aluminium
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Name: Shelf Bracket G Description:
Number of parts: 4 Cost (Euros)/bracket : 2 Comments:
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Maximum Load per Bracket (kg): 6 Material: Stainless Steel
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Meeting Notes
University of Malta
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Shelf Bracket A 21 November 2012 17:35
Features which go into groove
2 Screws are required
Two grooves must be punched
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Shelf Bracket B 21 November 2012 17:18
Overall consensus that this bracket is rather simple to fabricate Welded part
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Shelf Bracket C 21 November 2012 17:36
Screw into wall
Adjustment screw
The form of this bracket is rather difficult to fabricate
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Shelf Bracket D 21 November 2012 17:38
Welded parts, intricate surfaces
Profile easy to manufacture
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Shelf Bracket E 21 November 2012 17:40
Screw - attachment to wall
Usually made out of plastic. Cheap to fabricate but‌ we had issues related to cracking associated with fatigue. Extremely easy to fabricate
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Shelf Bracket G 21 November 2012 17:43
This mechanism is easy to assemble‌ However very difficult to disassemble. The force required to be exerted in order to change the position of the clips is quite large
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