Experimental Analysis through Design Optimization for DFM and weight Reduction of Fork Diff-Lock Gear Shifter

During the process of Milling for v cut Slot minor Cracks are generated in fork Surface, which during induction hardening process converts in to deep cracks and can only be detected during the nondestructive testing like MPI. This leads to higher rejection ratio and incur financial and material losses. The aim of this research is to determine the contribution of v cut slot in forks. The model is designed in Creo 2.0 software package and analyzed using ANSYS. The second design is modeled without v slot and analyzed under the same boundary conditions and compared with previous design.