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30. Node Manufacturability
Stable section ID: S05-CON-012-SECTION-36 · 23 content blocks
System05 Nodes shall be designed as high-integrity platform products capable of repeatable production, multi-directional Interface control, inspection, and future evolution.
Node manufacturability shall address:
- Multi-axis geometry.
- load-transfer regions.
- Cartridge receiving zones.
- datum surfaces.
- alignment features.
- locking mechanisms.
- internal reinforcement.
- access openings.
- protective layers.
- identity locations.
- Smart Module accommodation.
- robotic handling.
Manufacturing processes may vary, but the completed Node shall preserve required Interface relationships across all connection directions.
Node design shall minimize tolerance accumulation between Interface faces. A stable primary datum architecture shall control the location and orientation of each receiving Interface.
Critical load paths shall remain identifiable and inspectable. Internal complexity shall not prevent verification of consequential material, joining, or geometric characteristics.
Where Nodes use casting, forging, machining, fabrication, additive manufacturing, composites, or hybrid processes, process-specific risks shall be evaluated.
Replaceable locks, energy-dissipation elements, seals, covers, or sensing modules should be manufactured and inspected separately where practical.
The Node shall support permanent identity without weakening critical regions or obstructing assembly.
Manufacturing provisions should allow signals from distributed sensing points or connection-status features to reach a centralized removable Smart Module.
The first Node prototypes shall preserve sufficient adjustability and instrumentation for engineering learning. Production Nodes shall later reduce unnecessary prototype complexity while retaining validated functions.
Node manufacturability shall not be optimized solely for one manufacturer if doing so unnecessarily prevents distributed production or future qualified alternatives.