Manufacturing process selection handbook

The selection of suitable manufacturing processes is an essential part of the design process - but it is often seen as secondary to the choice of component form and shape, regularly resulting in late engineering changes, high costs, and compromised quality. Novice design engineers in particular lack...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swift, K. G.
Other Authors: Booker, J. D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Butterworth-Heinemann 2013
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Introduction to the handbook
  • Process selection strategies and case studies
  • Casting processes
  • Forming processes
  • Plastics and composites processing
  • Machining processes
  • Non-traditional machining processes
  • Rapid prototyping processes
  • Surface engineering processes
  • Assembly systems
  • Joining processes
  • Component costing
  • Assembly costing