Process selection: from design to manufacture

K G Swift, J. D. Booker0750654376, 9780750654371

The definitive practical guide to choosing the optimum manufacturing process, written for students and engineers. Process Selection provides engineers with the essential technological and economic data to guide the selection of manufacturing processes. This fully revised second edition covers a wide range of important manufacturing processes and will ensure design decisions are made to achieve optimal cost and quality objectives. Expanded and updated to include contemporary manufacturing, fabrication and assembly technologies, the book puts process selection and costing into the context of modern product development and manufacturing, based on parameters such as materials requirements, design considerations, quality and economic factors. Key features of the book include: manufacturing process information maps (PRIMAs) provide detailed information on the characteristics and capabilities of 65 processes and their variants in a standard format; process capability charts detailing the processing tolerance ranges for key material types; strategies to facilitate process selection; detailed methods for estimating costs, both at the component and assemby level. The approach enables an engineer to understand the consequences of design decisions on the technological and economic aspects of component manufacturing, fabrication and assembly. This comprehensive book provides both a definitive guide to the subject for students and an invaluable source of reference for practising engineers. * manufacturing process information maps (PRIMAs) provide detailed information on the characteristics and capabilities of 65 processes in a standard format * process capability charts detail the processing tolerance ranges for key material types * detailed methods for estimating costs, both at the component and assembly level

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Table of contents :
Front cover……Page 1
copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Preface to second edition……Page 10
Preface to first edition……Page 12
1.1 Problems……Page 18
1.2 Manufacturing information for design……Page 19
1.3 Competitive product introduction processes……Page 21
1.4 Techniques in design for manufacture and assembly……Page 22
1.5 Process selection strategy……Page 30
2.2 PRIMAs (Process Information Maps)……Page 36
2.3 PRIMA selection strategies……Page 37
2.4 PRIMA categories……Page 51
2.5 Combining the use of the selection strategies and PRIMAs……Page 257
3.1 Introduction……Page 266
3.2 Component costing……Page 267
3.3 Manual assembly costing……Page 302
3.4 Concluding remarks……Page 310
List of terms……Page 14
Units……Page 15
Acronyms – manufacturing processes……Page 0
Manufacturing process key (for Part III)……Page 16
Materials key (for plastics processing)……Page 17
Sample questions for students……Page 318
Appendix A – Guidelines for assembly-orientated design……Page 321
Appendix B – Weld joint configurations……Page 323
Appendix C – Blank component costing table……Page 324
Appendix D – Blank assembly costing table……Page 325
Part I……Page 326
Part II……Page 327
Bibliography……Page 328
Useful web sites……Page 329
Index……Page 330