Processes and Design for Manufacturing

This text provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of manufacturing processes from the standpoint of the product designer. Reflecting a growing need in industry and education for "design-driven" instruction, El Wakil demonstrates the importance of considering the selection of manufacturing method early in the design process, illustrating how the selection of method directly affects the geometric characteristics of products. Beginning with a study of the design process itself, readers are taken through the product development process. Augmenting the book's design orientation are chapters on environmentally conscious design and manufacturing, concurrent engineering, and cost as a factor affecting design and manufacturability. The book also includes a wealth of worked-out design examples and design projects, and an appendix on materials engineering that explains how materials are selected in the design of products. Processes and Design for Manufacturing provides engineers and product designers with a solidly quantitative, design-driven discussion of manufacturing processes that supports a systems approach to manufacturing.