Product design for manufacture and assembly

Presents a summary of the analytical tools used to evaluate the cost and difficulty of manufacturing and assembling proposed product designs, encouraging a continuous dialogue between designers and manufacturing engineers during the early stages of design.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boothroyd, G. (Geoffrey)
Other Authors: Dewhurst, Peter, Knight, W. A. (Winston Anthony)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Marcel Dekker 1994
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Selection of Materials and Processes
  • 3. Product Design for Manual Assembly
  • 4. Electrical Connections and Wire Harness Assembly
  • 5. Design for High-Speed Automatic Assembly and Robot Assembly
  • 6. Printed Circuit Board Design for Manufacture and Assembly
  • 7. Design for Machining
  • 8. Design for Injection Molding
  • 9. Design for Sheet Metalworking
  • 10. Design for Die Casting
  • 11. Design for Powder Metal Processing
  • 12. Design for Manufacture and Computer Aided Design.