Process Selection From Design to Manufacture

Process Selection Second edition K G Swift and J D Booker 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. Professor K G Swift, Department of Engineering, University of Hull Dr J D Booker, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol Also available from Butterworth-Heinemann: Process Planning, P. Scallan, 0 7506 5129 6 Make It! Engineering, the Manufacturing Solution, J Garside, 0 7506 4569 5Swift, K. G. is the author of 'Process Selection From Design to Manufacture', published 2003 under ISBN 9780750654371 and ISBN 0750654376.