Processes and Design for Manufacturing [Hardcover]

Sherif D. El Wakil (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1989 | ISBN-10: 0137230990 | ISBN-13: 978-0137230990

Provides coverage of various manufacturing processes from the viewpoint of the product designer. The book demonstrates why the selection of manufacturing method should be considered in the early phases of design, and how it affects the constructional features of a product. The author stresses the importance of understanding the process of product development, beginning with an overview of the design process and product development and concurrent engineering, before evaluating cost as a determining factor in design and manufacturing. The book is quantitative, containing numerous worked-out design problems, and emphasizes both a general design orientation and a systems approach to manufacturing. The book features up-to-date discussions of concurrent engineering, cost estimating, design for assembly, and environmental consciousness, and an appendix of materials engineering.

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Ebeling, An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (ISBN 9781577663867). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

"The text is outstanding. Just what we were looking for!" -- Bo Cook, Wabash Valley College

"My first impression is very positive. It's the only text that I found so far that has detailed, in-depth information on the processes but doesn't assume that everyone wants a totally quantitative approach. Most texts that aren't quantitative are too simplistic." -- John Troche, University of Akron

"Thorough and well written. This is an excellent book!" -- L. Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

"El Wakil's book is a very well presented and laid out text covering the fundamentals of virtually all manufacturing processes. An excellent required text for technology-level or introductory-level engineering classes." -- Ted Greene, Wentworth Institute of Technology

"The most wonderful part of the book is it has many review questions, problems, and design examples, which helps a lot in teaching and learning." -- Ning Fang, Utah State University

"I really like this text. The marriage of technical and economic principles makes it especially valuable." -- Tommy Gilbreath, University of Texas, Tyler --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 486 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div (January 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137230990
• ISBN-13: 978-0137230990
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,148,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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