Processes and Design for Manufacturing

Processes and Design for Manufacturing, 4th edition, offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of modern manufacturing processes, while also delving into the concept of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and its application across diverse manufacturing techniques.

List of contents

1. Overview. 2. Product Cost Estimation. 3. Casting and Foundry Work. 4. Joining of Metals. 5. Metal Forming. 6. Sheet Metal Working. 7. Powder Metallurgy. 8. Plastics. 9. Characteristics, Fabrication, and Design of Composites. 10. Physics of Metal Cutting. 11. Machining of Metals. 12. Design for Assembly. 13. Additive Manufacturing. 14. Computer-Aided Manufacturing. 15. Automated Manufacturing Systems. 16. Fabrication of Microchips.

About the author

Sherif D. El Wakil currently holds the position of adjunct professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Additionally, he is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he previously held the distinguished rank of Chancellor Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Throughout his esteemed career, he has assumed various administrative roles, including Dean, Chairman of the Academic Council of the College of Engineering, and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. El Wakil is actively engaged as a consultant specializing in product failure analysis and product design assessment, often providing technical expertise as a witness in legal proceedings.

Product details

• Authors: Sherif D. El Wakil, Sherif D. (University of Massachusetts D El Wakil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032860022
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286002-2
• No. of pages: 558
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Other manufacturing technologies, Materials science, Engineering: general, Manufacturing industries, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Hydraulic Engineering