Process Planning
The Design/Manufacture Interface

This textbook takes the reader on a product's journey from the design through to the finished item

Peter Scallan (Author)

9780750651295, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 20 June 2003

496 pages, Approx. 250 illustrations
24.4 x 17.1 x 3.1 cm, 0.85 kg

Process Planning covers the selection of processes, equipment, tooling and the sequencing of operations required to transform a chosen raw material into a finished product. Initial chapters review materials and processes for manufacturing and are followed by chapters detailing the core activities involved in process planning, from drawing interpretation to preparing the final process plan. The concept of maximising or 'adding value' runs throughout the book and is supported with activities.Designed as a teaching and learning resource, each chapter begins with learning objectives, explores the theory behind process planning, and sets it in a 'real-life' context through the use of case studies and examples. Furthermore, the questions in the book develop the problem-solving skills of the reader.ISO standards are used throughout the book (these are cross-referenced to corresponding British standards).This is a core textbook, aimed at undergraduate students of manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering with manufacturing options and materials science.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction to manufacturing
What is process planning?
Drawing interpretation
Material evaluation and process selection
Production equipment and tooling selection
Process parameters
Workholding devices
Selection of quality assurance methods
Economics of process planning
From design to manufacture
Appendices: Control chart factors for variables
Blank control charts
Blank process planning documents.Index.

Subject Areas: Production & quality control management [KJMV5]