6

Selection of Manufacturing Processes and Design Considerations

This chapter provides the fundamentals of the manufacturing process selection and the design considerations for some commonly utilized manufacturing processes. It explains the primary, secondary, and tertiary manufacturing processes and then provides some very concise and specific design guidelines for casting, forging, extrusion, metal stamping, powdered metal processing, fine-blanked parts, machined parts, screw machined parts, milling, planing/shaping, screw threads, and injection molding.

Keywords

Manufacturing processes; design considerations; casting; forging; extrusion; metal stamping; powdered metal processing; fine blanking; machining; milling; injection molding

6.1 Introduction ...

Get Product Development, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.