Suitable for use in product design and design for manufacture courses, this book includes case studies of the application of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) techniques, important industry changes, and emphasis on trends such as design for power injection molding and surface mount devices.
Hailed as a groundbreaking and important textbook upon its initial publication, the latest iteration of Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly does not rest on those laurels. In addition to the expected updating of data in all chapters, this third edition has been revised to provide a top-notch textbook for university-level courses in product design and manufacturing design. The authors have added a comprehensive set of problems and student assignments to each chapter, making the new edition substantially more useful.
See what's in the Third Edition:
Updated case studies on the application of DFMA techniques
Extended versions of the classification schemes of the features of products that influence the difficulty of handling and insertion for manual, high-speed automatic, and robot assembly
Discussions of changes in the industry such as increased emphasis on the use of surface mount devices
New data on basic manufacturing processes
Coverage of powder injection molding
Recognized as international experts on the re-engineering of electro-mechanical products, the methods and guidelines developed by Boothroyd, Dewhurst, and Knight have been documented to provide significant savings in the product development process. Often attributed with creating a revolution in product design, the authors have been working in product design manufacture and assembly for more than 25 years. Based on theory yet highly practical, their text defines the factors that influence the ease of assembly and manufacture of products for a wide range of the basic processes used in industry. It demonstrates how to develop competitive products that are simpler in configuration and easier to manufacture with reduced overall costs.
"If you are a manufacturer needing to reduce the cost of your products in a highly competitive international market, go out and buy this book. If you are a manufacturing student looking to learn something that will increase your value to potential employers, go out and buy this book. If you are a design engineer who wants to make for a penny, what a fool can make for two then go out and buy this book . . . it is a practical book, it works spectacularly well in the real world."-Ernie Appleton, in Industrial Robot, April 2008
Praise for the First Edition"...presents an excellent analysis of the evaluation methods of cost and performance of manufacturing and assembling technologies ? an excellent reference."-European Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 1995
