Design for Advanced Manufacturing

This comprehensive resource features contributions from a host of international manufacturing and design experts. Readers will find detailed and clearly written explanations of the entire range of advanced manufacturing processes and technologies as well as practical instructions and technical guidance. More than this, the book also includes hard-to-find technical guidance and application information that can be used on the job to apply these cutting-edge processes and technologies in a real-world setting. Essential for manufacturing engineers and designers, Design for Advanced Manufacturing is enhanced by a host of international contributors, making the book a true global resource. Content includes:

Part 1: Manufacturing with Lasers

• Overview of Laser Manufacturing Processes
• Laser Cutting
• Laser Surface Texturing
• Laser Ablation for Cleaning, Decoating, and Surface Preparation
• Laser Hardening
• Laser Welding of Metals
• Laser Welding of Plastics
• Designing for Laser Soldering
• Design for Laser Cladding
• Laser Marking and Engraving
• Laser-Assisted Forming
• Laser Peening

Part 2: Manufacturing with Additive Processes

• Overview of Additive Manufacturing Processes
• Binder Jetting
• Directed Energy Deposition
• Material Extrusion
• Designing for Material Jetting Additive Processes
• Design for Powder Bed Fusion of Polymer Parts
• Design for Powder Bed Fusion of Metal Parts
• Polymer Laminate Technology
• Accumulative Roll Bonding
• Ultrasonic Lamination Technology
• Vat Photopolymerization: An Additive Process
• Hybrid Additive Process

Part 3: Manufacturing Micro Parts and Micro Features

• An Overview of Micro Manufacturing
• Micro Mechanical Drilling
• Micro Milling
• Designing for the Swiss Screw Machine
• Designing for Turning Micro Parts
• Design Considerations for Laser Micro Machining
• Micro Electrical Discharge Machining
• Precision Electrochemical Micro Machining
• Electrochemical Micro Deburring
• Electrochemical Discharge Machining
• Micro Wire Electrical Discharge Grinding
• Electron Beam Drilling
• Electron Beam Polishing
• Designing for Chemical Mechanical Polishing
• Micro Ultrasonic Machining
• Cylindrical Micro Grinding
• Grinding with Mechanical Micro Tools
• Micro Coining
• Magnetic Abrasive Finishing
• Designing for Micro Abrasive Waterjet Machining
• Photochemical Machining for Micro Parts
• Micro Molding Overview
• Micro Metal Powder Injection Molding
• Micro Stamping
• Designing for Micro Hot Embossing
• Roll-to-Roll Micro Embossing
• Laser-Assisted Micro Fabrication
• Micro Extrusion
• Chemical Vapor Deposition
• Magnetorheological Finishing
• Micro Wire Products
• Micro Electroforming
• Manufacturing with LIGA
• Deburring Micro Parts
• Electrospinning
• Designing for Resistance Welding Micro Parts
• Practical Guide to Laser Micro Welding
• Micro Electron Beam Welding
• Micro Welding for Assembly and Rapid Turnaround Changes
• Ultrasonic Micro Welding
• Micro Adhesive Bonding
• Micro Blasting
• Micro Part Inspection
• Advanced Additive Manufacturing: The MICA Freeform Process
• Micro Stereolithography
• Micro Electromechanical Systems
• Origami Micro Fabrication
• Ion Beam Machining
• Dip-Pen/Polymer-Pen Technology
• Capillary Forming
• Handling Micro Parts
• Assembly of Micro Parts