Standards for Engineering Desing and Manufacturing provides hands-on knowledge for incorporating standards into the entire process from design bench to factory floor.

Features:

• Provides concrete answers about standardization and how to integrate it into your daily work
• Uses a modular, self-contained approach to the concepts
• Examines the breadth of multidisciplinary engineering design and manufacture
• Surveys the major organizations that develop standards, uncovering key details for various fields of engineering
• Includes numerous chapter-long case studies for in-depth, practical knowledge
• Presents a general procedure for developing standards

Contents

Engineering Design and Manufacturing of Discrete Products: The Scope

• Engineering Design and Manufacturing
• Design Philosophies: Conventional and System Approach
• Manufacturing Philosophy: Conventional and System Approach
• Relationship Between Design and Manufacturing
• Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design and Manufacturing
• Use of Computers in Design and Manufacturing
• Quality and Reliability in Design and Manufacturing
• Design and Manufacturing for Product Life-Cycle
• Standards and Standards Organizations
• Formalizing the Technical Information and Procedures
• Development of Standards
• Standards Developing Organizations
• Economic Benefits of Standardization: A Brief on DIN Case Study
• Parametric Design and Manufacturing of Hand Tools: A Case Study
• Typical Design and Manufacturing Techniques
• CAD/CAM for Hand Tools
• Software Selection
• Parametric Modeling of Wrenches

Standards in Engineering Design of Discrete Products

• Review of Standards Related to Techniques for Engineering Design: A Product Perspective
• Engineering Design Classification
• Three Phase Design Process
• Role of Product Geometry
• Multidisciplinary Features in Design
• Mechanical Load Analysis
• The Engineering Materials
• The Machine Elements
• The Control Element
• Common Factors related to Overall Design Process
• Review of Standards for Engineering Design of Discrete Products
• Standards for the Design of the Discrete Products
• Measurement Standards
• Standards Related to Materials
• Standards for the Operation of the Product
• Safety Standards Related to Product
• Quality Standards Related to Product
• Reliability Standards Related to Product
• Standards Related to Maintainability
• Product Life Cycle and Emerging Standards
• Future Directions in the Standardization of Design Process for Discrete Products
• Discrete Product Development with Pertinent Standards: A Case Study
• System Engineering for Discrete Products
• Governing Equations and Standards
• Multidisciplinary Analysis for Discrete Products
• Selection of Standard Components

Standards in Manufacturing of Discrete Products

• Review of Standards for Manufacturing: Equipment Perspective
• Manufacturing Processes
• Production Equipment
• Elements of Manufacturing Systems
• Standards for Manufacturing Equipment
• Standards for the Design of Manufacturing Equipment
• Standards Related to MMI and HCI
• Standards Related to the Operation of Equipment
• Standards Related to Measurements and Measuring Equipment Precision
• Use of Standards in Manufacturing Operations
• Standards Related to Quality Control
• Safety Standards Related to Use of Equipment
• Reliability Standards Related to Use of Equipment
• Maintainability Standards Related to Use of Equipment
• Waste Disposal Standards
• Equipment Life Cycle Standards
• Standards Related to Information Transfer
• Standards Related to Material Handling Equipment
• Future Directions in the Standardization of Manufacturing Equipment
• Process Planning for a Revolute Robot using Pertinent Standards: A Case Study
• Process Planning
• Manufacturing Facility and Available Resources
• Use of Standards in Process Planning
• Process Planning for Revolute Robot

Standards for the Use of Discrete Products

• Review of Standards Related to the Usage of Discrete Product: A User's Perspective
• Standards Related to Man-Machine Interface for Discrete Products
• Standards Related to Human Computer Interaction in Discrete Products
• Standards Related to Ergonomics of Discrete Products
• Standards Related to Output from Discrete Products
• Application of Human Factors to Design and Manufacturing of Discrete Products: A Case Study
• Capabilities and Limitations of Users
• Information Processing Limitations
• Limitations of an End Effector Subsystem
• Human Performance Criteria
• The Availability and Application of Standard Information

Support Standards in Design and Manufacture of Discrete Products

• Review of Support Standards
• Automation in Discrete Products
• Quality Assurance
• Environmental Considerations
• e-Business Related Standards
• Digital Interfacing and Control Software Development: A Case Study
• Microprocessor Interfacing for Discrete Products
• Interface Circuit Design
• Control Software Design
• Microprocessor Interfacing for Computer Numerical Control Milling Machine

Index

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