Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly, 9th Edition

The definitive book on plastic part design, now in its 9th edition.

• Practice-oriented and focused on everyday problems and situations
• Includes material selection, manufacturing techniques, and assembly procedures, as well as joint design and implementation, and geometry and nature of the component parts
• Numerous educative case studies, including illustrations of how dangerous and expensive errors have been made in the past, and how they should be avoided
• New case histories and much-expanded coverage of electromagnetic welding
• Various other updates and improvements throughout the book

Preface

Chapter 1 : Understanding Plastic Materials
Chapter 2 : Understanding Safety Factors
Chapter 3 : Strenght of Material for Plastics
Chapter 4 : Nonlinear Considerations
Chapter 5 : Welding Techniques for Plastics
Chapter 6 : Press Fitting
Chapter 7 : Living Hinges
Chapter 8 : Snap Fitting
Chapter 9 : Bonding
Chapter 10 : In-Mold Assembly
Chapter 11 : Fasteners

Index