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Preface
Contributors

Section 1 : Introduction
Chapter 1.1 : Purpose, Contents, and Use of This Handbook
Chapter 1.2 : Economics of Process Selection
Chapter 1.3 : General Design Principles for Manufacturability
Chapter 1.4 : Quick References
Chapter 1.5 : The History of DFM
Chapter 1.6 : Managing DFM
Chapter 1.7 : Evaluating Design Proposals

Section 2 : Economical Use of Raw Materials
Chapter 2.1 : Introduction
Chapter 2.2 : Ferrous Metals
Chapter 2.3 : Nonferrous Metals
Chapter 2.4 : Nonmetallic Materials

Section 3 : Formed Metal Components
Chapter 3.1 : Metal Extrusions
Chapter 3.2 : Metal Stampings
Chapter 3.3 : Fineblanked Parts
Chapter 3.4 : Four-Slide Parts
Chapter 3.5 : Springs and Wire Forms
Chapter 3.6 : Spun-Metal Parts
Chapter 3.7 : Cold-Headed Parts
Chapter 3.8 : Impact- or Cold-Extruded Parts
Chapter 3.9 : Rotary-Swaged Parts
Chapter 3.10 : Tube and Section Bends
Chapter 3.11 : Roll-Formed Sections
Chapter 3.12 : Power Metallurgy Parts
Chapter 3.13 : Forging
Chapter 3.14 : Electroformed Parts
Chapter 3.15 : Parts Produced by Specialized Forming Methods
Chapter 3.16 : Metal Injections-Molded Parts

Section 4 : Machined Components
Chapter 4.1 : Designing for Machining : General Guidelines
Chapter 4.2 : Parts Cut to Length
Chapter 4.3 : Screw Machine Products
Chapter 4.4 : Other Turned Parts
Chapter 4.5 : Machined Round Holes
Chapter 4.6 : Parts Produced on Milling Machines
Chapter 4.7 : Parts Produced by Planing, Shaping, and Slotting
Chapter 4.8 : Screw Threads
Chapter 4.9 : Broached Parts
Chapter 4.10 : Contour-Sawed Parts
Chapter 4.11 : Flame-Cut Parts
Chapter 4.12 : Internally Ground Parts
Chapter 4.13 : Parts Cylindrically Ground on Center-Type Machines
Chapter 4.14 : Centerless-Ground Parts
Chapter 4.15 : Flat-Ground Surfaces
Chapter 4.16 : Honed, Lapped, and Superfinished Parts
Chapter 4.17 : Roller-Burnished Parts
Chapter 4.18 : Parts Produced by Electrical-Discharge Machining (EDM)
Chapter 4.19 : Electrochemically Machined Parts
Chapter 4.20 : Chemically Machined Parts
Chapter 4.21 : Parts Produced by Other Advanced Machining Processes
Chapter 4.22 : Gears
Chapter 4.23 : Designing Parts for Economical Deburring

Section 5 : Castings
Chapter 5.1 : Castings Made in Sand Molds
Chapter 5.2 : Other Castings
Chapter 5.3 : Investment Castings
Chapter 5.4 : Die Castings

Section 6 : Nonmetallic Parts
Chapter 6.1 : Thermosetting-Plastic Parts
Chapter 6.2 : Injection-Molded Thermoplastic Parts
Chapter 6.3 : Structural-Foam-Molded Parts
Chapter 6.4 : Rotationally Molded Plastic Parts
Chapter 6.5 : Blow-Molded Plastic Parts
Chapter 6.6 : Reinforced-Plastic/Composite (RP/C) Parts
Chapter 6.7 : Plastic Profile Extrusions
Chapter 6.8 : Thermoformed-Plastic Parts
Chapter 6.9 : Welded Plastic Assemblies
Chapter 6.10 : Rubber Parts
Chapter 6.11 : Ceramic and Glass Parts
Chapter 6.12 : Plastic-Part Decorations

Section 7 : Assemblies
Chapter 7.1 : Design for Assembly (DFA)
Chapter 7.2 : Arc Weldments and other Weldments
Chapter 7.3 : Resistance Weldments
Chapter 7.4 : Soldered and Brazed Assemblies
Chapter 7.5 : Adhesively Bonded Assemblies

Section 8 : Finishes
Chapter 8.1 : Designing for Clearning
Chapter 8.2 : Polished and Plated Surfaces
Chapter 8.3 : Other Metallic Coatins
Chapter 8.4 : Designing for Heat Treating
Chapter 8.5 : Organic Finishes
Chapter 8.6 : Designing for Marking
Chapter 8.7 : Shot-Peened Surfaces

Section 9 : Additional Developments
Chapter 9.1 : DFM for Low-Quantity Production
Chapter 9.2 : DFM in Electronics
Chapter 9.3 : DFX
Chapter 9.4 : Glossary of Terms

Index