Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development

Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development

Keywords: Assembly, Design, Manufacture

D. WhitneyOxford University Press2003688 pp.ISBN 0-19-515782-6£39.99 (hardcover)

“Mechanical Assemblies” provides a systematic approach to the modelling and design of assembly systems. It is suitable for practicing engineers and postgraduate students on production and manufacturing system design courses.

Chapter 1 addresses What is Assembly and Why is it Important?, while chapter 2 discusses Assembly Requires and Key Characteristics. Mathematical and Feature Models of Assemblies are presented in chapter 3. The following three chapters discuss Constraints in Assembly; Dimensioning and Tolerancing Parts and Assemblies; and Modelling and Managing Variation Build-up in Assemblies.

Chapters 7 and 8 address Assembly Sequence Analysis, and the Datum Flow Chain, while chapter 9 discusses Assembly Gross and Fine Motions. Assembly of Compliantly Supported Rigid Parts; Assembly of Compliant Parts; and Assembly in the Large: The Impact of Assembly on Product Development, are presented in chapters 10-12.

Chapter 13 discusses How to Analyse Existing Products in Detail, while chapters 14 and 15 address Product Architecture and Design for Assembly. The remaining three chapters of the book focus on Assembly System Design; Assembly Workstation Design Issues; and Economic Analysis of Assembly Systems.