Product Design Books: Making It - Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design (9781856695060) By Chris Lefteri
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- Title: Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
- Author: Chris Lefteri
- Publisher: Laurence King
- Published Date: June 2007
- ISBN: 978 1 85669 506 0
- Pages: 250 illustrations, 224 pages
- Format: Paperback
- Price: United Kingdom USA
- Covers a broad range of about 90 production methods
- Offers guidance on its pros and cons and on suitable production volumes, the costs involved, speed of production, relevant materials and typical applications
- Uses contemporary design as a vehicle to describe production processes
- Will appeal not only to product designers involved in lighting, consumer electronics, packaging, domestic accessories and tableware, but also to interior designers, furniture and graphic designers and students
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Chris Lefteri - Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Design, London. Runs his own packaging, furniture and product-design business in London. Previous books include five titles in the Materials for Inspirational Design series covering Plastic, Wood, Glass, Metals and Ceramics. |
- Introduction
- Machining
- CNC cutting
- Electron-beam machining
- Turning
- Jiggering and jollying
- Plasma-arc cutting
- Chemical milling
- Die cutting
- Water-jet cutting
- Wire EDM
- Laser cutting
- Oxyacetylene cutting
- Sheet-metal forming
- Slumping glass
- Metal spinning
- Metal cutting
- Thermoforming
- Superforming aluminium
- Explosive forming
- Infalting metal
- Bending plywood
- Deep 3D forming in plywood
- Pressing plywood
- Calendering
- Blown film
- Extrusion
- Pultrusion
- Pulshaping
- Roll forming
- Rotary swaging
- Pre-crimp weaving
- Veneer cutting
- Glass blowing by hand
- Lampworking Glass Tube
- Glass blow and Blow moulding
- Plastic blow moulding
- Injection blow moulding
- Extrusion blow moulding
- Dip moulding
- Rotational moulding
- Slip casting
- Hydroforming
- Impact extrusion metal
- Moulding paper pulp
- Contact moulding
- Vacuum infusion process
- Autoclave moulding
- Filament winding
- Centrifugal casting
- Electroforming
- Sintering
- Hot isostatic pressing
- Cold isostatic pressing
- Compression moulding
- Transfer moulding
- Foam moulding
- Foam moulding into plywood shell
- Inflating wood
- Forging
- Powder forging
- Precise-cast prototyping
- Injection moulding
- Reaction injection moulding (RIM)
- Gas-assisted injection moulding
- Insert moulding
- In-mould decoration
- Over-mould decoration
- Metal injection moulding (MIM)
- High-pressure casting
- Investment casting
- Sand casting
- Pressing glass
- Pressure-assisted slip casting
- Viscous plastic processing (VPP)
- Inkjet printing
- Contour crafting
- Stereolithography (SLA)
- Electro-forming for micro moulds
- Selective laser sintering (SLS)
- Smart Mandrels for filament winding
- Incremental sheet-metal forming
- Glossary
- Credits and acknowledgements
- Index
Cut from Solid
Sheet
Continuous
Thin & Hollow
Into Solid
Complex
Advanced
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