{"product_id":"manufacturing-processes-for-design-professionals-9780500513750","title":"Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn encyclopaedic guide to production techniques and materials for product and industrial designers  engineers  and architects. Todays product designers are presented with a myriad of choices when creating their work and preparing it for manufacture. They have to be knowledgeable about a vast repertoire of processes  ranging from what used to be known as traditional \"crafts\" to the latest technology  to enable their designs to be manufactured effectively and efficiently. Information on the internet about such processes is often unreliable  and search engines do not usefully organize material for designers.  This fundamental new resource explores innovative production techniques and materials that are having an impact on the design industry worldwide. Organized into four easily referenced partsForming  Cutting  Joining  and Finishingover seventy manufacturing processes are explained in depth with full technical descriptions; analyses of the typical applications  design opportunities  and considerations each process offers; and information on cost  speed  and environmental impact. The accompanying step-by-step case studies look at a product or component being manufactured at a leading international supplier.  A directory of more than fifty materials includes a detailed technical profile  images of typical applications and finishes  and an overview of each materials design characteristics. With some 1 200 color photographs and technical illustrations  specially commissioned for this book  this is the definitive reference for product designers  3D designers  engineers  and architects who need a convenient  highly accessible  and practical reference. 1 200 color photographs and illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666104934453,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500513759","price":83.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500513750.jpg?v=1782419791","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/manufacturing-processes-for-design-professionals-9780500513750","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}