Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly

For 30 years, "Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly" has been the definitive guide for both seasoned part designers and novices to the field, facilitating cost-effective design decisions and ensuring that the plastic parts and products will stand up under use.



The detailed yet simplified discussion of material selection, manufacturing techniques, and assembly procedures enables the reader to evaluate plastic materials and design plastic parts with confidence. Good joint design and implementation, the geometry and nature of the component parts, the types of load involved, and other fundamental information necessary for a successful outcome are all included. Throughout, the treatment is practice-oriented and focused on everyday problems and situations.



The 10th edition includes an extensive revision of the chapter on welding techniques for plastics, including a new subchapter on hot gas welding. There are also many more minor updates, improvements, and corrections throughout, including numerous new color figures.



Paul A. Tres is Senior Consultant with ETS, Inc., and has served the plastics and automotive industries for over 40 years. He has provided consulting services to global companies and expert witness services for attorneys, and also trained in excess of 17,000 designers, engineers, and managers in the intricacies of plastic part design.



Preface to the 10th Edition

Foreword to the First Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

1 Understanding Plastic Materials

2 Understanding Safety Factors

3 Strength of Material for Plastics

4 Nonlinear Considerations

5 Welding Techniques for Plastics

6 Press Fitting

7 Living Hinges

8 Snap Fitting

9 Bonding

10 In-Mold Assembly

11 Fasteners

Appendix A: Enforced Displacement

Appendix B: Point Force

Appendix C: Molding Process Data Record

Appendix D: Tool Repair & Inspection Record

References

World Wide Web References Related to Plastic Part Design

About the Author Paul A. Tres

Index



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