This comprehensive handbook emphasizes the relationship between the assembly methods, the materials, and the plastics manufacturing processes, thus enabling the reader to identify the best design/assembly method for a given application.
The book describes the 14 principal fastening and joining methods used to assemble plastics today, with their advantages and disadvantages. Assembly method limitations for a given material and/or a given molding process are discussed. This is very much a "how to" book, offering a wealth of hard-to-find, detailed information.
Contents:
• Rapid Guidelines for Assembly of Plastics
• Designing for Efficient Assembly
• Cost Reduction in Assembly
• Design for Disassembly and Recycling
• Assembly Method Selection by Material
• Assembly Method Selection by Process
• Adhesive and Solvent Joining
• Fasteners and Inserts
• Hinges
• Hot Plates/Hot Die/Fusion and Hot Wire/Resistance Welding
• Hot Gas Welding
• Induction/Electromagnetic Welding
• Insert and Multi-Part Welding
• Press Fits/Force Fits/Interference Fits/Shrink Fits
• Snap Fits
• Spin Welding
• Staking/Swaging/Peening/Cold Heading/Cold Forming
• Threads: Tapped and Molded-In
• Ultrasonic Welding
• Vibration Welding
Jordan Rotheiser
Kunststoffe Verbindungstechnik