Designing Successful Products with Plastics
Plastic Part Design with Sustainability in Mind
- 2nd Edition - May 3, 2024
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Author: Mark T. MacLean-Blevins
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 1 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 1 1 5 - 5
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Request a sales quoteDesigning Successful Products with Plastics: Plastic Part Design with Sustainability in Mind, Second Edition provides expert insights into the design considerations required to bring a concept product or part through design and ready-for-production. Rather than focusing on design rules and engineering equations used during product development, the emphasis of the book is on what the designer needs to consider during the early conceptual visualization stages, and in the detailed stages of the design process. This fully updated edition features new practical advice on how to design sustainably throughout the book.
This approach will bridge the gap between the industrial designer, tasked with the ‘big picture’ product design and use, and the part designer, tasked with the detailed plastic part design for manufacture. Useful to both experienced and novice designers, this book brings valuable design process information through specific examples, enabling designers and engineers in the plastics industry to effectively use the available technical information to successfully design and manufacture new products.
- Brings together the worlds of the plastic part designer and the industrial designer and shows how each impacts the success of a development project.
- Teaches the “Four Pillars” considerations (Materials, Processes, Tooling, and Design) required for every design decision to be made during a plastic part design project. The interrelationship of these considerations with the sustainability intent for the product being developed is taught and illustrated within this new edition.
- Illustrates the product design process roadmap from creation of the concept through implementation into manufacturing, highlighting steps and methods used throughout the process to limit risk and ensure success.
- Includes methods and design project management techniques used to ensure an efficient design process and successful manufacturing of the product or part.
Engineers and designers responsible for the design of products and component parts, Manufacturing engineers responsible for production of plastic components, Students and researchers working on designing with plastics
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword to the second edition
- Foreword to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Acknowledgments
- Section I: Background knowledge
- 1. Introduction to designing with plastics
- Abstract
- 1.1 Plastic part design versus product design
- 1.2 Why choose plastics?
- 1.3 Sustainable design with plastics
- 1.4 The four pillars of plastic part design (or is it five?)
- 1.5 Integration of the four pillars in every decision during the design process
- 1.6 Conclusions—forward looking lessons
- 1.7 Scope of this text
- References
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 2. Material selection—which plastic to use?
- Abstract
- 2.1 Selection by material properties
- 2.2 Selection by esthetic properties
- 2.3 Selection by economic properties
- 2.4 Selection to improve sustainability results for the product
- 2.5 Final “how to” select a material
- References
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 3. Process selection—which plastics process to use?
- Abstract
- 3.1 Selection by functional requirements
- 3.2 Selection by capacity (parts per year)
- 3.3 Selection by cost economics
- 3.4 Selection considering secondary processes
- 3.5 Selection by other criteria
- 3.6 Sustainability impact from process selection
- Reference
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 4. What tooling will be required?
- Abstract
- 4.1 Tooling based upon process selection
- 4.2 Tooling based upon anticipated capacity requirements
- 4.3 Tooling based upon material selection
- 4.4 Tooling based upon manufacturing location
- 4.5 Tooling based upon part design
- 4.6 Tool quality relationship to part quality
- 4.7 Specifying the tool within the part design specification
- 4.8 Managing sustainability during tooling design and development decisions
- 4.9 Tooling for short-run or prototyping activities
- 4.10 Other tooling for consideration
- 4.11 Sourcing the tooling
- Reference
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- Section II: Designing with plastics
- 5. Conceptual design—how do we begin the design process?
- Abstract
- 5.1 Understand the “need” and the “user” for the product, part, or assembly
- 5.2 Solution ideation
- 5.3 Selection (choices, choices, choices)
- 5.4 Conceptual design review
- 5.5 Functional specifications
- 5.6 Action items upon departing the conceptual stage
- References
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 6. The many facets of design thinking – perspectives
- Abstract
- 6.1 Seeing the part(s), the assembly, and the process
- 6.2 Perspectives used during design creation
- 6.3 Putting the design facets thinking to use
- References
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 7. Process specific design rules
- Abstract
- 7.1 Process design rules review
- 7.2 When to break the rules
- 7.3 Importance of process-driven design rules consideration
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 8. Preliminary design for manufacture
- Abstract
- 8.1 The process of designing
- 8.2 Initial 3D computer-aided design solid model layout
- 8.3 Prepare a preliminary bill of materials
- 8.4 Prototyping during active design
- 8.5 Review of the preliminary design solution
- 8.6 Action items upon departing the preliminary design for manufacture stage
- 8.7 Transitioning to the final design for manufacture stage
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 9. Detailed design for manufacture
- Abstract
- 9.1 Iterative updates to the computer-aided design 3D layout and the bill of materials
- 9.2 Breakout for detailed design of features and parts
- 9.3 Integration of all parts back into a new 3D CAD master checking assembly layout
- 9.4 Detailed part drawings and specifications
- 9.5 Detailed part design checking
- 9.6 Review and update failure modes and effects analysis
- 9.7 Prototype the final design
- 9.8 Prepare for patent review
- 9.9 Final design review
- 9.10 Preparing for implementation
- 9.11 Transitioning to project implementation mode
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- Section III: Implementation of the design
- 10. Production estimating
- Abstract
- 10.1 Manufacturing resources
- 10.2 First cost estimates
- 10.3 Nonrecurring cost estimates
- 10.4 Production unit cost estimates
- 10.5 Total cost evaluation
- 10.6 Preparation for project verification and implementation
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 11. Project review and verification—risk management
- Abstract
- 11.1 Gather the verification team
- 11.2 Verification of the design
- 11.3 Agreement to move to production implementation planning
- 11.4 Preparation to move to production
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 12. Production implementation
- Abstract
- 12.1 Placing capital tooling orders
- 12.2 Review the preliminary tooling design layout
- 12.3 Quality planning for production
- 12.4 First tooling trials
- 12.5 Prepare and file patent applications
- 12.6 Prepare for product qualification
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- 13. Production qualification and hand-off
- Abstract
- 13.1 Product performance verification
- 13.2 Quality plan review
- 13.3 Hand-off to production or primary manufacturing and assembly
- 13.4 Periodic product monitoring and review
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- Section IV: Lessons
- 14. Creating value through good design practices
- Abstract
- 14.1 The four pillars—complete integration is a requirement
- 14.2 Basis for design decisions rests on the functional specification
- 14.3 Verification and qualification is MANDITORY
- 14.4 Final part or product safety is our responsibility
- 14.5 Creating sustainable designs is our responsibility
- 14.6 Big picture thinking
- 14.7 Thanks and do your part!
- Resources for further study
- Web links of note
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 3, 2024
- Imprint: William Andrew
- No. of pages: 402
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443161148
- eBook ISBN: 9780443161155
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Mark T. MacLean-Blevins
Mark T. MacLean-Blevins, founder of MacLean-Blevins & Associates, is an independent product design consultant, in private practice since 1993 with forty-five patents issued for innovations developed as a result of his creative input. After graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, Mark applied his knowledge and design talents working for companies such as General Instrument and Mine Safety Appliances, and then, once independent, providing consultation services to companies such as Ciba-Vision, Johnson Wax Professional, Teledyne Energy Systems, and over 90 others. In addition, Mark has been the recipient of several national and international design awards for products developed and commercialized from his efforts and expertise.
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