From Project to Production
The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Administration, Training Economics, and Production Division
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Authors: A. M. Brichta, Peter E. M. Sharp
- Editors: R Brown, G. Chandler, W. A. Davis
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 7 4 6 - 7
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Request a sales quoteFrom Project to Production provides a detailed account of project development in industrial engineering, with emphasis on the administrative procedure along which creative effort should be channeled. This book highlights the necessity for, and the use of, the industrial designer and points out where the machine element analysis and synthesis, circuit calculations, design, and drafting fit into the general industrial pattern. This book is comprised of 11 chapters and begins with an overview of the difficulties involved producing a satisfactory guide to design and development work, along with the importance of training and the chain of command in project development. The next chapter explains how a project is conceived and considers the economic principles, development policy, engineering products, the development effort on production plant, and project implementation. The reader is methodically introduced to the rationalization of project work; engineering design, industrial design, and optimum design; and inventions, patents, and design registration. The remaining chapters focus on design realization; materials and stress analysis; development of models and prototype; and the technical activity of an engineering company. This monograph will be a useful resource for students, teachers, and practitioners of engineering.
List of Tables, Plates and Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
1.1. Definitions and Scope
1.2. Engineering Training
1.3. The Chain of Command
1.4. Bibliography and Further Reading
2. Conception of Development
2.1. Economic Principles
Philosophy
Competition
Accounting
2.2. Development Policy
Company Policy
Management Policy
Responsibility
2.3. Engineering Products
New Products
Improvement of Product
Product Survey
Marketing Research
2.4. Production Plant
General and Special Purpose Plant
Tooling
Economic Factors
2.5. Outline of Development Activity
Evolution Stages
Cycle
Timing
Development Expenditure
Expenditure Hypothesis
2.6. Development Program
Responsibility
Project Origins
Incentives
Cost of Project
2.7. Implementation
Development Committee
Personnel
Method
Progress Control
2.8. Bibliography and Further Reading
3. Rationalization of Project Work
3.1. Techniques
Philosophy
Recommended Method
3.2. Project Inception
Chief Development Engineers Duties
Feasibility Study
Sources of Information
Research and Research Associations
3.3. Planning and Scheduling
Scheduling Factors
Conditions for Optimum Scheduling
C.P.M.
M.O.S.T.
P.E.R.T.
R.A.M.P.S.
3.4. Project Specifications
General Data
Information Pocket
Project Execution Pocket
3.5. Project Realization
Project Engineering
Project History
3.6. Bibliography and Further Reading
4. Engineering Design
4.1. Hypothesis of Good Design
Design and the Engineer
Design Technique
4.2. Design Ability
Design Phenomenology
Design Background
Knowledge
Creative Capacity
Intuition
4.3. Design Tasks
Aim: Technical Objectives
Distribution Factors
4.4. Documentation
Design Specification Folder
Data
Classification
Distribution
4.5. Bibliography and Further Reading
5. Industrial Design
5.1. The Industrial Designer
Training
5.2. Environment
Facilities
Professional Organization
5.3. Aesthetic Influences
Aesthetic Criteria
Color
Evolution of Appearance
5.4. Related Activity
Ergonomic Considerations
Details
5.5. Method of Work
The Brief
The Medium
The Mock-up
Stages of Work
5.6. Bibliography and Further Reading
6. Optimum Design
6.1. Concept of Optimum Design
Utilization
Techniques
Marshalling of Data
Suggested Criteria
6.2. Optimization
Scope
Grading of Factors
Variations
Combination
Comparison
Substitution
6.3. Evaluation
Technical Assessment
Production Costs
Engineering Economics
6.4. Crystallization of Design
Decision Making
Search for Solutions
The Principal Design Concept
Problems
Scheme Tree
6.5. Design Scheme
Kinematic Scheme
Structure
Stress Distribution
Weight
Material
Energy Balance
Proposal
6.6. Final Shape and Appearance
Veracity
Stability
Compactness
Sleekness
Affinity of Shape
Surface
Parting Lines
Color
6.7. Bibliography and Further Reading
7. Inventions, Patents and Design Registration
7.1. Patent
History
Patentable Inventions
A Patent or a Secret? Technological Factors
7.2. Ownership
Procedure for Application
Additions to Patents
Sample Specification
Avoiding Infringement
7.3. Design, Copyright and Registration
Copyright
Design Registration
British Registered Designs Act, 1949
Limitation of Existing Law in Great Britain
7.4. Bibliography and Further Reading
8. Design Realization
8.1. The Drawing Office
Environment
Displays
Filing System
Training
The Chief Draughtsman
The Chief Design Engineer
8.2. Drafting
Standards
The Drawing
Layouts and General Arrangement
Power Supply
Proprietary Accessories
Detail and Assembly Drawings
Routine Work
Checking
8.3. Safety and Factory Inspection
8.4. Bibliography and Further Reading
9. Material and Stress Analysis
9.1. Analytical Methods
Stressing
Safety Factors
9.2. Experimental Methods
Applicability
Gauging Methods
9.3. Fatigue Failures
Phenomena
Characteristics
Causes and Location
9.4. Microscopical Metallography
Method
Micrographs
9.5. Bibliography and Further Reading
10. Models and Prototype
10.1. Model Making
Models and Designs
Model Work
10.2. Prototype Work
Processing
Progress Check
Completion
Prototype Trials
10.3. Development Workshop
Organization
Engineering Section
Project Enclosure
10.4. Project Conclusion
Elimination of Defects
Production Planning
Plant Installation
10.5. Bibliography and Further Reading
11. Launching a Product
11.1. Production Engineering
Activity
Production Organization
11.2. Work Study
Activity Sampling
Method Study
P.M.T.S.
Operational Research
11.3. Manufacture
Buying Specifications
Quality Control
Packaging
Installation Instructions
11.4. Marketing
Publicity Aspects
Technical Articles
Advance Leaflet
Sales Brochure
Maintenance Handbook
Servicing
Launching
11.5. Bibliography and Further Reading
Index
- No. of pages: 314
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- eBook ISBN: 9781483157467
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