Thermoplastic material selection : a practical guide /
Thermoplastic Material Selection: A Practical Guide presents current information on how proper material selection is a critical component of any manufactured product. The text is a practical guide to a difficult process, giving the reader a fundamental grounding in thermoplastic materials and provid...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
William Andrew is an imprint of Elsevier,
[2015]
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Colección: | PDL handbook series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Series Editor; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL SELECTION; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; 1
- Introduction; 1.1 The Stone Age; 1.2 The Age of Metals; 1.3 Other Materials; 1.4 The Industrial Revolution; 1.5 Mass Production; 1.6 Materials Science; 1.7 The Plastics Age; 1.8 Plastics-The Other Synthetic Material; 1.9 Plastics Material Selection; 1.10 How This Book Can Help You; References; 2
- Why Use Plastic?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Plastics as Raw Materials; 2.3 Plastic Processing Technologies; 2.4 Process Comparison; 2.5 Plastics in Manufacturing
- 5.1 What is Performance?5.2 Predicting Performance; 5.3 How Material Selection Affects Performance; 5.4 Environmental Effects; 5.5 Key Mechanical Properties; 5.6 Measuring Toughness; 5.7 But Is It Tough Enough?; 5.8 Surface Properties; 5.9 Key Electrical Properties; 5.10 Properties of Form; 5.11 Some Final Guidelines; References; Further Reading; 6
- Material Selection Based on Cost; 6.1 What is Cost?; 6.2 Why is Cost Important?; 6.3 The Language of Cost; 6.4 Evaluating Cost; 6.5 Reducing Material Costs; 6.6 Reducing Processing Costs; 6.7 Total Manufacturing Cost; 6.8 A Final Word on Cost