Book Description

A design-oriented approach to the technical aspects of product design

Industrial Design: Materials and Manufacturing Guide provides the detailed coverage of materials and manufacturing processes that industrial designers need without the in-depth and overly technical discussions commonly directed toward engineers. Author Jim Lesko gives you the practical knowledge you need to develop a real-world understanding of materials and processes and make informed choices for industrial design projects. He saves you valuable time that can be better spent in the successful design of products.

In this book, you'll find everything from basic terminology to valuable insights on why certain shapes work best for particular applications. You'll learn how to extract the best performance from all of the most commonly used methods and materials. The ideal companion for both students and professional industrial designers, Industrial Design: Materials and Manufacturing Guide provides easy access to the information you need with:
* An easy-to-use chart format that lists advantages and disadvantages for each material and method
* Broad coverage of the most-used manufacturing methods and materials
* More than 130 photographs and 340 drawings
* The latest information on concurrent design and engineering

Whether you're a professional industrial designer in need of a ready reference or a student looking to solidify your understanding of basic technical issues, Industrial Design: Materials and Manufacturing Guide offers the perspective, coverage, and convenience you need. ... Read more

Reviews (4)

Not worth the price.
Terrible images: is this a book or a newspaper?!
A lot of info about metal processes but that is it. It has some of plastics, a bit of rubber (like one page or something), and nothing else. Come on Jim, Industrial Design is much more than metal or plastic!

Guido.

Good as a quick reference
I disagree with the reviewer from TX. The book is written using terminology that any industrial designer should be familiar with. It would make a good textbook for design students because it gives an overview of many materials & processes. It also has charts and diagrams that make the information easy to digest. My criticisms would be that it could use more examples of final products and detailed descriptions of the materials & processes used, ie case studies. For the price, it is a thin book and could easily include a case study section. I would also like more elaboration in the "charateristics, uses and properties" sections for each material with common pitfalls to avoid.

disappointed
I expected more from this book. I wanted a book that was written for designers but instead got a book written in engineer-speak with a nice cover (although for the price a hard cover would have been nice). the illustrations look like they are straight out of any other engineering text. "A" for concept, "D" for content. Having said that, there aren't a lot of books to choose from for ID - this may be the best - ... .

Good choice for industrial design student
This book is intended to give an overview in simple and visual terms, serve as a guide and introduction to this rather complex manufacturing field. Designer must have a good understanding of all manufacturing processes abailable, in order to have confidence that the proposed manufacturing processes is the most economical and appropriate. So, the book tried to give an overview of all materials and manufacturing methods, in order to help students to visualize and develop forms that ultimately will be manufactured.

The contests consist of metal materials, metal forming, metal cutting, metal joining, appearance finishing and coating, plastic materials, resin forming processes, machining parts, joining plastics, finishing plastics, rubbers and elastomers, natural engineering materials, composites, and rapid prototyping. ... Read more

Book Description

Career Renewal is a practical career guide which shows you how to get the job you want. Designed specifically for scientists, engineers, and other medical and legal professionals, this book contains the information you need to rejuvenate your career.

It will help you find a satisfying career in today's market. It includes numerous assessment surveys, identifies career resources for professional networking, outlines how to write a winning resume, and features numerous personal case histories of those who have successfully made the transition from academia to the business world. The authors' step-by-step techniques have been field-tested on thousands and will help you to discover new career perspective.

* BENEFITS:
* Serves as a guide for scientists, engineers, and technical professionals to find a different and satisfying career by identifying career options in any field
* Features numerous personal case histories of those who have successfully made the transition from academia into the business world
* Helps identify your strengths through numerous assessment surveys developed for and by science professionals
* Discusses career selection criteria, supplemental references, the use and misuse of the Internet in a job search, and examples of appropriate on-line searches
* Offers extensive resume help with complete discussions of how to research and develop an appropriate resume ... Read more

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A good book, but...
I am a Biochemistry/Molecular Biology PhD who has made transition into one of the "alternative careers".Three years before I made the transition, I bought and read the book.

I found the book generally helpful.But at the time when I was struggling with my career decision, I found the book inadequate.The book tried to cover too many areas of professions.It includes not only life scientists, but also medical doctors, accountants, engineers, psychologists, and even English-major...These people, like me, all want to make career changes.This book is too general.It does not give me enough information for my particular case.In reality, there are "alternative career" opportunities which are open to an English major but closed to a Biochemist.

targeted at highly educated professionals and pre-profession
best for professionals and pre-professionals...parachute for scientists, doctors, engineers, and lawyers. really on target

One of the best
I would rank this book along with other great resources like Vaultreports.com as the best places for people in the sciences looking for a satisfying career. ... Read more

Book Description

Cisco's routers, hubs, and switches are the core of both the Internet and today's high-speed networks. To make sure you design the right high-speed network for your needs, you need High-Speed Cisco Networks. This book shows you how to:oSell advanced LAN/WAN technology and its benefits to upper managementoMake your department more productive using this technologyoUse advanced LAN/WAN technology in your organizationoBring together an effective team to put advanced LAN/WAN technology to workoChoose LAN/WAN hardware and software to best fit your needs and communications options to best suit your applicationoMake advanced LAN/WAN technology successful in your organization and onlineoInterface with management and users to develop workable systemsoEvaluate LAN/WAN software and the capability it offers for network application developmentoIntegrate remote data with data in the officeHigh-Speed Cisco Networks lays out Cisco's complete line of products and describes the features and the best applications of each. Vacca provides exhausting, critical details on routers and servers, switches and hubs, security products, network management tools, ATM products, other services and programs, and Internetwork Operating Systems (IOS). Armed with this independent evaluation, you can use the rest of the book to design with confidence high-speed networks that both meet your current needs and scale to your future requirements. ... Read more

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guide to high speed networking
An excellent step through Cisco networking.This book begins with the definition and ends with future development.All aspects of high speed networks are covered along the way.

Complications made easy.
John has succeeded in making the whole complicated area of what happens behind the computer seem easy to understand.He has explained how to use technology to one's advantage and understand the value of doing so.A well recommended read.

A God sent for broad band people
I gave the book as a gift to a friend who is the CIO of an ISP and I know he went out , bought 10 more copies for all of his managers and thanked me with a note saying the John Vacca book is a God sent for his business.What more can I say

High-Speed Cisco Networks
With the rapid advances in technology, upgrading of high speed networks will occur sooner rather than latter.High-Speed Cisco Networks by John Vacca provides experienced networking professionals with a step by step approach to all they will need to know about Cisco's LAN and WAN systems.It is the reference tool to use to understand the Cisco products so that planning, designing and implementing a high performance LAN or WAN system can commence.

The Right Book at the Right Time
I have been working in IT & network support for some years now, and am currntly untaking the Cisco Acadmey programs. This book turned up at the right time, as it explains things with greater clarity than anything else I have found. The presentation is logical and of a linear manner, making this my first choice in reference material, for both my studies and professional undertakings. ... Read more

Book Description

This comprehensive book has become a standard for designing and equipping a foodservice facility.Focuses on the role of the computer in foodservice planning and discusses the efficiencies technology can create. Includes one of the most comprehensive sections on equipment. Emphasizes the need for industrial engineering technologies in planning a start-up facility and successfully choosing and arranging equipment for optimum results. For anyone involved in restaurant, food service and hospitality management and planning. ... Read more

Book Description

Pro/ENGINEER Solutions and Plastic Design guides readers through practical examples of plastic components modeling, teaching robust modeling techniques and providing inside tips to delivering a manufacturable design. Using a series of exercises and tutorials, readers will learn to identify and model part surfaces for injection molding, split design assemblies into components, and use analytical tools to evaluate the quality of the finished design project. Because Pro/ENGINEER CAD models designed for manufacture in plastic are less intuitive to work with, the overall philosophy of how to approach such a part design as presented in this book differs sharply from the basic building block construction techniques in other Pro/ENGINEER tutorials. ... Read more

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Not worth it.
If you want to learn how to design plastic parts on Pro E this book has absolutly no interest... It shows beautiful models but figure out yourself how to create them on Pro E. Good luck!

Just not much here
I am in between a novice/intermediate user level in Pro E 20. I have a small background in plastics injection molding but mostly silicone molding. This book spends most of the time explaining basic injection molding design (things like draft, runners, core/cavity). But very the discussion of these features is very basic and mostely antedotal. You could learn just about everything covered in this book in about 1 hour talking with a mold designer and probably alot more with the mold designer. If you have been commissioned to start designing molds then you will need a hell of alot more then this book offers you. The final section of the book has work excercises designing parts. But it just tells you to design some parts on Pro E, NOT how to use Pro E to design the parts. I have done several tutorials that cover general features of Pro E but was looking for something that gave some new features in Pro E and HOW tos on those features. Not in this book.

Useful for those new to the design of molded plastic parts.
Excellent book for people new to the design of injection molded parts. A good introductory text with an overview of some common processes used to manufacture molded plastic components. If you are new to the design of molded plastic components and are a novice or intermediate Pro/E user then this book will serve you well. Basic design considerations are presented along with techniques on how to capture them using Pro/E. ... Read more

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This handbook is a useful aid for anyone working to achieve more effective lubrication, better control of friction and wear, and a better understanding of the complex field of tribology. Developed in cooperation with the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and containing contributions from 74 experts in the field, the Tribology Data Handbook covers properties of materials, lubricant viscosities, and design, friction and wear formulae.The broad scope of this handbook includes military, industrial and automotive lubricant specifications; evolving areas of friction and wear; performance and design considerations for machine elements, computer storage units, and metal working; and more. Important guidelines for the monitoring, maintenance, and failure assessment of lubrication in automotive, industrial, and aircraft equipment are also included. Current environmental and toxicological concerns complete this one-stop reference.With hundreds of figures, tables, and equations, as well as essential background information explaining the information presented, this is the only source you need to find virtually any tribology information. ... Read more

Book Description

The Reference of Choice for Today's Engineer.

Revised, expanded, updated — and ready to use!

Every engineer should have a copy of the bestselling Wiley Engineer's Desk Reference — the ideal all-in-one resource for practical engineering applications and daily problem solving. Now fully updated to address the latest developments in theory and practice, this brand-new Second Edition balances authoritative coverage of classical engineering topics with new material on state-of-the-art subjects such as composites, lasers, automatic data collection, and more.

No other book on the market covers the broad spectrum of engineering in as concise a fashion. So whether you're looking for a specific piece of data or general background knowledge, this conveniently sized ready reference puts the information you need right at your fingertips. Contents include:

• Mathematics
• Mechanics and materials
• Hydraulics
• Structures
• Thermodynamics
• Electricity and electronics
• Process control
• Statistics and economics
• Energy sources
• Engineering practice
• The design process
• Tables and reference data.

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a great ready referance. "It's awsome baby" Dick Vitel
It's a really handy reference with all those details you've forgotten.It contains a wealth of practical information and many thumb rules and overall estimating guides to simplify and aid the solution of engineering problems. In one book the author has assembled a wide variety of engineering information usually only found in the massive hard to use engineering handbooks or in an assembly of references. Well wor th the money. ... Read more

Book Description

A comprehensive reference guide to gem and ornamental materials, this book deals with each gem species, outlining all the features a gem tester has to know before making an identification.

The experienced author team describe not only each natural gem species, but also their synthetic counterparts, and the materials used as imitations, demonstrating how to avoid potentially costly mistakes.

End of chapter summaries, details of further reading, and the companion web site combine to provide all the support needed by professional gemmologists, antique and gemstone dealers, jewellers and students.

* Learn how to put the theory of identification into practice with this accessible guide
* 60 full colour photographs to illustrate identifying features
* Chapter summaries and companion website support provide easy understanding and reference ... Read more

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This detailed graduate text discusses those applications for which there are well-defined percolations, and where direct comparison between the predeictions of models and experimental data is possible. ... Read more

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modern welding "paperback" version
I purchased Modern Welding- the "paperback" version, used off of Amazon, however, when it arrived today I was dismayed to discover that the "paperback" edtion is a Lab Manual, that is, a quiz that accompanies the text book. Well, I am out some cash and back at square one- I still need a copy of Modern Welding, too bad Amzon did not state that there is no Paperback version of Modern Welding.

Want to be a better welder? You NEED this book.
Get started SAFELY in any type of welding: Gas, Mig, Tig, or Stick. Use this book to fill in any gaps in basic formal training (such as from a local Community College, which is highly recommended for learning proper techniques) or knowledge. The book is filled with outstandingly detailed illustrations, tables and pictures that cover the different machine particulars, proper set ups and hand movement techniques that will allow anyone to produce consistantly strong welds on just about any material. Check it out: this book has so much information, and is layed out in such a way that it is easily worth twice the asking price!

Modern Welding
As advertised, this book is comprehensive in scope - even the most esoteric forms of industrial welding are covered. It is a good reference text, but probably not a good beginner's how-to book. As a welding amateur, this book expanded my knowledge of the subject tremendously. The text is oriented more towards commercial and industrial welding that amateur welding.

One subject that is not covered that would have been most helpful is the electrical needs of welding equipment and how they are or can be met.

Soldadura de plan
Como es el bisel cuando quiero soldar 2 laminas unidas de plan es decir por el canto de las laminas puestas paralelas

A must for professionals and hobbist like.
This book is well written, easy to read and very informative. I highly reccommend this book for evryone interested in all types of welding. All phase and types of welding are explained in detail with excellent pictures. ... Read more

Book Description

Written by petroleum production engineers with extensive industrial as well as teaching experience, this is the only available advanced and comprehensive engineering textbook for petroleum reservoir and production engineering.Provides extensive coverage of well deliverability from oil, gas and two-phase reservoirs, wellbore flow performance, modern well test and production log analysis, matrix stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, artificial lift and environmental concerns.For advanced undergraduate and graduate students in petroleum engineering schools or professional courses, as well as for practicing petroleum engineers and technicians. ... Read more

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Waste of money
The book is unpractical for the working engineer and the mathematics is simplified calculus which is not understandable to the average practicing engineer, but seems to be in favor of academic types. This is not a book for someone who wants to learn why production equipment works. The chapter on multiphase flow is its only saving grace, but any cheap paper on the subject will say as much. I would recomened the OGCI books on Production Technology. Way cheaper...way better...

Usefull Reference Book for Petroleum Engineers
This is a comprehensive and relatively advanced book in petroleum production engineering. It helps to understand important parameters that control the performance of the production system. This book explains complex concepts of engineering very easy. Last, it has been written by experienced professionals world wide well recognized in the oil industry. ... Read more

Book Description

The first edition of this best-selling book was based on the BDA's award winning Achieving Successful Brickwork. The BDA has now revised and expanded The BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork to provide an indispensable guide to good brickwork practice, for students of brickwork, practising bricklayers and all specifiers of brickwork.

* Highly illustrated comprehensive coverage, updated throughout
* New sections on domestic fireplaces and chimneys
* Includes extensive glossary and index ... Read more

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Comprehensive yet compact, this is a user-friendly time-saving reference packed with key engineering formulas for a wide variety of applications. Featuring introductory material on use and application of each formula, along with appendices covering metric conversion information, and selected mathematical formulas and symbols, this is a unique resource no civil engineer should be without. ... Read more

Book Description

Whether you are embarking on your first career or a new career as a professional driver, you will appreciate the practical, straightforward, quick, no-nonsense approach to learning what you need to know to pass the CDL exam. Easy to follow and understand, each chapter provides learning tools for students of all levels, even those who have not attended school or taken a test in many years.You will feel more comfortable with the topics covered in this book and found on the exam as each chapter contains not only the important information, but also additional tools such as practice quizzes and real-world situations that put the information in context to make it easier to understand.A glossary of terms helps you become familiar with this industrys unique language.Chapter reviews help you determine if and where you need to review the reading for a better understanding of specific areas.All this will help you feel confident when you take the CDL exam and enhances your chances of passing on the first try. ... Read more

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Great book, includes info needed for CDL exam, and industry.
I purchased this book b/c I am looking to get into the trucking industry. After I received this book, I was pleased. This book is well-layed out and describes all aspects of the trucking industry and CDL requirements. Each chapter is followed by a series of questions and the authors give tips throughout the book for passing CDL exams. Includes all endorsements, and the book was published in 2001, so you know it is not out-dated. Overall, I am satisfied with the contents and hope to get into the industry. ... Read more

Book Description

Get greater flexibility, reliability, and reduced energy consumption from household appliances to automobiles. This book will show you how different types of motors operate and how electronic control devices can be used to improve efficiency in a wide range of applications. You'll get in-depth, updated coverage of: Electric motor control applications; dc and ac motors; Digital motors; Commutator-type motors; Noncommutator-types motors; Electric vehicles. ... Read more

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Disappointing
I was disappointed with this book. While full of detailed figures and schematics, the book is hodge-podge of information with very little logical flow. It jumps from 100,000 feet into the treetops with no explanation. The author peppers the book with his insights but without any context and background leaving the reader confused. As well, the book is dated given recent advancements in motor control technology.

RichardNabuda@Email.MSN.com
Overall I found this to be an excellent book. I enjoyed every page, and in particular tracing out circuit operations of the various schematics. I thought the diversity of circuits was great.

Nowhere in the title did I see "Basics of" or Fundementals of". This is not a book for the novice. The reader must have a good understanding of AC and DC motors, and solid state theory, circiuts, and devices.

I found the concatenation of induction motors, and the Kramer speed control system very interesting. I have many old industrial control books, but none shows these systems.

There are several errors, and examples of such are: Page 44, Para 3 is completely wrong. The proper way to reverse direction of compound motors is to reverse A1 and A2. Page 57, para 2 relates to this proper method. Fig. 5-9 Q102 shows a JFET- should be a UJT. Fig. 5-13 Q1 same thing. Fig. 5-10 has negative 250 VDC lines to emitters of Q532-Q536 and Q552-Q556 missing. Eliminate lead from motor to bottom of C541. Fig. 6-11 motor will never reverse with this scheme. Turning dial in opposite direction FWD biasis Q2 turning on Q1 which energizes RY2. RY1 drops out turning system off. Motor never runs CCW.

I have a comprehensive technical library, and one of my books is by this author entitled "Design and Operation of Regulated Power Supplies". It's an old book, and it's full of solid state circuits. I am indebted to authors like Mr Gottlieb, for it's their writings that enabled me to learn solid state electronics.

Electric Motors and Control Techniques
The information in this book is best suited to a physicist with a background in motors. If you don't already have a solid understanding about motors, servos and motor control already, then don't buy this book! The author covers far too much information at a very high level, makes too many assumptions about the reader's knowledge, and does not explain anything in easy-to-understand terms.

Overview with little depth
The book is good in giving a general (although a little dated) overview of motor types and control techniques. Unfortunately they are too special for a layman to understand and too general for a specialist to really do something with it. I have found the book a little disappointing, because it is assuming things without ever explaining them.

I had the impression, that the author had more interest in displaying the scope of his knowledge instead of helping someone else to get to the same level of understanding ... Read more