Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

There are many different ways in which a product can be manufactured, but most designers probably know only a handful of techniques in any detail. Using contemporary design as a vehicle to describe production processes, this book covers a broad range of almost 90 production methods with descriptive text, specially commissioned diagrams, product shots, and photographs of the manufacturing process. It will appeal not only to product designers involved in lighting, consumer electronics, packaging, domestic accessories and tableware, but also to interior designers, furniture and graphic designers who need access to a range of production methods, as well as to all students of design.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Cut from Solid
• Machining (p. 12)
• Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Cutting (p. 15)
• Electron-Beam Machining (EBM) (p. 18)
• Turning (p. 20)
• Jiggering and Jollying (p. 23)
• Plasma-Arc Cutting (p. 27)
• 2 Sheet
• Chemical Milling (p. 32)
• Die Cutting (p. 34)
• Water-Jet Cutting (p. 36)
• Wire EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) and Cutting (p. 38)
• Laser Cutting (p. 40)
• Oxyacetylene Cutting (p. 42)
• Sheet-Metal Forming (p. 44)
• Slumping Glass (p. 46)
• Metal Spinning (p. 48)
• Metal Cutting (p. 51)
• Thermoforming (p. 53)
• Superforming Aluminum (p. 56)
• Explosive Forming (p. 59)
• Inflating Metal (p. 62)
• Bending Plywood (p. 64)
• Deep Three-Dimensional Forming in Plywood (p. 67)
• Pressing Plywood (p. 70)
• 3 Continuous
• Calendering (p. 74)
• Blown Film (p. 76)
• Extrusion (p. 78)
• Pultrusion (p. 81)
• Pulshaping (p. 84)
• Roll Forming (p. 86)
• Rotary Swaging (p. 88)
• Pre-Crimp Weaving (p. 90)
• Veneer Cutting (p. 94)
• 4 Thin & Hollow
• Glass Blowing by Hand (p. 98)
• Lampworking Glass Tube (p. 100)
• Glass Blow and Blow Molding (p. 102)
• Glass Press and Blow Molding (p. 106)
• Plastic Blow Molding (p. 109)
• Injection Blow Molding (p. 111)
• Extrusion Blow Molding (p. 114)
• Dip Molding (p. 116)
• Rotational Molding (p. 119)
• Slip Casting (p. 122)
• Hydroforming Metal (p. 125)
• Backward Impact Extrusion (p. 128)
• Molding Paper Pulp (p. 131)
• Contact Molding (p. 134)
• Vacuum Infusion Process (VIP) (p. 136)
• Autoclave Molding (p. 138)
• Filament Winding (p. 140)
• Centrifugal Casting (p. 143)
• Electroforming (p. 146)
• 5 Into Solid
• Sintering (p. 150)
• Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) (p. 152)
• Cold Isostatic Pressing (CIP) (p. 154)
• Compression Molding (p. 156)
• Transfer Molding (p. 158)
• Foam Molding (p. 160)
• Foam Molding into Plywood Shell (p. 163)
• Inflating Wood (p. 166)
• Forging (p. 169)
• Powder Forging (p. 172)
• Precise-Cast Prototyping (pcPRO) (p. 174)
• 6 Complex
• Injection Molding (p. 178)
• Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) (p. 181)
• Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (p. 183)
• Insert Molding (p. 185)
• In-Mold Decoration (p. 188)
• Over-Mold Decoration (p. 190)
• Metal Injection Molding (MIM) (p. 192)
• High-Pressure Die-Casting (p. 195)
• Investment Casting (p. 198)
• Sand Casting (p. 202)
• Pressing Glass (p. 205)
• Pressure-Assisted Slip Casting (p. 208)
• Viscous Plastic Processing (VPP) (p. 210)
• 7 Advanced
• Inkjet Printing (p. 214)
• Contour Crafting (p. 216)
• Stereolithography (SLA) (p. 218)
• Eleclroforming for Micro-Molds (p. 222)
• Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) (p. 224)
• Smart Mandrels for Filament Winding (p. 227)
• Incremental Sheet-Metal Forming (p. 229)
• Glossary (p. 234)
• Credits and Acknowledgments (p. 236)
• Index (p. 237)