This comprehensive “how to” handbook for designers and engineers written by Jordan Rotheiser and published by Hanser Gardner contains a wealth of detailed information. It emphasises, for example, the relationship between assembly methods, materials and plastics manufacturing processes and describes the 14 principal fastening and joining methods used today,while pointing up their advantages and disadvantages. Assembly method limitations for a given material or moulding process are discussed.

Book Service: “Joining of Plastic” (English), Handbook for Designers and Engineers, 566 pages, hardcover, price EUR 131.91 + postage/VAT: PIE-No. B 44133.