Manufacturing Reliability Growth for Automotive Engineering Volume III - Hardcover

Chiang, Young J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1468608045 ISBN 13: 9781468608045

Publisher: SAE International, 2025

Synopsis

As the third installment in SAE International's DOE for Product Reliability Growth series, this volume explores the critical intersection of manufacturing processes, reliability, and profitability in automotive engineering. With a sharp focus on innovation, cost-efficiency, and customer satisfaction, this book demonstrates how design of experiments (DOE) methodologies can transform product quality through smarter manufacturing decisions.

From structural assemblies to additive manufacturing, Volume III offers hands-on, data-driven guidance for engineers and professionals. Key topics include:

• Structural Joints: Analyze and optimize bonded and mechanical joints-bolts, rivets, welds, adhesives, and more-using real-world DOE case studies to ensure robust assembly.

• Mechanical Fabrication: Improve precision and consistency in processes like injection molding, drilling, heat treatment, and surface finishing through targeted DOE applications.

• Electronic Fabrication: Harness DOE to enhance reliability in electronic components, including solder reflow, IC interconnects, PCB coatings, and advanced connectors.

• Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing: Explore how DOE improves dimensional accuracy, material behavior, and performance of 3D-printed parts-from acoustic dampeners to embedded sensors.

• Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 Integration: Leverage time-to-event, degradation, and recurrent event data with digital shadows, IoT, and cloud computing to drive continuous improvement.

By linking statistical rigor with real-world applications, this volume enables teams to reduce waste, boost product reliability, and accelerate innovation across manufacturing disciplines.

Whether you're an automotive engineer, production manager, or quality specialist, this book is your roadmap to mastering modern manufacturing for the era of electrification and digital transformation.

About this title

About the Author

Young J. Chiang earned his PhD degree in 1983. He has 30 years of engineering and management experiences with product R&D, CAE, design, reliability, quality, manufacturing, and program management in the US automotive industry, including Uniroyal (Michelin), Cummins, Magna, Edscha, Danaher, CTS, Coda, and Chrysler. Dr. Chiang was a member of ASME and SAE. After retiring from the US automotive industry, he worked as the vice director of Weichai Power Research Center (Shandong, China) and founded Weichai Institute of Reliability Research. He was also named the vice director of China Key State Laboratory of Engine Reliability and the executive commissioner on Reliability Committee, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAE International
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1468608045
• ISBN 13: 9781468608045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358