Ashby, M.F. ( 2005) Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, Chapter 4. ISBN 0-7506-6168-2. ( The source of the process selection methodology and cost model, with further case studies, giving a summary description of the key processes in each class.)

ASM Handbook Series ( 1971 2004) Volume 4, Heat Treatment; Volume 5, Surface Engineering; Volume 6, Welding, Brazing and Soldering; Volume 7, Powder Metal Technologies; Volume 14, Forming and Forging; Volume 15, Casting; and Volume 16, Machining; ASM International, Metals Park, OH, USA. ( A comprehensive set of handbooks on processing, occasionally updated, and now available online at www.asminternational.org/hbk/index.jsp.)

Bralla, J.G. ( 1998) Design for Manufacturability Handbook, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA. ISBN 0-07-007139-X. (Turgid reading, but a rich mine of information about manufacturing processes.)

Campbell, J. ( 1991) Casting, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-7506-1696-2. (The fundamental science and technology of casting processes.)

Houldcroft, P. ( 1990) Which Process?, Abington Publishing, Abington, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 1-85573-008-1. (The title of this useful book is misleading it deals only with a subset of joining process: the welding of steels. But here it is good, matching the process to the design requirements.)

Kalpakjian, S. and Schmid, S.R. ( 2003) Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, Pearson Education, New Jersey, USA. ISBN 0-13-040871-9. (A comprehensive and widely used text on material processing.)

Lascoe, O.D. ( 1988