Material Selection in Practice for New Products

This letter focuses aspects, which are important for material selection in practice. It adds criteria for application to established material explanations. Overall, this letter is a selection tool.

Main topics are:

• Groups metals, plastics, ceramics
• Combinations: surface coatings and composites
• Link together: technical and economic base
• Selection diagrams
• Product-related criteria and process-related criteria

This letter contains beneficial answers to following questions:

• What are the most important groups of materials for technical products?
• How can you combine strength and ductility, which are opposite characteristics?
• Do you distinguish product-related and process-related criteria?
• Do you distinguish technical- and economical base?

You will find much more answers in the letter itself.