part 1 Introduction / chapter II THE PRODUCT-DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: REDUCING TIME AND COST WHILE IMPROVING PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY AND PRODUCIBILITY -- chapter 2 Process Modeling / part IV INJECTION-MOLDING AND DIE-CASTING PROCESSES -- chapter V BLOW-MOLDING AND THERMOFORMING PROCESSES -- chapter 3 Rapid Product Development / chapter 4 Rapid Soft Tooling and Rapid Bridge Tooling / chapter 5 Rapid Production Tooling / part 6 Nickel Ceramic Composite Tooling from RP&M Models / chapter II RAPID TOOLING -- chapter V INTEGRATION OF TOOL FORMING WITH RP&M MANDRELS -- chapter 7 Nickel Vapor Deposition Technology / chapter IV ADVANTAGES OF THE NVD PROCESS -- chapter XI ABOUT NVD MANDRELS -- part XIII CASE STUDY -- chapter 8 The ExpressTool Process / chapter VII FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS -- chapter 9 An Automotive Perspective to Rapid Tooling / chapter A. Concept Models -- chapter V RAPID TOOLING DEVELOPMENTS -- chapter B. Tool-Selection Table -- chapter 10 Rapid Tooling in the Medical Device Industry / chapter IV CONVENTIONAL TOOLING MANUFACTURE VERSUS RAPID-TOOLING MANUFACTURE -- chapter 11 The Role of Rapid Tooling in Investment-Casting Applications / chapter 12 The Future of Rapid Manufacturing