Materials And Processes In Manufacturing

An introduction to manufacturing processes, materials and manufacturing systems, this text integrates discussions of materials and processes with many illustrations and diagrams. The emphasis is on application and design. This edition has been completely revised and updated with much new material.

This book introduces the materials and traditional processes involved in the manufacturing industry. It discusses the properties and application of different engineering materials as well as the performance of failure tests. The book lists both destructible and non-destructible processes in detail. The design associated with each manufacturing processes, such Casting, Forming, Welding and Machining, are also covered.

The first manufacturing book to examine time-based break-even analysis, this landmark reference/text applies cost analysis to a variety of industrial processes, employing a new, problem-based approach to manufacturing procedures, materials, and management. An Introduction to Manufacturing Processes and Materials integrates analysis of material costs and process costs, yielding a realistic, effective approach to planning and executing efficient manufacturing schemes. It discusses tool engineering, particularly in terms of cost for press work, forming dies, and casting patterns, process parameters such as gating and riser design for casting, feeds, and more.

Manufacturing, reduced to its simplest form, involves the sequencing of product forms through a number of different processes. Each individual step, known as an unit manufacturing process, can be viewed as the fundamental building block of a nation's manufacturing capability. A committee of the National Research Council has prepared a report to help define national priorities for research in unit processes. It contains an organizing framework for unit process families, criteria for determining the criticality of a process or manufacturing technology, examples of research opportunities, and a prioritized list of enabling technologies that can lead to the manufacture of products of superior quality at competitive costs. The study was performed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and the Defense Department's Manufacturing Technology Program.

This book's main focus is on casting, forming, machining and joining, but it also includes cutting-edge processes such as rapid prototyping, electronics and metal-cutting dynamics. It has: a coverage of lean manufacturing and manufacturing systems design, a section on machining dynamics, and coverage of properties and behaviours of a range of materials and the basics of various manufacturing processes.

This comprehensive, up-to-date text has balance coverage of the fundamentals of materials and processes, its analytical approaches, and its applications in manufacturing engineering.

Describes 35 ecologically sound materials and processes