Product Description

Introductory Manufacturing courses at 2-yr and 4-yr. schools. Manufacturing Engineering and Technology has set the standard for instructors that wish to introduce their students to the scope and variety of manufacturing processes. The book describes both time-tested and modern methods of manufacturing engineering materials. The book's popularity is due to its complete coverage and the author's writing style.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1287578 in Books
• Published on: 1992-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1150 pages

Book Info
(Pearson Education) Emphasizes the influence of materials and processing parameters in understanding manufacturing processes and operations. Includes information on the domestic and global competitive context of each process and operation, highlighted with illustrative examples. Previous edition: c1995. DLC: Production engineering.

From the Inside Flap
Preface

The field of manufacturing engineering and technology continues to advance rapidly, transcending disciplines and driving economic growth. This challenging and broad topic has continued to incorporate new concepts at an increasing rate, making manufacturing a dynamic and exciting field of study. In preparing this fourth edition, our most important goal throughout has been to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art textbook on manufacturing, which also encompasses the additional aims of motivating and challenging students.

As in previous editions, the text presents topics with a balanced coverage of relevant fundamentals and real-world practices, so that the student develops an understanding of the important and often complex interrelationships among the many technical and economic factors involved in manufacturing.

This new edition basically follows the same introductory nature, format, organization, and balance as the third edition. It has retained its emphasis on (a) the influence of materials and processing parameters in understanding manufacturing processes and operations; (b) design considerations, product quality, and manufacturing cost factors; and (c) the domestic and global competitive context of each manufacturing process and operation, highlighted with illustrative examples.

STUDY AIDS

• Presentation of each topic within a larger context of manufacturing engineering and technology, using extensive schematic diagrams and flowcharts.
• Emphasis on the practical uses of the concepts and information presented.
• Analogies, discussions, and problems designed to stimulate the student's curiosity about consumer and industrial products and how they are manufactured.
• Extensive reference material, including numerous tables, illustrations, graphs, and bibliographies.
• Numerous illustrative examples and case studies to highlight important concepts and techniques.
• Tables comparing advantages and limitations of manufacturing processes.
• A summary, list of key terms, and concise description of current trends at the end of each chapter.

WHAT IS NEW IN THIS EDITION

• Several new examples and case studies have been added.
• There are now a total of almost 2,200 questions and problems, about a quarter of them new to this edition.
• Summaries at the end of each chapter have been completely rewritten and expanded.
• The bibliographies at the end of each chapter have been thoroughly updated.
• More cross-references have been made throughout the text to other sections and chap ters in the book.
• New or expanded topics include the following:

• Abrasive belts; microreplication
• Atomic force microscope
• Biodegradable plastics
• Bundle drawing
• Carbon foam
• Chemical mechanical polishing
• Coatings
• Compliant end effector
• Conductive graphite fibers
• Deburring
• Diamond-like carbon coating
• Die failures
• Die manufacturing methods
• Electrically conducting adhesives
• Friction stir welding
• Hexapod machine tools
• ISO 14000 standard
• Joining plastics
• Laser interferometry
• Laser peening
• Linear motor drives for machine tools
• Microencapsulated powders
• Microgram carbides
• Micromachining
• Nanofabrication
• Nanomaterials
• Nanopowders
• Octree representation
• Overmolding
• Plastics, common trade names
• Porous aluminum
• Product liability examples
• Pulsed electrochemical machining
• QS 9000 standard
• Rapid prototyping
• Reflow soldering
• Robustness
• Rotary ultrasonic machining
• Superconductor processing
• Taguchi loss function
• Thermal effects in machine tools
• Titanic: brittle fracture example
• Total productive maintenance
• Transfer/injection molding
• Water-jet peening
• Wave soldering

In response to comments and suggestions by numerous reviewers, several major and minor changes have also been made throughout the text. A page-by-page comparison with the third edition will show that literally thousands of changes have been made for improved clarity and completeness.

AUDIENCE

As in the previous editions, this fourth edition has been written for students in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, aerospace, and metallurgical and materials engineering programs. It is hoped that by reading and studying this book, students will come to appreciate the vital nature of manufacturing engineering as an academic subject that is as exciting, challenging, and important as any other engineering and technology discipline.

From the Back Cover

The book describes both time-tested and modern methods of manufacturing engineering materials. The book's popularity is due to its complete coverage and the author's writing style.

FEATURES/BENEFITS

• NEW—New chapter on Rapid Prototyping (Ch. 19).
• NEW—Every chapter has been reviewed and updated. Every bibliography has been revised, new examples from industry have been added, and over 30% of the problems are new.
• Superior use of analogies, discussions and problems.
• Motivates interest in the subject.
• Excellent overview of manufacturing concepts is provided with a balance of relevant fundamentals and real-world practice.
• Covers the latest technological advances—Such as abrasive machining, nanofabrication, rapid tooling and semisolid metalworking.
• Contains four kinds of EOC problems—Review Questions, Qualitative Problems, Quantitative Problems, and Synthesis and Design Problems.

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Customer Reviews

A must for the student of manufacturing
I like this book and think it should be in the hands of every manufacturing engineer. Most of the classical manufacturing subjects for example materials technology is treated, but also modern subjects like computer integrated manufacturning systems and automation. As far as I can see it is updated with the latest research and engineering practice.