Contemporary Manufacturing Processes

608 pages indexed. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, tables, and charts. Intended to serve as a source for evaluating and using manufacturing processes. Provides a comprehensive survey for use in introductory course in Industrial technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering, and similar programs. Useful as a valuable reference guide in industry, particularly in the areas of industrial, projects, and process engineering. The focus is on those manufacturing processes being used by secondary processing firms to produce consumer products classified as nonconsumable hard goods. Even with this narrowed field of study, there remain thousands of processes in use. Focus is on major material families: metallics, ceramics, polymerics, and composites. Does not include printed, electronic, tobacco, and textile products. Provides the reader with an introduction to today's manufacturing environment and describes the contiuing trend toward greater production efficiency. The main portion is organized into sections corresponding to the material families. The final chapter examines the impact of the computer on virtually every aspect of the manufacturing process. Contents; Manufacturing Today, Metallic Materials, Plastic Materials, Ceramic Materials, Wood Materials, Composite Materials, and Automating Production Processes .…