Manufacturing
Processes & Materials
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Designed to provide the necessary foundation of knowledge, this reference covers the basic processes and machinery used in the job shop, tool room, or small manufacturing facility.

At the same time it describes advanced equipment used in larger production environments.

This edition of Manufacturing Processes & Materials is an extensive revision of the highly regarded text compiled by Professor Lawrence E. Doyle, and is one of the most comprehensive texts available on the subject.

Features

• Offers a thorough review of metals and other engineering materials, including their physical properties, testing, treatment, and suitability for use in manufacturing.
• Addresses quality, measurement and gauging, process planning, and manufacturing systems.
• Questions and problems at the end of each chapter can be used as a self-test or as assignments in the classroom.
• Contains numerous tables and equations, and hundreds of illustrations.

Table of Contents

• Manufacturing Foundations
• The Competitive Challenge in Manufacturing
• Material Properties and Testing
• Iron and Steel
• Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
• Enhancing Material Properties
• Nonmetallic Materials
• Metal Casting Expendable Molds
• Metal Casting Reusable Methods
• Powder Metallurgy
• Hot and Cold Working of Metals
• Metal Shearing and Forming
• Welding Processes
• Other Cutting and Joining Processes
• Quality Assurance
• Measurement and Gauging
• How Metals are Machined
• Turning, Boring, and Facing
• Process Planning and Cost Evaluation
• Drilling and Allied Operations
• Milling
• Broaching and Sawing
• Abrasives, Grinding Wheels, and Grinding Operations
• Grinding Machines and Methods
• Ultra-Finishing Operations
• Other Surface Enhancement Processes
• Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes
• Thread and Gear Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Systems
• Flexible Program Automation
• Numerical Control