Fundamentals of modern manufacturing materials processes and systems

[...]... automated and computer-controlled machinery (Historical Note 1.1) Historical Note 1.1 T History of manufacturing he history of manufacturing can be separated into two subjects: (1) human’s discovery and invention of materials and processes to make things, and (2) development of the systems of production The materials and processes to make things predate the systems by several millennia Some of the processes casting,... here, and the materials and processes are postponed until Historical Note 1.2 Systems of manufacturing refer to the ways of organizing people and equipment so that production can be performed more efficiently Several historical events and discoveries stand out as having had a major impact on the development of modern manufacturing systems Certainly one significant discovery was the principle of division of. .. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 What Is Manufacturing? 2 Materials in Manufacturing 7 Manufacturing Processes 10 Production Systems 16 Trends in Manufacturing 20 Organization of the Book 23 Part I Material Properties and Product Attributes 25 2 THE NATURE OF MATERIALS 25 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Atomic Structure and the Elements 26 Bonding between Atoms and Molecules... proportion of common parts among the models Hard product variety occurs when the products differ substantially, and there are few common parts, if any The difference between a car and a truck exemplifies hard variety 1.1.3 MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY A manufacturing plant consists of a set of processes and systems (and people, of course) designed to transform a certain limited range of materials into products of. .. processes such as the following were developed: carving and other woodworking, hand forming and firing of clay pottery, grinding and polishing of stone, spinning and weaving of textiles, and dyeing of cloth Metallurgy and metalworking also began during the Neolithic period, in Mesopotamia and other areas around the Mediterranean It either spread to, or developed independently in, regions of Europe and. .. environment It means designing and Production system Manufacturing support Manufacturing support systems Quality control systems Manufacturing systems Facilities FIGURE 1.10 Overview of major topics covered in the book Engineering materials Manufacturing processes and assembly operations Finished products E1C01 11/11/2009 20 13:31:36 Page 20 Chapter 1/Introduction and Overview of Manufacturing building products... treatments, and (3) coating and thin film deposition processes Cleaning includes both chemical and mechanical processes to remove dirt, oil, and other contaminants from the surface Surface treatments include mechanical working such as shot peening and sand blasting, and physical processes such as diffusion and ion implantation Coating and thin film deposition processes apply a coating of material to... Classification of manufacturing processes Historical Note 1.2 A Brazing and soldering Mechanical fastening Threaded fasteners Permanent fastening methods Manufacturing materials and processes lthough most of the historical developments that form the modern practice of manufacturing have occurred only during the last few centuries (Historical Note 1.1), several of the basic fabrication processes date... Industrial Robotics 907 39 INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 918 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 Material Handling 918 Fundamentals of Production Lines 920 Manual Assembly Lines 923 Automated Production Lines 927 Cellular Manufacturing 931 Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Cells 935 Computer Integrated Manufacturing 939 Part XI Manufacturing Support Systems 945 40 MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 945 40.1... century was a time of more technological advances than in all other centuries combined Many of these developments resulted in the automation of manufacturing 1.1.1 MANUFACTURING DEFINED As a field of study in the modern context, manufacturing can be defined two ways, one technologic and the other economic Technologically, manufacturing is the application of physical and chemical processes to alter . Page 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN MANUFACTURING Materials, Processes, andSystems Fourth Edition Mikell P. Groover Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Lehigh University The author and publisher. 17:14:28 Page 8 Work Systems and the Methods, Measurement, and Management of Work, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems, Third Edition,. History of manufacturing The history of manufacturing can be separated into two subjects: (1) human’s discovery and invention of materials and processes to make things, and (2) development of the systems