Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials by Serope Kalpakjian, Steven R. Schmid

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Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials

Fifth Edition

Serope Kalpakjian and Steven R. Schmid

This new edition of Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials continues its tradition of balanced and comprehensive coverage of relevant engineering fundamentals, mathematical analysis, and traditional as well as advanced applications of manufacturing processes and operations.  Updated and thoroughly edited for improved readability and clarity, this book is written mainly for students in mechanical, industrial, and metallurgical and materials engineering programs. The text continually emphasizes the important interactions among a wide variety of technical disciplines and the economics of manufacturing operations in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. 

New and expanded topics in this edition include: 

§         Communications networks

§         Design considerations in manufacturing

§         Fabrication of micromechanical and microelectromechanical devices

§         Holonic manufacturing systems

§         Incremental forming

§         Life-cycle engineering and sustainable manufacturing

§         Mechanics of polymer processing

§         Micromachining

§         Nanomanufacturing and nanomaterials

§         Rapid prototyping and rapid tooling

§         Taguchi methods

§         Web sites for information relevant to manufacturing

Numerous figures have been added or improved for enhanced graphic impact, the number of questions and problems has been increased by about twenty percent and answers to selected problems are provided, and the Bibliography at the end of each chapter has been thoroughly updated. The text now has a larger number of cross-references throughout to give students a perspective of the often complex interrelationships among materials, product design, and manufacturing processes and operations, and the numerous technical and economic factors involved in their selection.

Booknews

This engineering textbook describes the materials and processes commonly used for manufacturing products, with chapters on the properties of metals and polymers, heat treatment, joining and fastening, and automation of manufacturing systems. Case studies from industry illustrate the concepts. The fourth edition adds a chapter on the fabrication of microelectronic and micromechanical devices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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• Table of Contents
• Forewords & Introductions

Table of Contents

Forewords & Introductions

The fourth edition of this text, like the previous editions, continues to make an attempt at presenting a comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date coverage of the relevant fundamentals and real-world applications of engineering materials and manufacturing processes and systems and the analytical approaches involved. The topics covered throughout the 16 chapters reflect the rapid and significant advances that have taken place in various areas in manufacturing, and they are organized and described in such a manner to draw the interest of students. The case studies, mostly from industry, make the subject of manufacturing science arr4engineering less abstract by showing students the practical aspects of process applications.

Integration of product design and manufacturing has justly resulted in greater recognition and prestige for these disciplines, and this edition therefore puts greater emphasis and better focus on this increasingly important subject. While studying this text, students should be able to assess the capabilities, limitations, and potential of production processes, including, particularly, the processes' economic and competitive aspects. The discussions throughout the chapters are aimed at motivating and challenging students to explore technically and economically viable solutions to a wide variety of important questions and problems in product design and manufacturing.

This book has been written mainly for undergraduate students in mechanical, industrial, and metallurgical and materials engineering programs; it is also useful for graduate courses in manufacturing science and engineering. The text, as well as the numerous examples and case studies ineach chapter, clearly shows that manufacturing engineering is an interdisciplinary and complex subject and that it is as important, exciting, and challenging as any other engineering discipline.

What's new in this edition

• A new chapter has been added that covers the fabrication of microelectronic and micromechanical devices.
• The discussion of design considerations in each chapter have been expanded.
• Several new examples and case studies have been added throughout all chapters.
• A total of 1230 questions and problems has been added-30% more than in the third edition.
• Questions and problems now include a total of 140 design problems.
• Figures have been improved for better graphical impact.
• More cross-references to sections and chapters have been added throughout the text.
• All chapter bibliographies have been thoroughly updated.

New or expanded topics for this edition include the following:

• Automated guided vehicles
• Biodegradable plastics
• Cryogenic machining and grinding
• Cryogenic treatment of cutting tools
• Design considerations for casting
• Design considerations for powder metallurgy
• Design considerations for sheet-metal forming
• Electrically conducting adhesives
• Enterprise resource planning
• Flexible fixturing
• ISO 9000 and 14000 standards
• Life-cycle assessment
• LIGA process
• Metal foams
• Microelectromechanical systems fabrication
• Microelectronics device fabrication
• Micromachining
• Modeling of casting
• Nanomaterials
• Plasma and wet etching
• Polymer processing
• Printed circuit boards
• Rapid protoyping and rapid tooling
• Rotary ultrasonic machining
• Silicon microstructure
• Six-sigma quality
• Solid free-form fabrication
• Stick-slip in extrusion
• Superconductor processing
Surface-mount technology
• Value assessment
• Vibration and chatter in rolling
• Water-jet peening