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Summary
Summary
This textbook will be welcomed throughout engineering education as the one-stop teaching text for students of manufacturing. It takes the student through the fundamental principles and practices of modern manufacturing processes in a lively and informative fashion. Topics include casting, joining, cutting, metal deformation processes, surface treatments and finishes, plastics and rubber processing, powder metallurgy, CNC, productivity, automation and quality assurance. It includes over 300 illustrations, as well as numerous case studies and exercises which relate directly to modern industrial practices.
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Choice Review
Waters writes with authority from both industrial and teaching experience. The book is refreshingly short, with about 300 very worthwhile figures. The author has immensely succeeded in his goal of writing a book for beginners, "to present the basic essentials for manufacturing that all engineering students should grasp by the time they begin their industrial career." This paperback costs less than $35.00, a welcome contrast to most books in this field. The book is concise but not at the cost of essentials. Preparation in mathematics for the reader is minimal. There are not many chapter-end numerical problems, a common trend; such problems may serve some pedagogical purpose but are not essential in the real life of most manufacturing engineers--a merit of the book. Recommended for lower-division undergraduates and two-year technical program students in a first course in manufacturing, and also as an excellent guide for self-study by manufacturing engineers. K. Srinagesh University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Table of Contents
| Engineering Manufacture in Modern Society |
| Shapes Made from Molten Metals - Casting |
| Plastic Deformations of Metals |
| Processing of Plastics and Elastomers |
| Joining Processes |
| Surface Treatment of Materials |
| Powder Metallurgy |
| Shapes Cut from the Solid - Material Removal Processes |
| Computer Numerical Control of Machine Tools |
| Productivity and Automation |
| Quality Assurance |
