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The Latest Techniques of Ultra-Precise Manufacturingfor Creating Mechanical, Electronic, and Optical Products

Precision Engineering gives expert guidance on the application of manufacturing to micro and nano levels, using state-of-the-art miniaturization technology. The book fully explores these new in-demand techniques, providing clear explanations of precision engineering fundamentals, the theory and design of precision machines, and the mechanics of ultra-precise machining.

Filled with over 200 skills-building illustrations, this vital engineering resource examines topics ranging from atomic bit processes for manufacturing and atomic force...to scanning and electronic and optical microscopy. You will find timely information on the tool materials for precision machining...the mechanics of materials cutting...advances in precision grinding...ultra-precision machine elements...rolling element, hydrodynamic, and hydrostatic bearings...gas lubricated bearings... microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)...and much more. Presenting practical know-how on everything required to create actual products, Precision Engineering features:

Inside This Cutting-Edge Guide to Precision Engineering Methods

Choice Review

Venkatesh (Multimedia Univ., Malaysia) and Izman (Univ. of Technology of Malaysia) add a much-needed book to the few available related specifically to precision engineering. As with similar titles, its coverage is a subset of material within the field of precision engineering, determined primarily by the authors' interests and expertise. In this respect, this work may be disappointing to an educator seeking more comprehensive coverage of the subject or to the student wanting to understand what precision engineering is. "Precision Machining" would have been a more descriptive title. The book may be a valuable reference since it provides facts and information about production processes, tooling, machine components, and their applications. The authors balance the content between theoretical concepts of processes and the related production systems. Within the book's scope, the material is current, although many citations are secondary, leaving the interested student with the task of finding the original referenced material. Lacking is the conveyance of precision engineering principles one might expect. Precision design principles may be gleaned from numerous design examples, but they are not elucidated. The concept of error and error sources and discussion of measurement, central to precision engineering, are covered only briefly in the introductory pages, and disappointingly so. Summing Up: Recommended. Faculty and researchers. J. D. Drescher University of Hartford