Manufacturing Processes For Engineering Materials

Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, 6e (SI Units) addresses advances in all aspects of manufacturing, clearly presenting comprehensive, up-to-date and balanced coverage of the fundamentals of materials and processes. With the Sixth Edition, students will learn to properly assess the capabilities, limitations and potential of manufacturing processes and their competitive aspects. The numerous examples and case studies throughout the book help to develop a perspective on the real-world applications of the topics described in the book. As in previous editions, this text maintains the same number of chapters while continuing to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of all manufacturing activities, including the complex interactions among materials, design and manufacturing processes. Features Chapter and Content Updates include: Economic multiplier; technology readiness level; case study on three-dimensional printing of guitars; expansion of general trends in manufacturing. Advanced high-strength steels; 3rd generation steels; expansion of discussion on magnesium; chromium; rare-earth metals. Environmentally-friendly lubricants; validation of products and processes. Strip casting; mold ablation; design of ribs in castings; computer modelling of casting; a new case study. Servo presses; electrically-assisted forging; the Hall process; a new case study. Single-point incremental forming; age forming; hot stamping. Electrically- conductive polymers; big-area additive manufacturing; laser engineered net shaping; friction stir modelling; the Maker movement; design for additive manufacturing. Expansion of metal injection moulding; dynamic compaction of powders; combustion synthesis; pseudo-isostatic pressing; roll densification; graphene. Expansion of friction welding; case study on Blisks. The Questions, Problems and Design problems at the end of each chapter have been significantly expanded