Publisher's Synopsis
This text, covering engineering processes, completes a two-volume work on manufacturing technology in succession to the first volume which dealt with materials. The book is intended to help the reader understand how to integrate the problems of design and manufacture with materials databases which can evolve into expert systems for implementing CAD/CAM in modern manufacturing technology. Nine computer programs written in BASIC and FORTRAN are included in the book, together with detailed instructions for their use and some typical examples.;The book also includes references to new materials and new developments concerning the influence of material properties in manufacturing processes such as casting, forming, machining and welding. Ceramic materials and polymers are considered, as well as metallic alloys and sintered compacts.
