INTRODUCTION AND

OVERVIEW OF MANUFACTURING
1. What is Manufacturing?
2. Materials in Manufacturing
3. Manufacturing Processes

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Manufacturing - Technologically Important

Technology - the application of science to provide
society and its members with those things that
are needed or desired
Technology provides the products that help our
society and its members live better
What do these products have in common?
They are all manufactured
Manufacturing is the essential factor that
makes technology possible

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Manufacturing is Important
Technologically
Economically
Historically

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Manufacturing - Economically Important

U.S. economy:

Manufacturing is one
way by which nations
create material wealth

Sector

% of
GNP

Manufacturing

20%

Agriculture, minerals, etc.

5%

Construction & utilities

5%

Service sector retail,

transportation, banking,
communication, education, and
government

70%

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Manufacturing - Historically Important

Throughout history, human cultures that were
better at making things were more
successful
Making better tools meant better crafts &
weapons
Better crafts allowed people to live better
Better weapons allowed them to conquer
other cultures in times of conflict
To a significant degree, the history of
civilization is the history of humans' ability to
make things
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Manufacturing - Technologically
Application of physical and chemical processes to
alter the geometry, properties, and/or appearance
of a starting material to make parts or products
Manufacturing also includes assembly
Almost always carried out as a sequence of
operations
Figure 1.1 (a)
Manufacturing
as a technical
process

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What is Manufacturing?
The word manufacture is derived from two Latin
words manus (hand) and factus (make); the
combination means made by hand
Made by hand accurately described the
fabrication methods that were used when the
English word manufacture was first coined
around 1567 A.D.
Most modern manufacturing operations are
accomplished by mechanized and automated
equipment that is supervised by human
workers
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Manufacturing - Economically
Transformation of materials into items of greater
value by means of one or more processing and/or
assembly operations
Manufacturing adds value to the material by
changing its shape or properties, or by combining
it with other materials
Figure 1.1 (b)
Manufacturing
as an economic
process

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Manufacturing Industries
Industry consists of enterprises and organizations
that produce or supply goods and services
Industries can be classified as:
1. Primary industries - those that cultivate
and exploit natural resources, e.g.,
farming, mining
2. Secondary industries - take the outputs of
primary industries and convert them into
consumer and capital goods manufacturing is the principal activity
3. Tertiary industries - service sector
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Manufacturing Industries - continued

Secondary industries include manufacturing,
construction, and electric power generation
Manufacturing includes several industries
whose products are not covered in this book;
e.g., apparel, beverages, chemicals, and
food processing
For our purposes, manufacturing means
production of hardware
Nuts and bolts, forgings, cars, airplanes,
digital computers, plastic parts, and
ceramic products
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Production Quantity Q

Product Variety P

The quantity of products Q made by a factory has

an important influence on the way its people,
facilities, and procedures are organized
Annual production quantities can be classified
into three ranges:
Production range
Annual Quantity Q
Low production
1 to 100 units
Medium production
100 to 10,000 units
High production
10,000 to millions of

Product variety P refers to different product

types or models produced in the plant
Different products have different features
They are intended for different markets
Some have more parts than others
The number of different product types made
each year in a factory can be counted
When the number of product types made in
the factory is high, this indicates high
product variety

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P versus Q in Factory Operations

More About Product Variety

Although P is a quantitative parameter, it is
much less exact than Q because details on
how much the designs differ is not captured
simply by the number of different designs
Soft product variety - small differences
between products, e.g., between car models
made on the same production line, with many
common parts among models
Hard product variety - products differ
substantially, e.g., between a small car and a
large truck, with few common parts (if any)

Figure 1.2 P-Q Relationship

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Manufacturing Capability
A manufacturing plant consists of processes and
systems (and people, of course) designed to
transform a certain limited range of materials
into products of increased value
The three building blocks - materials,
processes, and systems - are the subject of
modern manufacturing
Manufacturing capability includes:
1. Technological processing capability
2. Physical product limitations
3. Production capacity
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1. Technological Processing Capability

The available set of manufacturing processes in
the plant (or company)
Certain manufacturing processes are suited to
certain materials
By specializing in certain processes, the
plant is also specializing in certain materials
Includes not only the physical processes, but
also the expertise of the plant personnel
Examples:
A machine shop cannot roll steel
A steel mill cannot build cars
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2. Physical Product Limitations

Given a plant with a certain set of processes,
there are size and weight limitations on the
parts or products that can be made in the plant
Product size and weight affect:
Production equipment
Material handling equipment
Production, material handling equipment, and
plant size must be planned for products that lie
within a certain size and weight range

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3. Production Capacity
Defined as the maximum quantity that a plant
can produce in a given time period (e.g.,
month or year) under assumed operating
conditions
Operating conditions refer to number of
shifts per week, hours per shift, direct labor
manning levels in the plant, and so on
Usually measured in terms of output units,
such as tons of steel or number of cars
produced by the plant
Also called plant capacity

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Materials in Manufacturing
Most engineering materials can be classified
into one of three basic categories:
1. Metals
2. Ceramics
3. Polymers
Their chemistries are different
Their mechanical and physical properties
are dissimilar
These differences affect the manufacturing
processes that can be used to produce
products from them
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In Addition: Composites
Nonhomogeneous mixtures of the other three
basic types rather than a unique category

Figure 1.3 Venn

diagram of three
basic material types
plus composites

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1. Metals
Usually alloys, which are composed of two or more
elements, at least one of which is metallic
Two basic groups:
1. Ferrous metals - based on iron, comprises
about 75% of metal tonnage in the world:

Steel = Fe-C alloy (0.02 to 2.11% C)

Cast iron = Fe-C alloy (2% to 4% C)

2. Nonferrous metals - all other metallic
elements and their alloys: aluminum,
copper, magnesium, nickel, silver, tin,
titanium, etc.
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3. Polymers
Compound formed of repeating structural units
called mers, whose atoms share electrons to
form very large molecules

Three categories:
1. Thermoplastic polymers - can be
subjected to multiple heating and cooling
cycles without altering molecular structure
2. Thermosetting polymers - molecules
chemically transform (cure) into a rigid
structure cannot be reheated
3. Elastomers - shows significant elastic
behavior
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2. Ceramics
Compounds containing metallic (or semi-metallic)
and nonmetallic elements.

Typical nonmetallic elements are oxygen,

nitrogen, and carbon

For processing, ceramics divide into:

1. Crystalline ceramics includes:

Traditional ceramics, such as clay

(hydrous aluminum silicates)

Modern ceramics, such as alumina

(Al2O3)
2. Glasses mostly based on silica (SiO2)
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4. Composites
Material consisting of two or more phases that
are processed separately and then bonded
together to achieve properties superior to its
constituents
Phase - homogeneous mass of material,
such as grains of identical unit cell structure
in a solid metal
Usual structure consists of particles or fibers
of one phase mixed in a second phase
Properties depend on components, physical
shapes of components, and the way they are
combined to form the final material
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Manufacturing Processes

Figure 1.4 Classification of manufacturing processes

Two basic types:

1. Processing operations - transform a work
material from one state of completion to a
more advanced state
Operations that change the geometry,
properties, or appearance of the starting
material
2. Assembly operations - join two or more
components to create a new entity

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Processing Operations
Alters a materials shape, physical properties,
or appearance in order to add value

Three categories of processing

operations:
1. Shaping operations - alter the geometry
of the starting work material
2. Property-enhancing operations improve physical properties without
changing shape
3. Surface processing operations - to
clean, treat, coat, or deposit material on
exterior surface of the work
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Shaping Processes Four Categories

1.
2.
3.
4.

Solidification processes - starting material

is a heated liquid or semifluid
Particulate processing - starting material
consists of powders
Deformation processes - starting material
is a ductile solid (commonly metal)
Material removal processes - starting
material is a ductile or brittle solid

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Solidification Processes
Starting material is heated sufficiently to
transform it into a liquid or highly plastic state
Examples: metal casting, plastic molding

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Deformation Processes
Starting workpart is shaped by application of
forces that exceed the yield strength of the
material
Examples: (a) forging, (b) extrusion

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Particulate Processing
Starting materials are powders of metals or
ceramics
Usually involves pressing and sintering, in
which powders are first compressed and then
heated to bond the individual particles

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Material Removal Processes

Excess material removed from the starting piece
so what remains is the desired geometry
Examples: machining such as turning, drilling,
and milling; also grinding and nontraditional
processes

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Waste in Shaping Processes

Desirable to minimize waste in part shaping
Material removal processes are wasteful in
unit operations, simply by the way they work
Most casting, molding, and particulate
processing operations waste little material
Terminology for minimum waste processes:
Net shape processes - when most of the
starting material is used and no
subsequent machining is required
Near net shape processes - when
minimum amount of machining is required
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Surface Processing Operations

Cleaning - chemical and mechanical

processes to remove dirt, oil, and other
contaminants from the surface
Surface treatments - mechanical working
such as sand blasting, and physical
processes like diffusion
Coating and thin film deposition - coating
exterior surface of the workpart

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Property-Enhancing Processes
Performed to improve mechanical or physical
properties of work material
Part shape is not altered, except
unintentionally
Example: unintentional warping of a heat
treated part
Examples:
Heat treatment of metals and glasses
Sintering of powdered metals and ceramics

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Assembly Operations
Two or more separate parts are joined to form a
new entity

Types of assembly operations:

1. Joining processes create a permanent
joint

Welding, brazing, soldering, and

adhesive bonding
2. Mechanical assembly fastening by
mechanical methods

Threaded fasteners (screws, bolts and

nuts); press fitting, expansion fits
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A spectacular scene in steelmaking is charging of a basic oxygen

furnace, in which molten pig iron produced in a blast furnace is
poured into the BOF. Temperatures are around 1650C (3000 F).

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A robotic arm performs

unloading and loading
operation in a turning
center using a dual gripper
(photo courtesy of
Cincinnati Milacron).

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A machining cell consisting of two horizontal machining centers

supplied by an in-line pallet shuttle (photo courtesy of Cincinnati
Milacron).

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Metal chips fly in a high

speed turning operation
performed on a computer
numerical control turning
center (photo courtesy of
Cincinnati Milacron).

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Photomicrograph of the cross section of multiple coatings of

titanium nitride and aluminum oxide on a cemented carbide
substrate (photo courtesy of Kennametal Inc.).

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Two welders perform arc

welding on a large steel
pipe section (photo
courtesy of Lincoln
Electric Company).

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A batch of silicon wafers enters a furnace heated to 1000C

(1800F) during fabrication of integrated circuits under clean room
conditions (photo courtesy of Intel Corporation).

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Automated dispensing of
adhesive onto component
parts prior to assembly
(photo courtesy of EFD,
Inc.).

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Assembly workers on an
engine assembly line
(photo courtesy of Ford
Motor Company).

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Assembly operations
on the Boeing 777
(photo courtesy of
Boeing Commercial
Airplane Co.).

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