Manufacturing technology : materials, processes, and equipment / authors: Helmi A. Youssef, Hassan A. El-Hofy, and Mahmoud H. Ahmed.

"This text explores all of the manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment used to convert raw materials into a final product. It presents the most commonly used and recently developed manufacturing methods, along with applications, worked examples, exercises, and review questions. Materials covered include metallics, polymers, ceramics, and glasses. The book discusses heat treatments, smelting of metals, process casting, forming, powder metallurgy, joining processes, and surface technology. It also looks at the environmental aspects related to manufacturing and clean factories and describes trends in surface hardening technology"-- Provided by publisher.

"The textbook in hand provides a comprehensive knowledge and insight into various aspects of manufacturing technology, processes, materials, tooling, and equipment. Its main objective is to introduce the brand spectrum of manufacturing technology to individuals who will be involved in design and manufacturing of finished products, to provide them with the basic information on manufacturing technologies. The text material is presented mainly in descriptive manner, where the emphasis is on the fundamentals of the process, its capabilities, typical applications, advantages and limitations. Mathematical modeling and equations are used only when they enhance the basic understanding of the material dealt with"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction to manufacturing technology -- chapter 2. Properties of engineering materials -- chapter 3. Structure of metals and alloys -- chapter 4. Engineering materials and their applications -- chapter 5. Heat treatment of metals and alloys -- chapter 6. Smelting of metallic materials -- chapter 7. Casting of metallic materials -- chapter 8. Fundamentals of metal forming -- chapter 9. Bulk forming of metallic materials -- chapter 10. Sheet metal forming processes -- chapter 11. High-velocity forming and high-energy-rate forming -- chapter 12. Powder metallurgy and processing of ceramic materials -- chapter 13. Polymeric materials and their processing -- chapter 14. Composite materials and their fabrication processes -- chapter 15. Fundamentals of traditional machining processes -- chapter 16. Machine tools for traditional machining -- chapter 17. Fundamentals of nontraditional machining process -- chapter 18. Numerical control of machine tools -- chapter 19. Industrial robots and hexapods -- chapter 20. Surface technology -- chapter 21. Joining processes -- chapter 22. Advanced manufacturing techniques -- chapter 23. Materials, processes, and design for manufacturing -- chapter 24. Quality control -- chapter 25. Automation in manufacturing technology -- chapter 26. Health and safety aspects in manufacturing.