Manufacturing Engineering and Technology

A comprehensive text for students in manufacturing, mechanical, industrial, and metallurgical and materials engineering programs, providing an understanding of the interrelationships among the many technical and economic factors involved in manufacturing. This revised and updated edition (second was 1992) expands its coverage of technological advances including abrasive machining, computer simulation of manufacturing processes and systems, instrumentation, laser beams in manufacturing, nanophase ceramics, rapid prototyping, semisolid metalworking, surface texturing, and tool-condition monitoring. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR