Materials and Manufacturing : An Introduction to How they Work and Why it Matters

A practical guide to materials and manufacturing concepts and applications

Written in a straightforward, conversational style, this comprehensive textbook offers a hands-on introduction to materials science and manufacturing techniques. You will explore metallic and nonmetallic materials, their properties and applications, and how products are made from them, including traditional, additive, and advanced manufacturing methods. Materials and Manufacturing: An Introduction to How They Work and Why It Matters starts off by explaining materials science fundamentals and progresses to outline manufacturing processes in the order in which they are often employed.  

Coverage includes:

• Metallic materials and processing
• Nonmetallic materials and processing
• Practical considerations in materials and manufacturing
• Material structure, identification, and application
• Compositional and property-based classification
• Mechanical, thermal, and environmental concepts
• Methods of testing materials
• Sawing, broaching, filing, and abrasive machining
• Milling, turning, boring, and hole making operations
• Cohesive assembly through heat and chemical welding
• Mechanical and adhesive assembly and finishing operations
• The benefits and roles of additive and advanced manufacturing

Preface

Chapter 1 : Considerations in Materials and Manufacturing
Chapter 2 : Concepts of Materials
Chapter 3 : Metallic Materials : Structure
Chapter 4 : Metallic Materials : Identification and Application
Chapter 5 : Nonmetallic Materials : Structure
Chapter 6 : Nonmetallic Materials : Identification and Application
Chapter 7 : Mechanical Conceptsin Processing
Chapter 8 : Thermal and Environmental Concepts in Processing
Chapter 9 : Conditioning Metals
Chapter 10 : Conditioning Nonmetallic Materials
Chapter 11 : Casting and Molding
Chapter 12 : Forming
Chapter 13 : Concepts in Material Removal
Chapter 14 : Sawing, Broaching,Filing, and Abrasive Machining
Chapter 15 : Holemaking
Chapter 16 : Turning and Boring
Chapter 17 : Milling
Chapter 18 : Welding and Cohesive Assembly
Chapter 19 : Mechanical and Adhesive Assembly
Chapter 20 : Finishing
Chapter 21 : Additive Manufacturing
Chapter 22 : Advanced Manufacturing

Appendix A : Temperature Scalesand Conversions
Appendix B : Mechanical Properties of Common Materials
Appendix C : Common G-Code in Machine Programming
Appendix D : Speed and Feed Values for Machining Operations
Glossary
Index