front cover -- copyright -- table of contents -- front matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- body -- 1 Introduction to manufacturing -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Aims and objectives -- 1.3 What is manufacturing? -- 1.4 What is a manufacturing system? -- 1.5 Inputs and outputs of a manufacturing system -- 1.6 Common characteristics of a manufacturing system -- 1.7 Developing a manufacturing strategy -- 1.8 Manufacturing organizational structures -- 1.9 Categories of manufacturing system -- 1.10 Processing strategies -- 1.11 Plant layout -- 1.12 Manufacturing engineering -- 1.13 Summary -- Case study 1.1: Re- organization at Edward Marks Ltd* -- Case study 1.2: Manufacturing at Stickley Furniture* -- 2 What is process planning? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Aims and objectives -- 2.3 Design and manufacture cycle -- 2.4 What is process planning? -- 2.5 Process planning Ò the design/ manufacture interface -- 2.6 Process planning activities -- 2.7 Process planning and industrial engineering -- 2.8 Process planning and quality assurance -- 2.9 Process planning and production planning -- 2.10 Process planning methods -- 2.11 Basic process planning terminology -- 2.12 Summary -- Case study 2.1: Manufacturing at McCall Diesel Works* -- Case study 2.2: Planning at High Performance Pumps* -- 3 Drawing interpretation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Aims and objectives -- 3.3 Engineering communication -- 3.4 Identifying useful supplementary information -- 3.5 Material and specification -- 3.7 Equivalent parts ( interchangeability and standardization) -- 3.6 Special material treatments -- 3.9 Tool references -- 3.8 Screw thread forms -- 3.10 Dimensional tolerances -- 3.11 Limits and fits -- 3.12 Gauge references -- 3.13 Geometrical tolerances -- 3.14 Surface finish -- 3.15 Identifying the critical processing factors -- 3.16 Summary.

Case study 3.1: Standardization at JH Engineering* -- Case study 3.2: Analysis and interpretation of adapter ring -- Material evaluation and process selection -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Aims and objectives -- 4.3 Basic classification of materials for manufacture -- 4.4 Basic material properties -- 4.5 Metals -- 4.6 Ceramics -- 4.7 Polymers -- 4.8 Composites and semiconductors -- 4.9 Material selection process and methods -- 4.10 Material evaluation method -- 4.11 Manufacturing processes -- 4.12 Process selection -- 4.13 Process and operations sequencing -- 4.14 Summary -- Case study 4.1: Material evaluation for a car alternator* -- Case study 4.2: Material and process selection for car bumpers* -- 5 Production equipment and tooling selection -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Aims and objectives -- 5.3 Production equipment for specific processes -- 5.4 Factors in equipment selection -- 5.5 Machine selection method -- 5.6 Tooling for specific production equipment -- 5.7 Factors in tooling selection -- 5.8 Tooling selection method -- 5.9 Summary -- 6 Process parameters -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Aims and objectives -- 6.3 Factors affecting speeds, feeds and depth of cut -- 6.4 Surface cutting speeds -- 6.5 Spindle speeds and number of strokes -- 6.6 Feed rates -- 6.7 Speeds and feeds for NC machines -- 6.8 Depth of cut -- 6.9 Machining times -- 6.10 Summary -- 7 Workholding devices -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Aims and objectives -- 7.3 General-purpose workholding devices -- 7.4 What are jigs and fixtures? -- 7.5 General factors in workholder design and selection -- 7.6 Basic principles of jig and fixture design -- 7.7 Design methodology for jig and fixture design -- 7.8 Types of jig and fixture -- 7.9 Principles and practice of location -- 7.10 Principles and practice of clamping -- 7.11 Standard parts for jigs and fixtures -- 7.12 Workholding for NC machines.

7.13 Further workholding devices -- 7.14 Summary -- Case study 7.1: Designing a jig for a simple pin -- Case study 7.2: Designing a plate- type jig -- Case study 7.3: Designing a sandwich jig -- Selection of quality assurance methods -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Aims and objectives -- 8.3 What is quality assurance? -- 8.4 Statistical quality control -- 8.5 Process control -- 8.6 Statistical process control -- 8.7 Process capability -- 8.8 Inspection and measurement -- 8.9 Summary -- 9 Economics of process planning -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Aims and objectives -- 9.3 Manufacturing costs -- 9.4 Cost categories -- 9.5 Job/batch costing -- 9.6 Marginal costing -- 9.7 Manufacturing materials and costs -- 9.8 Manufacturing processes and costs -- 9.9 The 'make or buy?' decision -- 9.10 Summary -- 10 From design to manufacture -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Aims and objectives -- 10.3 Organization -- 10.4 Component -- 10.5 Drawing interpretation and material evaluation -- 10.6 Process selection and sequencing -- 10.7 Machine selection and operations sequencing -- 10.8 Tooling selection -- 10.9 Setting the process parameters -- 10.10 Determining workholding requirements -- 10.11 Selection of quality assurance methods -- 10.12 Documenting the process plan -- 10.13 Costing the plan -- 10.14 Summary -- back matter -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Control chart factors for variables -- Appendix B: Blank control charts -- Appendix C: Blank process planning documents -- index.