PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

The purpose of this book is to provide the comprehensive knowledge and insight into various aspects of engineering materials, their heat treatment and fabrication, manufacturing processes, machining and tooling techniques, non-conventional methods of machining, the cutting tools, tooling equipment and machine tools, dies, jigs and fixtures, presses and their fields of applications etc. As automation and computers are finding more and more usage in factories, special attention has been given for their full coverage. Modern practices and recent trends being followed in manufacturing have been covered in each chapter.

There is rapid development taking place in the field of manufacturing processes, the exotic and complicated machinery and new products are appearing in the market. In order to keep abreast with the modern technological advances being made in the world, the engineering students community has to face a gigantic task of mastering the fundamentals and also gain insight into the new innovations. The intention of writing this book is to achieve the above objective and make the students feel at home in accepting the challenges posed on them. A good number of important problems collected from several universities have been solved and given at the end of each chapter.

Separate chapters have been devoted to Numerical Control of Machine Tools, Flexible Manufacturing System, Machining Centre, CNC & DNC Machines, Robots and Robotics, Automated Factories, etc. to cover the advanced topics of Manufacturing Processes and Technology. Also chapters on Manufacture of Modern Electronic Components and Emerging Trends in Production Technology have been added to cover the most recent developments.