Today, manufacturing technology is an interdisciplinary field involving the analysis of product design to assure manufacturability, the selection, specification and optimization of the required equipment, as well as tooling, processes and operations. Manufacturing technology is well established in a great number of industries such as aircraft, automotive, aerospace, machine tools, molds and dies, product manufacturing, computers, electronics, semiconductor and communications. This book focuses on all manufacturing technology materials, such as metals, plastics, ceramics, composites and...

This title reviews research developments in micro and nanomanufacturing, such as manufacturing and fabrication techniques in nano, micro and meso scales, micro scale metal cutting, micro and nano abrasive machining, laser micro-machining, micro EDM, micro forming processes and lithographyc processes.

Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary engineering field which studies the automata from an engineering perspective, thinking on the design of products and manufacturing processes. As manufacturing becomes increasingly competitive, sophisticated technology that improves productivity has emerged. Artificial intelligence is a sub-field of computer science concerned with understanding the nature of intelligence and constructing computer systems capable of intelligent action. Artificial intelligence in manufacturing can be applied to all systems and processes. This book provides discussion and the...

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical diversity and physical complexity with structures, that vary extensively in their shape, size, properties and function. Therefore, using wood to its best advantage and most efficiency in engineering and technology applications, specific characteristics or chemical, physical and mechanical properties must be considered. This book aims to provide the research and review studies on wood and wood products with special emphasis in machining aspects....