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An Emerging Tool for Pioneering Engineers

Co-published by the International Federation of Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering.

Thermal processing is a highly precise science that does not easily lend itself to improvements through modeling, as the computations required to attain an accurate prediction of the microstructure and properties of work pieces is sophisticated beyond the capacity of human calculation.. Over the years, any developments in thermal processes relied largely on empiricism and traditional practice, but advancements in computer...

Without standardized construction elements such as nuts, bolts, bearings, beams, resistors and the like, the design of physical equipment is hopelessly inefficient, and engineers are continually bogged down with re-designing these elements over and over again. The same can be said for the domain of ideas and performance requirements. Only through a process of standardization of the corresponding functional elements will systems engineering truly live up to its potential of increased efficiency and quality.

Designing Complex Systems: Foundations of Design in the Functional...

Best Practices in Configuration Management to Ensure Quality

Many organizations are invoking a new kind of management technique Configuration Management meant to ensure a product maintains its originally intended design, materials, composition, and processing throughout its entire lifecycle. This method moves away from current supply chain thinking, in which products often undergo countless changes throughout the process. Configuration Management: Implementation, Principles, and Applications for Manufacturing Industries decreases the risk...

In real life, data is messy and doesn't always fit into normal statistical distributions. This is especially true in service industries where the variables are, well, variable and directly related to and measured by the constantly changing needs of customers. As the breadth and depth of tools available has increased across the integrated Lean Six Sigma landscape, their integrated application has become more complex. Filled with case studies using real-world data, Lean Six Sigma in Service: Applications and Case Studies demonstrates how to integrate a suite of tools to make...

Responding to a resurgence in the steel industry and the need for experts trained in current steelmaking techniques, this volume goes beyond fundamental modeling concepts to address physical and mathematical modeling, steelmaking technology, and the scientific basis of steelmaking. It also provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and covers FLUENT software. Written for students in materials, metallurgy, and engineering, the text is based on classroom-proven notes that have trained two generations of steelmakers. The author includes a practice session on physical mathematical...

The use of computers for engineering design, and in CNC for manufacturing, has dramatically changed the cam design and manufacturing process. Additionally, cam design and manufacturing have been affected by a significant number of fundamental research results published in recent years. This new edition offers changes which have been made throughout the book to update its information with the latest technology from the engineering literature and from the author's research and that of his students. Beginning at an introductory level and progressing to more advanced topics, this it provides...

The explosion of plastic material development continues to generate a proliferation of conversion processes and variants of these methods. Unfortunately, most books on plastics conversion focus on a single process, such as injection molding, limiting their usefulness to readers without prior knowledge of the field. Few, if any, single-source texts adequately describe and compare each of the plastic conversion processes together.

Plastic Conversion Processes: A Concise and Applied Guide addresses that need. It provides a basic overview of each of the seven...

In many machining operations burrs cannot be avoided. They can affect the functionality and the safe handling of the workpiece in the subsequent processing, and have to be removed by a special deburring process. Toleration of burrs, which are not part of functional edges, depends on their respective shape and size. High inspection effort is necessary to guarantee the workpiece quality. Therefore, the research results on burrs, with a focus on burr analysis and control as well as on cleanability and burr removal based on the presentations held at the conference are valuable for researchers...

In a world suffering from an ageing population and declining birth rate, service robotics and mechatronics have an increasingly vital role to play in maintaining a safe and sustainable environment for everyone. Mechatronics can be used in the reconstruction or restoration of various environments which we rely upon to survive; for example the reconstruction of a city after an earthquake, or the restoration of polluted waters

This collection of papers was originally presented at the 7^th International Conference on Machine Automation, 2008, in Awaji, Japan, and...

Das Buch ist Ubersicht und Hilfe fur den mit den Problemen des Apparatebaus bzw. -einsatzes befassten Personenkreis. Apparate sind "Herzstucke" von verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen, z.B. in der chemischen Industrie. Die wichtigsten Elemente dieser Apparate wie Umhullung, Abschluss, Anschluss und Absicherung werden mit Erklarung, Ableitung und Parameterstudien in Form von Diagrammen, Bildern sowie Durchrechnung von Beispielen behandelt. Die Darstellung ist in ihrer konsequenten Anordnung (Erklarung, Grundlagen, Messungen, Parameterstudien, Durchrechnung von Beispielen) an den Problemstellungen...

Das Buch gibt dem Ingenieur aus der Praxis und dem Studierenden einen Uberblick uber das Werkstoffverhalten beim Schweissen. Die Anderungen der Werkstoffeigenschaften in der Schmelzzone und den nahtnahen Bereichen und damit auch das Betriebsverhalten der Bauteile werden beschrieben. Grundlegende Darstellungen der Schweissbarkeit von Metallen, zum Aufbau und zur Aussage von ZTU-Schaubildern, der Temperaturverteilung beim Schweissen und zur Behandlung der Eigenspannungen beim Schweissen der am haufigsten eingesetzten unlegierten und niedriglegierten Stahle stehen im Mittelpunkt. Diese...