TY - BOOK AU - DuVall,John Barry AU - Hillis,David R. TI - Manufacturing processes: materials, productivity, and lean strategies SN - 1605255696 AV - TS183 .D88 2012 U1 - 670.42 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Tinley Park, Ill. PB - Goodheart-Willcox KW - Manufacturing processes N1 - Includes index; Introduction to manufacturing -- Material and process classifications -- Planning for production--going green -- Identifying opportunities for improving manufacturing processes--going green -- Improving productivity--when to consider automation -- Automated manufacturing systems -- Sensors and wireless communication for automation -- Behavior and characteristics of manufacturing materials -- Characteristics of metallic materials -- Characteristics of plastic materials -- Characteristics of wood materials -- Characteristics of ceramic materials -- Characteristics of composite materials --; Processes used to form metallic materials -- Processes used to form plastic materials -- Processes used to form wood materials -- Processes used to form ceramic materials -- Processes used to form composite materials -- Processes used to separate metallic materials -- Processes used to separate plastics materials -- Processes used to separate wood materials -- Processes used to separate ceramic materials -- Processes used to separate composite materials -- Processes used to fabricate metallic materials -- Processes used to fabricate plastic materials -- Processes used to fabricate wood materials -- Processes used to fabricate ceramic materials -- Processes used to fabricate composite materials -- Processes used to condition metallic materials -- Processes used to condition plastic materials -- Processes used to condition wood materials -- Processes used to condition ceramic materials -- Processes used to condition composite materials -- Processes used to finish metallic materials -- Processes used to finish plastic materials -- Processes used to finish wood materials -- Processes used to finish ceramic materials -- Processes used to finish composite materials -- Types of packaging ER -