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Powder metallurgy is a technology used for producing a wide range of parts from metal powders. This programme shows how the process of near-net shape forming reduces or elimates the need for secondary...
Looks at BOC, British Steel, ICI and T & N, huge businesses whose contribution is often overlooked becasue they deal in either very basic industrial materials or parts of someone else’s product, but...
Shows the rapidly developing field of solid modeling, illustrated by a study of Sundberg-Ferar, a small design firm, as it implemented solid modelling for the first time. Also shows how the massive solid...
Compares innovation in the UK and Italy, exploring the rising importance of institutional networking among and between firms, research bodies and funding institutions in order to achieve rapid innovation....
Looks at a range of electrically powered hand tools manufactured by UK company Black & Decker. Follows the evolution of the company’s product range and shows how a sequence of changes in materials and...
Examines customer-focused manufacturing at Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation and the diverse management techniques used there. In order to meet the changing needs of customers and to ensure profitability...
Explores the capabilities and basic machine sub-systems of the two primary electrical discharge machining (EDM) processes - ram and wire-cut. Shows how this thermal cutting process can produce products such...
Discusses the reengineering process with regard to manufacturing organisations, using case studies featuring Texas Instruments, Pratt & Whitney and the development of the Saturn car by General Motors.
Introduces sheet metal shearing and bending, exploring the many elements necessary for proper execution. Defines ‘knife clearance’, essential for proper shearing, and how it is modified for different...
Looks at sheet metal properties and die structure and operations. Explains stamping dies and the processes which form parts from sheet metal. Shows examples of different die operations such as shearing,...
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