Chapter 2 - Manufacturing Operations Flashcards
An application of physical and chemical process to alter the geomety, propertis, and/or appearance of a given starting material to make parts or products.
Manufacturing (Technological Definition)
also includes the joining of multiple parts to make assembled products
Manufacturing
Accomplished by a combination of machinery, tools, power, and manual labor.
Manufacturing
Almost always carried out as a sequence of operations
Manufacturing
Transformation of materials into items of greater value by means of one or more processing and/or assembly operations.
Manufacturing (Economic Definition)
Manufacturing adds ___ to the material
value
3 Classification of Industries
- Primary industries
- Secondary industries
- Tertiary industries
cultivate and exploit natural
resources
▪ Examples: agriculture, mining
Primary industries
convert output of primary
industries into products
▪ Examples: manufacturing, power generation,
construction
Secondary industries
service sector
▪ Examples: banking, education, government, legal
services, retail trade, transportation
Tertiary industries
Production operations in the process industries and the discrete product industries can be divided into
Continuous production and
Batch production
Three Categories of Processing Operations
- Shaping operations
- Property-enhancing operations
- Surface processing operations
What are/is the shaping operations?
- Solidification processes
- Particulate processing
- Deformation processes
- Material removal processes
What process(es) is/are the property-enhancing operations?
heat treatments
What are/is the process(es) of surface processing operations?
▪ Cleaning and surface treatments
▪ Coating and thin-film deposition
A(n)_______ joins two or more components tocreate
a new entity which is called an assembly, subassembly,etc.
Assembly operation
What are the joining process?
▪ Welding
▪ Brazing and soldering
▪ Adhesive bonding
What are the mechanical assembly?
▪ Threaded fasteners (e.g., bolts and nuts, screws)
▪ Rivets
▪ Interference fits (e.g., press fitting, shrink fits)
▪ Other
Other Factory Operations
▪ Material handling and storage
▪ Inspection and testing
▪ Coordination and control
A means of moving and storing materials between processing and/or assembly operations
Material Handling
What are the material transport?
▪ Vehicles, e.g., forklift trucks, AGVs, monorails
▪ Conveyors
▪ Hoists and cranes