Intro to Manufacturing

Question 1

DEF: Manufacturing

Answer 1

Conversion of raw materials and information into products for the satisfaction of human needs.

All activities involved in materials handling and information handling can be considered as manufacturing

Question 2

DEF: Manufacturing Process

Answer 2

Altering/improving the form/shape and properties of the materials (must improve attributions of a product in manufacturing)

Question 3

DEF: Manufacturing Equipment

Answer 3

Equipment used to perform manufacturing processes (CNC Machine)

Question 4

DEF: Manufacturing System

Answer 4

Integrated whole, comprehensive term for mechanism of manufacture

Question 5

What do we consider when selecting materials for products and components?

Answer 5

Properties of materials (magnetic properties)
Availability + cost (how scarce material is)
Service Life (durability, corrosion, resistance)
Environmental Impact

Question 6

Gen: Manufacturing Processes/Technologies

Answer 6

Metal Casting
Plastic Injection-Molding
Powder Processing
Forming/shaping
Machining
Additive Tech (joining/adding/assembly)

Property-enhancing:
Surface hardening
Heat Treatment

Question 7

Gen: Materials in Manufacturing

Answer 7

Metals
Plastics
Ceramics
Composites

Question 8

DEF: Net-shape/Near-net shape

Answer 8

Part is made in only one operation at or close to final specific dimensions, tolerances, surface finish

Question 9

DEF: Vertical Integration

Answer 9

Strategy where company owns/controls its supplies/distributors (Rare for many companies to be completely vertically integrated, but companies such as Tesla are highly integratied)

Components of VI: Raw materials -> component parts manufacturing -> assembly -> retail

Question 10

International Manufacturing

Answer 10

USA: Advanced tech, pro-business policies
Japan: diverse portfolio, high quality
Germany: investment in R&D, precision and high performance industries