For over 40 years, students, designers, and manufacturing practitioners have used the Fundamentals of Tool Design to gain an in-depth understanding of all the factors that impact tool success. Fully illustrated, readers will find practical design examples, cost analysis calculations, process data, operating parameters, and tips and techniques--all of the concrete knowledge needed to spark innovation and resolve complex tooling challenges.

The creation of a Fifth Edition is proof of the continuing vitality of the book's contents, including: tool design and materials; jigs and fixtures; workholding principles; die manipulation; inspection, gaging, and tolerances; computer hardware and software and their applications; joining processes, and pressworking tool design. To stay abreast of the newer developments in design and manufacturing, every effort has been made to include those technologies that are currently finding applications in tool engineering. For example, sections on rapid prototyping, hydroforming, and simulation have been added or enhanced. The basic principles and methods discussed in Fundamentals of Tool Design can be used by both students and professionals for designing efficient tools.

Includes material on numerical control; the computer in tool design, etc.

This fundamental four-volume work was translated from the considerably revised second edition. It should be of great value to engineers engaged in the design, manufacture and maintenance of machine tool equipment. It can also be used to advantage by the students of engineering institutes majoring in Process Engineering, Metal-Cutting Machine Tools or Cutting Tool Design.The first volume deals with the basic machine tools and special machine tools used in cutting tool production. The classification, type and size range, and designation of machine tools, employed in Soviet practice, are given in detail, together with the types of motion found in machine tools. Metal-cutting lathes, turret lathes, vertical boring machines, automatic and semiautomatic lathes, milling machines and many other types of machine tools are described. Special attention has been given to machine tools designed for the production of cutting tools. These include general and single-purpose semiautomatic precision thread-grinding machines, automatic and semiautomatic tracer-controlled lathes with hydraulic controls, jig boring machines and specialized machine tools, as well as automatic transfer machines for cutting tool production.Volume two contains Parts Three and Four. Part Three deals with the kinematics of machine tools. This branch of machine tool design has been strictly systematized by the author and is set forth with exceptional clarity. The kinematic structures of a great many different types of machine tools, including the most complex gear-cutting machines, are analyzed by methods developed in the text which take into consideration the interrelation between the workpiece to be produced in the given machine tool. Part Four takes up hydraulic drives of machine tools. It contains all the theoretical and practical data required in the application of fluid power and control systems to machine tools.Volume Three contains Part Five and this deals with machine tool design proper. It is a comprehensive scientific treatment of the subject and is a revised and complemented version of a previous Russian edition which has become a reliable reference book for all Soviet machine tool engineers and has been translated into French. Such questions as performance criteria, basic design data, principal specifications and the development of the kinematic scheme of a new machine tool are dealt with in great detail. Design recommendations are given as well as the necessary calculation data for the basic elements of machine tools - speed and feed gearboxes, stepless drives, rapid traverse mechanisms, spindles and spindle bearings, mechanisms for rectilinear motion, small displacement and periodic motion, reversing devices, beds columns, tables and other housing-type components, slideways and antifriction ways.The fourth and final volume covers Automatic Machine Tools and Transfer Machines, and Machine Tool Testing and Research, Parts Six and Seven of the complete work. Part Six deals with the fundamental principles of machine tool automation, the various systems of numerical programme control that have found extensive application in modern machine tool design in the USSR and other countries. Much space has been given to automatic transfer machines, including in-line, rotary, and other types, their layout, features, design procedures, structure, and output.Current methods of testing and investigating the geometrical, kinematic, dynamic, and operational characteristics of machine tools are considered in Part Seven. Methods of testing the quality characteristics, of determining the corresponding criteria (indices), and of using contemporary apparatus for this purpose are dealt with. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Fundamentals of Manufacturing, Third Edition provides a structured review of the fundamentals of manufacturing for individuals planning to take SME'S Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) or Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) certification exams. This book has been updated according to the most recent Body of Knowledge published by the Certification Oversight and Appeals Committee of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. While the objective of this book is to prepare for the certification process, it is a primary source of information for individuals interested in learning fundamental manufacturing concepts and practices. This book is a valuable resource for anyone with limited manufacturing experience or training. Instructor slides and the Fundamentals of Manufacturing Workbook are available to complement course instruction and exam preparation. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Mathematics Chapter 2: Units of Measure Chapter 3: Light Chapter 4: Sound Chapter 5: Electricity/Electronics Chapter 6: Statics Chapter 7: Dynamics Chapter 8: Strength of Materials Chapter 9: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Chapter 10: Fluid Power Chapter 11: Chemistry Chapter 12: Material Properties Chapter 13: Metals Chapter 14: Plastics Chapter 15: Composites Chapter 16: Ceramics Chapter 17: Engineering Drawing Chapter 18: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Chapter 19: Computer-Aided Design/Engineering Chapter 20: Product Development and Design Chapter 21: Intelllectual Property Chapter 22: Product Liability Chapter 23: Cutting Tool Technology Chapter 24: Machining Chapter 25: Metal Forming Chapter 26: Sheet Metalworking Chapter 27: Powdered Metals Chapter 28: Casting Chapter 29: Joining and Fastening Chapter 30: Finishing Chapter 31: Plastics Processes Chapter 32: Composite Processes Chapter 33: Ceramic Processes Chapter 34: Printed Circuit Board Fabrication and Assembly Chapter 35: Traditional Production Planning and Control Chapter 36: Lean Production Chapter 37: Process Engineering Chapter 38: Fixture and Jig Design Chapter 39: Materials Management Chapter 40: Industrial Safety, Health and Environmental Management Chapter 41: Manufacturing Networks Chapter 42: Computer Numerical Control Machining Chapter 43: Programmable Logic Controllers Chapter 44: Robotics Chapter 45: Automated Material Handling and Identification Chapter 46: Statistical Methods for Quality Control Chapter 47: Continuous Improvement Chapter 48: Quality Standards Chapter 49: Dimensional Metrology Chapter 50: Nondestructive Testing Chapter 51: Management Introduction Chapter 52: Leadership and Motivation Chapter 53: Project Management Chapter 54: Labor Relations Chapter 55: Engineering Economics Chapter 56: Sustainable Manufacturing Chapter 57: Personal Effectiveness