Machinery
Tools
Power
Labor
Starting Completed part
Material
Waste
As a technological process
Manufacturing
▪TechnologicalDefinition:Applicationofphysical
andchemicalprocessestoalterthegeometry,
properties,and/orappearanceofagivenstarting
materialtomakepartsorproducts.
❑Manufacturingalsoincludesthejoiningofmultiple
partstomakeassembledproducts.
❑Accomplishedbyacombinationofmachinery,tools,
power,andmanuallabor.
❑Almostalwayscarriedoutasasequenceof
operations.
▪EconomicDefinition:Transformationofmaterials
intoitemsofgreatervaluebymeansofoneormore
processingand/orassemblyoperations.
❑Manufacturingaddsvaluetothematerial
❑Examples:
➢Convertingironoretosteeladdsvalue
➢Transformingsandintoglassaddsvalue
➢Refiningpetroleumintoplasticaddsvalue
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Mfg. Process
As an economic process
Value Added
Starting materiaMaterial in Processing Completed part
Mfg. Process
Facilities
Manual
work system
Worker
machine
Automated
Using
unpowered
hand tool
Using power
equipment
Automated facility
branches out-to:
Semi-automated
machines and fully
automated machines
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Functions of
Manufacturing
support system
Business
function
Product design
Manufacturing
planning
Manufacturing
planning control
Communicating with customer
Either provided by customer or in
house if it’s proprietary
Scheduling, Capacity planning and,
process planning
Shop floor
control
Inventory
control
Quality control
Product progress
Balancing too little and
too much inventory
Product quality meets
standard
Classification of Manufacturing
Processes
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• Shaping operations
1.Solidification processes
2.Particulate processing
3.Deformation processes
4.Material removal processes
5.Additive manufacturing (a.k.a. rapid prototyping)
• Property-enhancing operations (heat treatments)
• Surface processing operations
– Cleaning and surface treatments
– Coating and thin-film deposition
• Joining processes
–Welding
–Brazing and soldering
–Adhesive bonding
•Mechanical assembly
–Threaded fasteners (e.g., bolts and nuts, screws)
–Rivets
–Interference fits (e.g., press fitting, shrink fits)
–Other
•Material handling and storage
•Inspection and testing
•Coordination and control
Material Handling and Storage
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•Material transport:
–Vehicles, e.g., forklift trucks, AGVs, monorails
–Conveyors
–Hoists and cranes
•Storage systems
•Automatic identification and data capture(AIDC):
–Bar codes
–RFID
–Other AIDC