Intro to Manufacturing Flashcards

Terminology

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DEF: Manufacturing

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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

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DEF: Manufacturing Process

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

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DEF: Manufacturing Equipment

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Equipment used to perform manufacturing processes (CNC Machine)

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DEF: Manufacturing System

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Integrated whole, comprehensive term for mechanism of manufacture

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

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

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Gen: Manufacturing Processes/Technologies

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

Property-enhancing:
Surface hardening
Heat Treatment

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Gen: Materials in Manufacturing

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Metals
Plastics
Ceramics
Composites

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DEF: Net-shape/Near-net shape

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

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DEF: Vertical Integration

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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

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International Manufacturing

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

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