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Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering are names that are frequently used inter-changeably. However Industrialization has changed since in the 1970s with Globalization, the Outsourcing of production, and the growth of the Virtual Corporation. As a result Industrial Engineering has begun to focus more on the external dynamics of industrial processes, such as: Process Management, Project Management, Logistics, Human Factors, and Labor Relations; while Manufacturing Engineering remains focused on the internal dynamics of industrial processes, such as: Machine Tools, Materials Science, Tribology, and Quality Control.
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Undergraduate curriculum
The Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering will usually be very similar to Mechanical Engineering. It typically includes the following classes:
- Statics
- Mechanics
- Materials Science
- Manufacturing Processes
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Automated Manufacturing
- Quality Control
- Advanced Electric Circuits
- Machine Tooling
While there are many sub-disciplinary components that feed into industrial processes, Manufacturing Engineering can be further defined through a Taxonomy of manufacturing processes.
Shaping
Shaping involve processes that perform Boolean operations on matter or contort matter to conform to desired shapes.
Mass reducing
Mechanical reducing
Mechanical reducing typically involves the use of a hard and sharp metallic object to remove matter. Among the operations involved are:
Thermal reducing
Thermal reducing involves the use of heat to induce a physical Phase Transition. Operations may include:
- Gas torching
- Plasma torching
- Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
- Laser torching
- Melting
Chemical reducing
Chemical reducing involves the use of chemicals to induce
Mass-conserving
Deformation
Joining
The most common forms of joining are solid state and arc welding. Solid state welding is done without melting of the materials. The following are a few examples:
- Friction Stir Welding
- Diffusion Bonding
The following are the most common forms of arc welding:
- Metal Inert Gas (MIG)
- Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (stick welding)
Thermal joining
Chemical joining
Adhesive Bonding is a joining process where a liquid or semi liquid substance is applied to adjoining work pieces to provide a long lasting bond. Materials that have the ability to be bonded together are virtually unlimited. Adhesives used in bonding can exist in many forms. Adhesive materials can also be made from various natural and/or artificial compounds.
Non-shaping
Heat treatments
References
- Todd, Robert H.; Allen, Dell K.; and Alting, Leo (1994). Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide, 1st Edition, Industrial Press Inc. ISBN 0-8311-3049-0.
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