Groover's principles of modern manufacturing materials, processes, and systems Mikell P. Groover.

Previous edition: published as Principles of modern manufacturing. Singapore: Wiley, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview of manufacturing -- Part I. Engineering materials and product attributes. The nature of materials -- Mechanical properties of materials -- Physical properties of materials -- Engineering materials -- Dimensions, surfaces, and their measurement -- Part II. Solidification processes. Fundamentals of metal casting -- Metal casting processes -- Glassworking --Shaping processes for plastics -- Processing of polymer matrix composites and rubber -- Part III. Particulate processing of metals and ceramics. Powder metallurgy -- Processing of ceramics and cermets -- Part IV. Metal forming and sheet metalworking. Fundamentals of metal forming -- Bulk deformation processes in metal working -- Sheet metalworking -- Part V. Material removal processes. Theory of metal machining -- Machining operations and machine tools -- Cutting-tool technology -- Economic and product design considerations in machining -- Grinding and other abrasive processes -- Nontraditional machining and thermal cutting processes -- Part VI. Property-enhancing and surface processing operations. Heat treatment of metals -- Surface processing operations -- Part VII. Joining and assembly processes. Fundamentals of welding -- Welding processes -- Brazing, soldering, and adhesive bonding -- Mechanical assembly -- Part VIII. Special processing and assembly technologies. Rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing -- Processing of integrated circuits -- Electronics assembly and packaging -- Microfabrication technologies -- Nanofabrication technologies -- Part IX. Manufacturing systems. Automation technologies for manufacturing systems -- Integrated manufacturing systems -- Part X. Manufacturing support systems. Process planning and production control -- Quality control and inspection.