Manufacturing Manufacturing An abrasive is usually a material that is used to smooth, machine, or, in some cases, roughen another softer material through extensive rubbing. Some common examples of abrasive minerals and objects are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Abrasive"
Accumulator Head Machinery is used for the extrusion blow molding of large industrial hollow parts. Examples of parts produced on this machinery include drums, trash cans, automotive panels, playground equipment, and large containers, such as Jerry Cans, for liquid storage. Most parts produced on accumulator head machinery are single layer; however, specialized machinery is capable of producing parts with up to seven unique layers of plastic - these machines are used primarily to manufacture automotive gasoline tanks with barrier layers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accumulator head machinery"
Active vibration control is the active application of force in an equal and opposite fashion to the forces imposed by external vibration. With this application, a precision industrial process can be maintained on a platform essentially vibration-free. ...more on Wikipedia about "Active vibration control"
The quality revolution of the last ten years arose because the marketplace has become increasingly global. The big players cut across national and even international boundaries in ways which has opened up customer choice. The growth of service industries where the customer often plays a direct role in the service delivery process has lead to an increasingly sophisticated and aware customer base. Manufacturing can no longer assume that it can put products out to customers to its own schedule and quality levels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agile manufacturing"
The AGO system is the industrial process for manufacturing stitchless ( glued) shoes. ...more on Wikipedia about "AGO system"
The American system of manufacturing, developed by Eli Whitney in 1799, involves semi-skilled labor using machine tools and templates (or jigs) to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, manufactured to a tolerance. ...more on Wikipedia about "American system of manufacturing"
An ashery is a factory that converts hardwood ashes into lye, potash, or pearlash. Asheries were common in newly-settled areas of North America during the late 18th century and much of the 19th century, when excess wood was available as settlers cleared their land for farming. Hardwood ashes contain abundant levels of potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide, the principle components of the products being produced. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashery"
An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product. ...more on Wikipedia about "Assembly line"
Axiomatic design is system design methodology using matrix methods to systematically analyze the transformation of customer needs into functional requirements, design parameters, and process variables. The method gets its name from its use of design principles or design Axioms (i.e., given without proof) governing the analysis and decision making process in developing high quality product or system designs. A discussion of the methodology is given here ** and here ** . Axiomatic design is considered to be a design method that addresses fundamental issues in Taguchi methods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Axiomatic design"
BeautiControl, Inc., based in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton, Texas, is an international manufacturer, party planner, and direct seller of skin care products, cosmetics, bath and body care, toiletries, fragrances, and related products. The company also has a health and beauty supplements line that includes hair and nail supplements, skin condition supplements, and nutritional supplements. The company markets its products through an independent sales force of approximately 100 thousand Independent Consultants throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "BeautiControl, Inc."
A Bill of Materials describes a product in terms of its assemblies, sub-assemblies and basic parts. Basically consisting of a list of parts, a BOM is an essential part of the design and manufacture of any product. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill of materials"
Blow molding is a manufacturing process by which hollow plastic parts are formed. In general, there are three main types of blow molding; Extrusion Blow Molding, Injection Blow Molding, and Stretch Blow Molding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blow molding"
The box and pan brake is a mechanical metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal to form box and pan shapes, and to form bends and creases in sheet metal. Also known as a bending machine or bending brake. ...more on Wikipedia about "Box and pan brake"
Casting is a process by which a material is introduced into a mold while it is liquid, allowed to solidify in the shape inside the mold, and then removed producing a fabricated object, part, or casing. Casting is often used for creating one or more copies of an original piece of sculptural (three-dimensional) artwork. It is also used extensively in the automobile manufacture industry, such as the casting of engine blocks or cylinder heads, or vacuum-forming of plastics and in the lost core process. The process, particularly when performed with molten metals, is also called founding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Casting" Can you feel it? http://www.shortopedia.com. shortopedia
Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique which has application across a wide range of industrial and artistic applications: ...more on Wikipedia about "Centrifugal casting"
Cladding is the bonding together of dissimilar metals. Cladding is distinct from welding or gluing as a method to fasten the metals together. Often cladding is achieved by extruding two metals through a die or pressing sheets togther under high pressure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clad (metallurgy)"
Coated abrasives are made of abrasive grains adhered to the surface of flexible or semi-flexible backings such as ...more on Wikipedia about "Coated abrasives"
A coin die is one of the two metallic pieces that are used to strike one side of a coin. A die contains an incuse version of the image to be struck on the coin. To imagine what the incuse version looks like, press a coin into clay or wax and look at the resulting inverted image. Modern dies made out of hardened steel are capable of producing many hundreds of thousands of coins before they are retired and defaced. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coin die"
Coining is a form of precision stamping. It differs from simple stamping in that enough pressure is used to cause plastic flow of the surface of the material. A beneficial feature is that in some materials, such as phosphor bronze, the plastic flow breaks up the surface crystals, work hardening the surface, while the material deeper in the part retains its strength, toughness, ductility and flexibility. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coining (machining)"
Compression molding is a method of molding in which the molding material, generally preheated, is first placed in an open, heated mold cavity. The mold is closed with a top force or plug member, pressure is applied to force the material into contact with all mold areas, and heat and pressure are maintained until the molding material has cured. The process employs thermosetting resins in a partially cured stage, either in the form of granules, putty-like masses, or preforms. Compression molding is a high-volume, high-pressure method suitable for molding complex, high-strength fiberglass reinforcements. Advanced composite thermoplastics can also be compression molded with unidirectional tapes, woven fabrics, randomly orientated fiber mat or chopped strand. The advantage of compression molding is its ability to mold large, fairly intricate parts. Compression molding produces fewer knit lines and less fiber-length degradation than injection molding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Compression molding"
Integrating computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) with computer-aided design systems produces quicker and more efficient manufacturing processes. This methodology is applied in different manufacturing areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer-aided manufacturing"
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Continuous production is a method used to produce or process any product without interruption. There is no discrete rate at which goods are produced, as opposed to a batch production process, or a one-time production. Examples of continuous production are the production processes for pens, paper, cars and computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Continuous production"
In foundry work, the terms Cope and Drag refer to the upper and lower parts of a two-part casting flask, used in sand casting. The flask is a wood or metal frame, which contains the molding sand, providing support to the sand as the metal is poured into the mold. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cope and drag"
A cottage industry (also called the Domestic system) is an industry – primarily manufacturing – which includes many producers, working from their homes, typically part time. The term originally referred to homeworkers who were engaged in a task such as sewing or lace-making. Some industries which are usually operated from large centralized factories were cottage industries before the Industrial Revolution. The business operators would travel around, buying raw materials, delivering it to people who would work on them, and then collecting the finished goods to sell, or typically to ship to another market. One of the factors which allowed the industrial revolution to take place in Western Europe was the presence of these business people who had the ability to expand the scale of their operations. Cottage industries were very common in the time when a large proportion of the population was engaged in agriculture, because the farmers (and their families) often had both the time and the desire to earn additional income during the part of the year (Winter) when there was little farming work to do. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cottage industry"
Craft production is the process of manufacturing by hand with or without the aid of tools. The term Craft production refers to a manufacturing technique applied in the hobbies of Handicraft but was also the common method of manufacture in the pre-industrialized world. For example, the production of pottery uses methods of craft production. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craft production"
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