Manufacturing Process

Care has been taken to explain the basic manufacturing process in a simple language with diagrams where necessary with special stress on materials for aeronautical use. Salient features · Questions have been compiled at the end of each chapter ·‘Objective’ as well as ‘subjective’ questions are provided Contents Unit I Basic Metals and Alloys: Properties and Applications 1. Properties of Materials 2. Ferrous Materials 3. Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys Unit II - Introduction to Metal Forming, Casting Processes and its Applications  4. Metal Forming 5. Casting Unit III - Introduction to Machining Welding and Its Applications 6. Machining 7. Welding Unit IV – Manufacturing 8. Miscellaneous Topics 9. Non-Metallic Materials 10. Miscellaneous Processes About the Author Santosh Bhatnagar is at present working as Head, Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rae Bareli. He is a Mechanical Engineer, from Regional Engineering College, Calicut, Kerala (now N.I.T. Calicut). He is also Aeronautical Engineer from Aeronautical Society of India, New Delhi in Design and Production Group. He is a first class post graduate diploma holder in quality management from Lucknow University. He has served for more than 34 years at M/s Hindustan Aeronautics, Accessories Division, Lucknow in quality control department. He has specialised in quality assurance activities such as TQM, Bench Marking etc. He has knowledge of lean management. He also has experience as Head of Department of Training at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Lucknow Division.