TABLE OF CONTENTS The book is in two sections: (I), the Process Section, in which common manufacturing processes in 17 key industries are described, and (II), the Products, Components and Materials Section, which explains how many of these are made.
Section I explains how each manufacturing process works, detailing what happens to the mate- rials or workpieces that are being processed. Usually, these explanations are in general terms as they are not limited to a particular component or material. However, the description also identifies the normal components or materials to which the process applies.
Section II deals with specific products, components, and materials, outlining the manufacturing sequence and processes used for making each. It often refers the reader, using the designation of any applicable text entry, to where more detailed descriptions of the operations mentioned can be found in the book. This is done by showing, in parenthesis, the chapter and text entry designation from Section I, where the basic operation is described. For example, in the description of the man- ufacture of a metal part that requires case-hardening heat treatment, the description may include "(8G3b)" to tell the reader that the case-hardening heat treatment used on the part is described at greater length in entry G3b of Chapter 8.
The handbook text in Section I is organized in a typical outline structure to aid the reader in find- ing relevant information easily. Related processes are grouped together and sequential operations are covered in sequence when possible. Major topics are given an...
