The new edition of this text provides up-to-date coverage and focuses on manufacturing in the real world. It features a thorough updating of material, particularly automation and other computer-oriented topics, modern materials and non-traditional manufacturing methods, especially rapid prototyping. New categories of homework problems are also included, namely, review questions, quantitative problems, qualitative problems and synthesis and design questions.

The new edition of this text provides up-to-date coverage and focuses on manufacturing in the real world. It features a thorough updating of material, particularly automation and other computer-oriented topics, modern materials and non-traditional manufacturing methods, especially rapid prototyping. New categories of homework problems are also included, namely, review questions, quantitative problems, qualitative problems and synthesis and design questions.