The text begins with introducing factory system, need of products made by industries, importance of manufacturing process, types of manufacturing processes and machine tools. \n \nChapter 2 on sand casting presents history of casting, types of casting process, elements of sand casting, pattern making with topics, viz. types of patterns, types of pattern material, pattern allowances, types of sands, properties of sand-casting mould, steps of sand casting, core, and gate and its types. It is followed by a chapter on moulding machines and melting furnaces, which gives a comprehensive presentation of thermoforming moulding, injection moulding, compression moulding, transfer moulding, extrusion moulding, blow moulding, rotational moulding, hydroforming, laminating, and metal furnaces, viz. Cupola furnace, induction furnace, and open-hearth furnace. Chapter 4 presents special casting processes, which include shell casting, investment casting, ceramic mould casting, pressure diecasting, viz. hot chamber process in high pressure diecasting, cold chamber high pressure diecasting and low-pressure diecasting, and horizontal centrifugal casting, vertical centrifugal casting, CO2 casting process, stir casting, squeeze casting, full mould casting, magnetic casting, and casting techniques for single crystal components. It is followed by a presentation of different casting defects. Chapter 5 is on gas welding, which is a metal joining process. This chapter includes key terminologies of welding, gas welding techniques, viz. Air-Acetylene Welding (AAW), Oxy-Acetylene Welding (OAW), Oxy Hydrogen Welding, and Pressure Gas Welding (PGW). Next, the chapter 6 on arc welding includes gas shield tungstan arc welding, metal arc welding, submerged arc welding, gas shield metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding (FCAW), electro slag welding, electro gas welding (EGW), stud welding. carbon arc welding and atomic hydrogen welding. It is followed by Chapter 7, which gives a comprehensive accounts of resistance welding process.

This presents resistance spot welding, resistance seam welding, upset welding, projection welding, percussion welding, and flash welding. Chapter 8 is on intense energy welding processes, which presents plasma arc welding, electron beam welding, laser beam, and welding.

R. Panneerselvam, PhD, served as a Professor of Operations and Systems, Department of Management Studies at School of Management, Pondicherry University. He possesses a total of 41 years of teaching and research experience at Anna University and Pondicherry University put together. He served as the chairman of Computer Society of India (Pondicherry Chapter) and life member of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering and Computer Society of India.  Prof. Panneerselvam has published more than 100 research articles in leading national and international journals and has authored 25 textbooks through PHI Learning, Cengage, Vijay Nicole, and Amazon. He also provided consultancy, including an overseas consultancy to CEMS, Malaysia.

Dr Panneerselvam received academic excellence award in an international conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Practices and Achiever Award from Anna University for outstanding contributions to academics. His areas of research interest include Cellular manufacturing, Assembly line balancing, Simulation, Total covering problem, Supply chain management, Ergonomics, Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, Technology disruption, Decision support system for manufacturing industry, etc.

P. Sivasankaran, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Christ College of Engineering and Technology, Puducherry. Earlier, he has worked in the mechanical engineering department of engineering colleges, including Anna University for 14 years. Prof. Sivasankaran has published many research articles in leading national and international journals and has authored several textbooks through PHI learning, Cengage, Vijay Nicole and Amazon. His areas of research interest include Assembly line balancing, Unrelated parallel machines scheduling, Simulation, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Mechanical system design, JIT manufacturing, TQM, etc. He has seven Indian patents to his credit.

1. Introduction

2. Sand Casting

3. Moulding Machines and Melting Furnaces

4. Special Casting Processes

5. Metal Joining Process: Gas Welding

6. ARC Welding

7. Resistance Welding Processes (Solid-State Welding)

8. Intense Energy Welding Processes

9. Advanced Welding/ Joining Methods

10. Principles of Bulk Deformation Processes- Forging

11. Principles of Bulk Deformation Processes-Rolling of Metals

12. Bulk Deformation Processes: Principles Drawing, Stretching and Extrusion

13. Sheet Metal Processes- Part 1

14. Sheet Metal Process – Part 2

15. Special Forming Processes

16. Types and Characteristics of Plastic

17. Types of Thermoplastic Moulding