The Springer Reference Work Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology provides overviews and in-depth and authoritative analyses on the basic and cutting-edge manufacturing technologies and sciences across a broad spectrum of areas. These topics are commonly encountered in industries as well as in academia. Manufacturing engineering curricula across universities are now essential topics covered in major universities worldwide.

Table of Contents

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• Part Section I Forming and Joining: Materials Forming - Forming of Polymer and Composite Materials - Yu Suzhu
• 1 Fundamentals of Polymers and Polymer Composite - Alok Chaurasia, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Mian Wang, Chaobin He and Vishal Tukaram Mogal
• 2 Properties and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposite - Alok Chaurasia, Yu Suzhu, Cheng Kuo Feng Henry, Vishal Tukaram Mogal and Sampa Saha
• 3 Polymer Surface Treatment and Coating Technologies - Mary Gilliam
• 4 Polymer Foam Technology - Xiao Hu, Erwin Merijn Wouterson and Ming Liu
• Part Section II Forming and Joining: Metal Forming - Mehrdad Zarinejad
• 5 Bulk Metal Forming Processes in Manufacturing - Ehsan Ghassemali, Xu Song, Mehrdad Zarinejad, Danno Atsushi and Ming Jen Tan
• 6 Materials in Metal Forming - Sridhar Idapalapati, Xu Song, N. Venkata Reddy, Narasimalu Srikanth, Farshid Pahlevani, Karthic R. Narayanan and Mehrdad Zarinejad
• 7 Roll Forming - Michael Lindgren, Jonas Edberg and Lars-Erik Lindgren
• 8 Metal Casting - Anders E. W. Jarfors and Salem Seifeddine
• 9 Incremental Metal Forming Processes in Manufacturing - N. Venkata Reddy, Rakesh Lingam and Jian Cao
• 10 Combined Sheet and Bulk Forming of High Value Added Components in Manufacturing - Atsushi Danno
• 11 Powder Processing of Bulk Components in Manufacturing - Andrew Ruys, Oana Gingu, Gabriela Sima and Saeed Maleksaeedi
• Part Section III Forming and Joining: Materials Joining - Wei Jun and Wei Zhou
• 12 Solid State Welding Processes in Manufacturing - Junfeng Guo
• 13 Arc Welding - N. Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Sun Zheng, Pan Dayou, S. Jerome and V. Muthupandi
• 14 High Energy Beam Welding Processes in Manufacturing - Chen Hui-Chi, Bi Guijun and Sun Chen-Nan
• 15 Solid State Microjoining Processes in Manufacturing - Sharon Mui Ling Nai, Murali Sarangapani and Johnny Yeung
• 16 Process of Nanojoining - Xiaoying Qi, Tey Ju Nie and Ho Xinning
• 17 Solder Joint Technology - Sharon Mui Ling Nai, Long Bin Tan and Cheryl Selvanayagam
• 18 Adhesive Bonding Technology - Shantanu Bhowmik, R. Benedictus and Yu Dan
• Part Section IV Machining and Tolerancing Systems: Machining - Sathyan Subbiah and Hongyu Zheng
• 19 Science of Machining - Sathyan Subbiah
• 20 Machine Tools for Machining - Irving Paul Girsang and Jaspreet Singh Dhupia
• 21 Machining Dynamics in Manufacturing - Jeong Hoon Ko
• 22 Machinability of Engineering Materials - Hongyu Zheng and Kui Liu
• 23 Machining Process Monitoring - Huaizhong Li and Yun Chen
• 24 Coolant and Lubrication in Machining - Ramesh Singh and Vivek Bajpai
• 25 Fixed Abrasive Machining - Fu Yucan and Yang Changyong
• 26 Loose Abrasive Machining - Takashi Sato, Swee Hock Yeo and Hamid Zarepour
• 27 Mechanical Micro-machining - Kushendarsyah Saptaji
• 28 Hybrid Machining Processes - Murali Meenakshi Sundaram
• 29 Environmentally Friendly Machining - Fu Zhao and Abhay Sharma
• 30 Simulation in Machining - Vis Madhavan
• 31 Virtual Machining - Peiling Liu and Cheng-Feng Zhu
• Part Section V Machining and Tolerancing Systems: Tolerancing System - Ping Ji
• 32 Computer Aided Angular Tolerance Charting System: Implementation - Jianbin Xue and Ping Ji
• Part Section VI Nanomanufacturing and Non-Traditional Machining: Nanomanufacturing Using Ion Beam Technology - Zong Wei Xu and Fengzhou Fang
• 33 Introduction to Nanomanufacturing Using Ion Beam Technology - Fengzhou Fang
• 34 State-of-the-Art for Nanomanufacturing Using Ion Beam Technology - Fengzhou Fang and Zongwei Xu
• 35 Ion Beam Instruments Used for Nanomanufacturing - Wuxia Li and Changzhi Gu
• 36 Ion Beam Figuring Technology - Xuhui Xie and Shengyi Li
• 37 Focused Ion Beam Nanofabrication Technology - Zongwei Xu, Fengzhou Fang and Guosong Zeng
• 38 Nanometric Cutting of Crystal Surfaces Modified by Ion Implantation - Yunhui Chen and Fengzhou Fang
• 39 Micro Tools Fabrication by Focused Ion Beam Technology - Wei Wu, Wanli Li, Fengzhou Fang and Zong Wei Xu
• 40 Nano-gap Electrodes Developed Using Focused Ion Beam Technology - Takashi Nagase
• 41 Plasma-Based Nanomanufacturing Under Atmospheric Pressure - Kazuya Yamamura and Yasuhisa Sano
• Part Section VII Nanomanufacturing and Non-Traditional Machining: Non-Traditional Machining Processes - Hong Hocheng and Hung-Yin Tsai
• 42 Electrical Discharge Machining Processes - Masanori Kunieda
• 43 Chemical Mechanical Machining Process - Toshiro Doi
• 44 Process of Laser Machining - George Chryssolouris, Panagiotis Stavropoulos and Konstantinos Salonitis
• 45 Process of Ultrasonic Machining - Weilong Cong and Zhijian Pei
• 46 WaterJet Machining Process - Mohamed Hashish
• 47 Process of Biological Machining - Hong Hocheng and Umesh Jadhav
• Part Section VIII Robotics and Automation - Guilin Yang
• 48 Rigid-Body Motions - Zhenhua Xiong, Chungang Zhuang and Jianhua Wu
• 49 Manipulator Kinematics - Ashitava Ghosal
• 50 Manipulator Velocities and Static Forces - Dan Zhang, Kailiang Zhang and Andreas Müller
• 51 Manipulator Dynamics - Shaoping Bai, Lelai Zhou and Guanglei Wu
• 52 Trajectory Planning - Quang-Cuong Pham
• 53 Motion Control - Chien Chern Cheah and Reza Haghighi
• 54 Force Control - Rolf Johansson, Klas Nilsson and Anders Robertsson
• 55 Actuation - Lorenzo Masia
• 56 Robot Work Cell Calibration and Error Compensation - Pey Yuen Tao, Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa, Guilin Yang and Masayoshi Tomizuka
• 57 Grippers and End-Effectors - Wenjie Chen, Su Zhao and Siew Loong Chow
• 58 Simulation and Offline Programming for Contact Operations - N. D. Vuong, T. M. Lim and G. Yang
• 59 Parallel Robots - Yan Jin, Hélène Chanal and Flavien Paccot
• 60 Modular Robots - I-Ming Chen
• 61 Cable-Driven Robots - Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa, Wen Bin Lim, Guilin Yang, Song Huat Yeo, Wei Lin and Sunil Kumar Agrawal
• 62 Compliant Manipulators - Tat Joo Teo, Guilin Yang and I-Ming Chen
• 63 Autonomous In-door Vehicles - Jun Feng Dong, Sean Efrem Sabastian, Tao Ming Lim and Yuan Ping Li
• 64 Robotic Assembly - Heping Chen, Biao Zhang and George Zhang
• 65 Robotic Welding - Wei Lin and Hong Luo
• 66 Robotic Finishing - Yeow Cheng Sun and Chow Yin Lai
• Part Section IX Additive Manufacturing and Surface Technology - Additive Manufacturing-Rapid Prototyping, Tooling & Manufacturing - David SK Wong
• 67 Rapid Manufacturing Using FDM Systems - Allen Kreemer and Zaw Hlwan Moe
• 68 Reverse Engineering for Additive Manufacturing - Bill Macy
• 69 Rapid Prototyping in Manufacturing - Jesse Hanssen, Zaw Hlwan Moe, Desmond Tan and Ong Yong Chien
• 70 Rapid Tooling in Manufacturing - Chee Kai Chua, Kah Fai Leong and Zhong Hong Liu
• 71 Micro Prototyping and Fabrication in Manufacturing - Ian Gibson
• 72 Micro- and Bio-Rapid Prototyping Using Drop-On-Demand 3D Printing - J. Y. H. Fuh, J. Sun, E. Q. Li, Jinlan Li, Lei Chang, G. S. Hong, Y. S. Wong and E. S. Thian
• Part Section X Additive Manufacturing and Surface Technology: Surface Technology - Guojun Qi and Sam Zhang
• 73 Foresight of the Surface Technology in Manufacturing - Leszek A. Dobrzański and Anna D. Dobrzanska-Danikiewicz
• 74 Laser Surface Engineering - Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar and Indranil Manna
• 75 Laser Surface Treatment in Manufacturing - Leszek A. Dobrzański, Anna D. Dobrzańska-Danikiewicz, Tomasz Tański, Ewa Jonda, Aleksandra Drygała and Miroslaw Bonek
• 76 Physical Vapor Deposition in Manufacturing - Leszek A. Dobrzański, Klaudiusz Gołombek and Krzysztof Lukaszkowicz
• 77 Chemical Vapor Deposition in Manufacturing - Leszek A. Dobrzański, Daniel Pakula and Marcin Staszuk
• 78 Thermal and Cold Spraying Technology in Manufacturing - Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar
• 79 Electrochemical Processes in Manufacturing - Adnan Younis, Dewei Chu and Sean Li
• 80 Electrochemical Deposition and Mechanical Property Enhancement of the Nickel and Nickel-Cobalt Films - Chen-Kuei Chung and Wei-Tse Chang
• 81 Magnetron Sputtering Technique - Manuel Braun
• 82 ALD: Atomic Layer Deposition – Precise and Conformal Coating for Better Performance - Wei He
• 83 Surface Modification of Semiconductor by Simultaneous Thermal Oxidation and Nitridation - Kuan Yew Cheong and Yew Hoong Wong
• 84 Surface Treatments for Magnesium Alloys - Xuecheng Dong
• 85 Thermal Stress Analysis and Characterization of Themo-Mechanical Properties of Thin Films on an Elastic Substrate - Ying Yong Hu and Wei Min Huang
• Part Section XI Product Life Cycle and Manufacturing Simulation: Product Life Cycle and Green Manufacturing - Bin Song
• 86 Remanufacturing and Remaining Useful Life Assessment - Hongchao Zhang, Shujie Liu, Huitian Lu, Yuanliang Zhang and Yawei Hu
• 87 Product Design for Remanufacturing - S. S. Yang, S. K. Ong and A. Y. C. Nee
• 88 Product Service Supply-Chain Design - Zhitao Xu, XG Ming, Tengyun Wu and Maokuan Zheng
• 89 Remaining Life Prediction of Cores Based on Data-driven and Physical Modeling Methods - Xiang Li, Wen Feng Lu, Lianyin Zhai, Meng Joo Er and Yongping Pan
• 90 Use of Embedded Smart Sensors in Products to Facilitate Remanufacturing - H. C. Fang, S. K. Ong and A. Y. C. Nee
• 91 Pricing Strategies of Remanufacturing Business with Replacement Purchase - Lei Jing, Boray Huang and Xue Ming Yuan
• 92 Diesel Engine Block Remanufacturing: Life Cycle Assessment - Hong-Chao Zhang, Tao Li, Zhichao Liu and Qiuhong Jiang
• 93 Sustainable Value Creation in Manufacturing at Product and Process Levels: Metrics-Based Evaluation - Fazleena Badurdeen, Mohannad A. Shuaib, Tao Lu and I. S. Jawahir
• 94 Product Characteristic Based Method for End-of-Life Product Recovery - Yen Ting Ng and Bin Song
• 95 Life Cycle Management of LCD Televisions – Case Study - Guoqing Jin and Weidong Li
• Part Section XII Product Life Cycle and Manufacturing Simulation: Manufacturing Simulation and Optimization - Manoj Kumar Tiwari
• 96 Resource Scalability in Networked Manufacturing System: Social Network Analysis Based Approach - Vijaya Kumar Manupati, Goran Putnik and Manoj Kumar Tiwari
• 97 Improved Intelligent Water Drops Optimization Algorithm for Achieving Single and Multiple Objective Job Shop Scheduling Solutions - S. H. Niu, S. K. Ong and A. Y. C. Nee
• 98 Process Plan and Scheduling Integration for Networked Manufacturing Using Mobile-Agent Based Approach - V. K. Manupati, S. N. Dwivedi and M. K. Tiwari