308806 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Modulus Guitars, Repeatability, Nondestructive Testing

• School: Curtin University
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Course: 308806
• Professor: Alokesh Pramanik

Document Summary

Manufacturing: economic term for making goods and services available to satisfy human needs. Implies creating value by applying useful mental and physical labour. Critical to country"s welfare and standard of living as this is determined by the goods and services that are available to its people. Represents 20-30% of the value of goods and services produced in industrialised countries. A complex activity involving people with a broad range of disciplines and skills as well as a wide variety of machinery, equipment and tools with various levels of automation, including computer, robots, and material handling equipment. The aim is the reduce the time to market while maintaining better quality and higher productivity at the lowest possible cost. The overall objective is to supply a product that maximises customer satisfaction at minimum cost. Machining (metal removal) processes: turning, milling, drilling, grinding, sawing, broaching and shaping. Casting, foundry or moulding processes: sand casting, investment casting and die casting.