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Managing a Paint Shop: Fundamentals of Leadership and Organization

This book discusses both the advances in technology and the increasing management demands required to support new painting technologies. Covered are examples of organization considerations, management strategies, paint shop math and accounting, paint shop layout, problem-solving, cost control, quality control, environmental and safety requirements, maintenance, communication skills, and supplier relationships/responsibilities.

Progressive Dies: Principles and Practices of Design and Construction

Discover new technologies presented within the context of classic diemaking fundamentals. Progressive Dies is your collective source for improving current designs or learning how to take advantage of progressive die efficiency and cost reduction. Among the topics covered are: die material selection and properties, developing progression stages, grinding, EDM and wire-cut EDM operations, die and strip layout manufacture, and die protection systems and electronic sensors.

Realistic Cost Estimating for Manufacturing, Third Edition Instructor's Guide

This is the Instructor’s Guide, which complements Realistic Cost Estimating for Manufacturing, Third Edition . It contains answers to the end-of-chapter review questions. As with previous editions, instructors of cost estimating courses can rely on the book and this Instructor’s Guide to provide a solid foundation for manufacturing engineering courses and programs of study.

Successful Composites Technology Transfer: Applying NASA Innovations to Industry

Readers will get insight into how high-strength, carbon-fiber composites and its related technologies are making inroads into products such as commercial airplane seats and carts, turbine blades, firefighting equipment, trucks, buses, lifting and support devices, and containers. The author shares breakthrough thinking on other potential applications, such as a new lighter than air ship, prototype vehicles, driver health and safety, firefighter safety, and bridge infrastructure safety and health monitoring.

Thermoforming: Improving Process Performance

This book describes the roll-fed thermoforming process, plastic materials, design of thermoformed products, thermoforming machines, trim presses, mold design, components of a complete mold system, mold layout and machine base design, mold cost estimating, knife-like trim dies, thermoforming offline punch and die trimming.