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Manufacturing Process
Lect. # 1
General Introduction

Engr. Dr. Nazeer Ahmad Anjum

Mechanical Engineering Program
University of Engineering Taxila
 What is Manufacturing?
Manufacture is derived from two Latin words manus
(hand) and factus (make); the combination means
“made by hand”
Made by hand???!!!
“Made by hand” described the fabrication methods that
were used when the English word “Manufacture” was
first coined around 1567 A.D.
What about the Modern Manufacturing?
Modern manufacturing operations are accomplished by
Mechanized and automated equipment that is supervised by
human workers
 What is Manufacturing?
It is the process of converting the raw materials
into products. Also it involves activities in which
the manufactured product itself is used to make
other products.
Products are:
1. Discrete: nails, gears, etc.
2. Continuous: sheet metal, tubes, hose, wire,
etc.

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 What is Manufacturing?
For our purposes, manufacturing means production of
hardware, which ranges from nuts and bolts to digital
computers and military weapons, as well as plastic and
ceramic products
The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in
the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials,
substances, or components into new products. Every
manufacturing business no matter how small uses a planned
system of production.
A sequence of operations and processes designed to create a
specific product
The process of turning materials into a product
 WHY STUDY
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES?

The designer and the drafter must

have a working knowledge of the
various processes that could produce a
part in order to: lower cost and reduce
production time.
Manufacturing is Important Historically
To a significant degree, the history of civilization is
the history of humans' ability to make things
Historically, the importance of manufacturing in the
development of civilization is usually
underestimated
• Throughout history, human cultures that were
better at making things were more successful
• Making better tools meant better crafts &
weapons
– Better crafts allowed the people to live better
– Better weapons allowed them to conquer other
cultures in times of conflict
 Manufacturing Processes
Manufacturing adds value
to the material by
changing its shape or
properties, or by
combining it with other
materials that have been
similarly altered
So, a manufacturing plant consists of a set of processes and
systems (and, of course, people) designed to transform a
certain limited range of materials into products of increased
value
System
There is a strong
Modern
Process Manufacturing interdependency among
these three building
Materials
blocks.
 Three Phases Of The
Manufacturing Process
1. Product Design.
2. Selection of Materials.
3. Selection of Production
Methods and Techniques.
 Products and Manufacturing
Product Creation Cycle
Design → Material Selection → Process
Selection → Manufacture → Inspection →
Feedback
Typical product
cost breakdown