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Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering are names that are frequently used inter-changeably. However Industrialization has changed since in the 1970s with Globalization, the Outsourcing of production, and the growth of the Virtual Corporation. As a result Industrial Engineering has begun to focus more on the external dynamics of industrial processes, such as: Process Management, Project Management, Logistics, Human Factors, and Labor Relations; while Manufacturing Engineering remains focused on the internal dynamics of industrial processes, such as: Machine Tools, Materials Science, Tribology, and Quality Control. ?

Undergraduate Curriculum

The Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering will usually be very similar to Mechanical Engineering. It typically includes the following classes:

Statics
Mechanics
Materials Science
Manufacturing Processes
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Automated Manufacturing
Quality Control
Advanced Electric Circuits
Machine Tooling

While there are many sub-disciplinary components that feed into industrial processes, Manufacturing Engineering can be further defined through a Taxonomy of manufacturing processes.

Shaping

Shaping involve processes that perform Boolean operations on matter or contort matter to conform to desired shapes.

Mass Reducing

Mechanical Reducing

Mechanical reducing typically involves the use of a hard and sharp metallic object to remove matter. Among the operations involved are:

Thermal Reducing

Thermal reducing involves the use of heat to induce a physical Phase Transition. Operations may include:

Gas torching
Plasma torching
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
Laser torching
Melting

Chemical Reducing

Chemical reducing involves the use of chemicals to induce

Mass-Conserving

Consolidation

Deformation

Joining

The most common forms of joining are solid state and arc welding. Solid state welding is done without melting of the materials. The following are a few examples:

Friction Stir Welding
Diffusion Bonding

The following are the most common forms of arc welding:

Metal Inert Gas (MIG)
Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

Thermal Joining

Chemical Joining

Adhesion Adhesive Bonding is a joining process where a liquid or semi liquid substance is applied to adjoining work pieces to provide a long lasting bond. Materials that have the ability to be bonded together are virtually unlimited. Adhesives used in bonding can exist in many forms. Adhesive materials can also be made from various natural and/or artificial compounds.

Non-shaping

Heat Treatments

Annealing

Hardening

References

Todd, Robert H.; Allen, Dell K.; and Alting, Leo (1994). Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide, 1st Edition, Industrial Press Inc. ISBN 0-8311-3049-0.

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+Manufacturing Engineering and [[Industrial Engineering]] are names that are frequently used inter-changeably.  However [[Industrialization]] has changed since in the 1970s with [[Globalization]], the [[Outsourcing]] of production, and the growth of the [[Virtual Corporation]].  As a result [[Industrial Engineering]] has begun to focus more on the external dynamics of industrial processes, such as: [[Process Management]], [[Project Management]], [[Logistics]], [[Human Factors]], and [[Labor Relations]]; while Manufacturing Engineering remains focused on the internal dynamics of industrial processes, such as: [[Machine Tools]], [[Materials Science]], [[Tribology]], and [[Quality Control]].
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+==Undergraduate Curriculum==
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+The Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering will usually be very similar to [[Mechanical Engineering]]. It typically includes the following classes:
-'''Manufacturing engineering''' is defined by the [[Society of Manufacturing Engineers]] (SME) as "that specialty of professional engineering which requires such education and experience as is necessary to understand, apply, and control engineering procedures in manufacturing processes and methods of production of industrial commodities and products; and requires that ability to plan the practices of manufacturing, to research and develop the tool, processes, machines and equipment, and to integrate the facilities and systems for producing quality products with optimal expenditure."
-==Importance==
+* Statics
-All products from aircraft and automobiles to computers and toys must be manufactured. Manufacturing engineering encompasses the science and art of making quality products at a reasonable cost. It is a multidisciplinary field including elements of mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, materials science and electrical engineering. The core areas of manufacturing engineering include manufacturing processes, planning, quality control, tool design, robotics, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing.
+* Mechanics
+* Materials Science
+* Manufacturing Processes
+* Thermodynamics
+* Fluid Mechanics
+* Automated Manufacturing
+* Quality Control
+* Advanced Electric Circuits
+* Machine Tooling
-==See also==
+While there are many sub-disciplinary components that feed into industrial processes, Manufacturing Engineering can be further defined through a [[Taxonomy of manufacturing processes]].
-* [[National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology]]
-==External links==
+==Shaping==
-* [http://www.sme.org/ Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)]
-* [http://www.engr.panam.edu/manufacturing/#whatis/ The University of Texas - Pan American]
+[[Shaping]] involve processes that perform [[Boolean]] operations on matter or contort matter to conform to desired shapes.
+===Mass Reducing===
+====Mechanical Reducing====
+Mechanical reducing typically involves the use of a hard and sharp metallic object to remove matter.  Among the operations involved are:
+* [[Turning]]
+* [[Milling]]
+* [[Drilling]]
+* [[Boring]]
+* [[Sawing]]
+* [[Broaching]]
+* [[Filing]]
+* [[Grinding]]
+* [[Shearing]]
+* [[Punching]]
+====Thermal Reducing====
+Thermal reducing involves the use of heat to induce a physical [[Phase Transition]].  Operations may include:
+* Gas torching
+* Plasma torching
+* Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
+* Laser torching
+* [[Melting]]
+====Chemical Reducing====
+''Chemical reducing'' involves the use of chemicals to induce
+===Mass-Conserving===
+[[Consolidation]]
+====Deformation====
+===Joining===
+The most common forms of joining are solid state and arc welding. Solid state welding is done without melting of the materials. The following are a few examples:
+* [[Friction Stir Welding]]
+* Diffusion Bonding
+The following are the most common forms of arc welding:
+* [[Metal Inert Gas]] (MIG)
+* Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG)
+* [[Gas Tungsten Arc Welding]] (GTAW)
+====Thermal Joining====
+====Chemical Joining====
+[[Adhesion]]
+Adhesive Bonding is a joining process where a liquid or semi liquid substance is applied to adjoining work pieces to provide a long lasting bond. Materials that have the ability to be bonded together are virtually unlimited. Adhesives used in bonding can exist in many forms. Adhesive materials can also be made from various natural and/or artificial compounds.
+==Non-shaping==
+===Heat Treatments===
+[[Annealing]]
+[[Hardening]]
+==References==
+* Todd, Robert H.; Allen, Dell K.; and Alting, Leo (1994). ''Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide'', 1st Edition, Industrial Press Inc. ISBN 0-8311-3049-0.
+[[Category:Manufacturing]]

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