Manufacturing Technology

Aluminum Smelting From Bauxite Ore

Aluminum is one of the most used metals in today’s industry, having properties of strength, durability, conductivity, lightness, and corrosion resistance. Alumina, processed from the mined bauxite ore, is fed into a cell where it is mixed with cryolite...

Guide to Steel Making Processes and Technology

Steel provides life to the designs of humanity. It has remained an invincible metal through the centuries, but how is it refined, and recycled? What is the difference between cast iron and stainless, and what are the primary alloys of steel?

History of Automation in Manufacturing

The history of automation in the manufacturing industry can be traced back to the early use of basic pneumatic and hydraulic systems, up to the modern robots used by industry today. Many operations in the manufacturing industry have become automated,...

Heat Treatment and Metal Properties

This guide will help you learn about the various methods of heat treatment and measurement aspects of the mechanical properties of metals. Topics involved include the hardening, softening (annealing), and tempering processes carried out on critical...

Conventional Metal Cutting - Understanding the Roles Played by Various Cutting Parameters - (b) Tool Material - HSS

In understanding metal cutting parameters, the tool material plays a very vital role. High Speed Steel, though used over several decades, is still very much in vogue and it can't be easily replaced by Carbide in many areas. We have only to see how...

Conventional Metal Cutting - Understanding the Roles Played by Various Cutting Parameters - (a) Machinability

The machinability of a material is one of the prime metal cutting parameters that has influence in selecting several other cutting parameters. In this second part of the article series, we shall learn more about machinability.

Conventional Metal Cutting – Understanding the Roles Played by Various Cutting Parameters

Some parameters involved in the metal cutting process are in fact closely related with other parameters; changing one will have an influencing effect on another. This article covers the basic parameters of conventional metal cutting processes.

What Is Powder Metallurgy?

This article reviews basic characteristics concerning powder metallurgy, including the processes involved and properties of powder that influence the finished and compacted final product.

Isotope Evolved X-ray Diffraction System

CO-60S Isotope can be used to replace commonly used expensive X-ray tubes. It also finds use in the nondestructive testing (NDT) processes. Use of the isotope is not only cost effective, but also energy efficient for safe application.

Understanding Thread Gauges - Part 2

This is the second part of an article on thread gauges. In Part:1 of the article, we covered thread plugs, thread ring and caliper gauges, which are mostly used in shops for the checking of threaded parts. In this part, we shall see the other thread...