Week 1: Introduction to Industrial Materials and Manufacturing

Introduction to Industrial Materials and Processes

• Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 3rd Edition by S.Kalpakjain, Handbook of Product Design for Manufacturing, and Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing by Groover are reference books.

What is Manufacturing?

• Manufacturing is a value-adding activity that converts ideas and market or customer needs into artifacts.
• It involves various stages, including design, procurement, test, finance, human resources, marketing, etc.
• Manufacturing is the conversion of raw materials into useful products.
• It can also refer to the production of goods through the use of labor, machinery, tools, and biological or chemical processing or formulation.

Trends in Manufacturing

• No specific trends mentioned in the provided text.

Manufacturing Industries

Primary Industry

• Concerned with the extraction of natural resources or raw materials from the earth.
• Economic operations depend on the nature of the particular place.
• Examples: Farming, mining, fishing, and forestry.

Secondary Industries

• Involved in the transformation of raw materials into finished items.
• Classified into heavy and light industries.

Tertiary Industry

• Focuses on creating services of different nature, such as experiences, discussion, access, etc.

Difference between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Industries

• Primary industry extracts raw materials, secondary industry transforms raw materials into finished items, and tertiary industry provides services.