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"This special edition of an established title widely used by colleges and universities throughout the world. Pearson published this exclusive edition for the benefit of students outside of the United States. If you purchased this book within the United States, you should be aware that it has been imported without the approval of the Publisher or Author" --Cover

Includes index.

Kalpakjian and Schmid's Manufacturing Engineering and technology presents comprehensive and balanced coverage of the science, engineering, and technology of manufacturing. An award-winning and leading text in the field, this book helps students appreciate the importance of manufacturing in the modern global economy and covers the recent technological advances like rapid prototyping, nanofabrication, and semisolid metalworking. Through numerous examples and case studies, students are offered perspectives on the real-world application of manufacturing techniques, like how incremental sheet forming results in lower manufacturing cost and faster design time compared to conventional forming processes.

The eight edition continues to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of all manufacturing activities, elaborating on complex interactions between materials, design, and manufacturing processes and operations. This edition also offers new coverage of interesting topics as Big Data, cobots, Tesla's automobile design, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and integrated computational materials engineering. --Cover