Manufacturing Technology

Mr. Huebsch
 Definition of Manufacturing
 Employment facts
 3 Types of production
 5 steps involved in planning the
manufacturing of a product
 6 steps in the production procedure
 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.
 http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag31-33.htm
 http://www.statisticbrain.com/what-
consumers-spend-each-month/
 Custom Production

 Job-lot Production

 Line Production
 Products are made one at a time

 No 2 are the same

 Expensive

 Workers have many skills

 One person or shop specializes in making
one kind of product
 Used for higher demands (500 at a time)
 Several of each part made at once then
assembled to create one product
 Worker learn new tasks quickly
 Used for large quantities of the same product
 Faster, cheaper
 Workers specialized and don’t usually move
around
 Example - car
 Identify consumer demand
 Designing & Engineering Products
 Planning & Production
 Tooling up
 Planning Quality Control
 What product
 How many
 William Addis- jailbird for starting a riot,
invented the toothbrush
 Consider details (shape, size, color)
 Assembly and how it will work
 Comprehensive blueprints (plans)
 Process could take years
 A system must be planned for producing the
product
 Type of production
 What will be bought/made
 Machines used/ people needed/ what each
person does
 Preparation of machines
 Jigs
◦ Guides tools for the same cut every time
 Fixtures
◦ Clamp material in place
 Quality of product is crucial
 Make sure product is being made properly
 Convert raw materials
 Make standard stock
 Make components
 Assembly
◦ Subassemblies
 Make finished product
 Prepare for distribution
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