Production Technology is meant for BTech students in mechanical, production and manufacturing engineering. It deals with the fundamental concepts of foundry, forming, welding technologies and foundry mechanization. The book covers both theoretical and analytical concepts. Worked out examples, review and objective-type questions are provided at the end of each chapter. More than 150 line sketches are included.
New to this edition: the chapter on furnaces, solidification of castings and casting defects is fully revised, and a section on solidification of alloys has been added; the Welding Processes chapter covers gas cutting, oxy-acetylene welding, and flash welding; a new chapter on metals and alloys has been added, containing important ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys with their applications.