Manufacturing Process and Equipment

Was used for as a textbook/reference book in a class I was sitting in on. The professor was a student of Dr. Tlusty so was a bit biased in the choice of text but overall a good book, needed more information (if even possible) on some of the schematics and derivations. Bought for under $10.

this is an old book , and can give you an basic understanding of manufacturing process, but need up to date

Metal cutting and machine tool topics are covered in great detail. Regarding these topics, specifically, IMHO this book is a better buy than Manufacturing Automation by Y. Altintas. Topics that are not covered in greater depth are usually mentioned by the author as additional literature, making it easier for the reader to find complementary information.

The book was in very good condition when I received it.As good as new.But I bought it just because its our textbook.Otherwise not a very good book if you are really interested in manufacturing.I suggest use it and then return it with buyback offers.

- I am recommending this text be used for a college class.- It is well written and well rounded.- Great attention given to machining aspests.- I great reference to have for anyone in metal cutting.- I only wish it was not written using the metric system, to support students in US manufacturing.

The book is highly recommended by my professor, and it does worth reading.The package is firm and the book is well protected.And the print quality is good.Though there are some damages at the corner of the cover, they are sustainable.

The book was brand new and was the same edition as advertised in Amazon. The book was delivered on time. Overall, satisfied with this. Will recommend !

Whoops..........I wrote a review for the 1st Tlusty edition; This must be the latest or 2nd edition but my first review will work here too.............Here goes.............The Father of the High Speed Machining (HSM) Revolution in Al 2014 and Ti 6Al 4V. I worked with Dr. Tlusty at the University of Florida at Gainesville and we wrote two American Helicopter Society papers on the subjects of HSM of aluminum clevis for rotorcraft (helicopter) applications and also on Advanced Machining Techniqure on Titanium Rotor Parts.........both of these papers have been widely cited and are available from the American Helicopter Society web site. It was fun working with Dr. Tlusty. Bell Helicopter provided about $ 200 K in research funding from 1997 thru 2002 and he came thru for us. He already had mastered the process of HSM on aluminum and being the smart guy he was we thought he could also solve the problem of advanced machining techniques on Ti 6Al - 4V and other hard metals. In collaboration with Dr. Scott Smith of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and also Dr. John Schueller of UF he accomplished this also.OK back to his tome on Manufacturing Processes and Equipment............it is an excellent book on the process of High Speed Machining techniques using vibration analysis. You will need a good understanding of Fast Fourier Transfomations (FFT) and 2nd Order Differential equations since the machine tool speeds used are so fast. Not for the faint hearted. Very Very mathematical in applications and so if you don't have a good understanding of differential equations this might be a tough textbook for the engineer undergrads to use and apply. But if you understand FFT then you will be able to machine all kinds of materials at super fast rates with no loss of quality. So if you have great mind for applying new breakthrough technologies that Dr. Tlusty and Dr. Scott Smith developed then this the engineering textbook for you."George" AKA Jiri Tlusty loved teaching especially graduate research students. His first job was at Skoda Arms facility in Czechslovia during WW II. He worked for the Germans because they had taken over his country and the Skoda Works was important in producing the T38 tank. He was essentially a slave at the time but it could have been worse. He could have been in a concentration camp. But he told me that in 1945 in the closing days of WW II the ME 109 would calibrate their guns for target practice on civilians on roads. It was crazy but they knew the American, British and Soviets were coming so they found ways to survive. Help was on the way.The Soviets took over the country and then they suffered under Communism but Jiri Tlusty had enough of the Communist terror and on a ski trip he went across the border to freedom. He then taught in Montreal Canada and retired. After retiring he got invited to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla to teach graduate Mechanical Engineerings. He was a superb professor and a great teacher with a great sense of humor. This book which I recommend you order took 20 years to write and several years of fact checking and verification before it got published. If you want some of his splendid papers on High Speed Machining go to the American Helicopter Society (AHS) web site and order them. My name is on two of the papers. He was fun to work with me.

It is a great book and goes deep into subjects that are treated lightly in other books. I have recommended this book to my academic friends and I think Professor Tlusty has shown his great commitment to education and research in the field of manufacturing by writing this book. Even though Professor Tlusty was originally from Czechoslovakia, the book is written in a very fluent and clear English.