CONTENTS - PAGE - PREFACE - INTRODUCTION - 1. THE ANATOMY, CULTIVATION, AND MARKETING OF JUTE - 2. THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF JUTE - 3. AN OUTLINE OF THE PROCESS - 4. JUTE BATCHING OILS AND EMULSIONS - 5. JUTE BATCHING - 6. CARDING - 7. DRAWING - 8. ROVING - 9. SPINNING - 10. THE SYSTEM - 11. WINDING - 12. QUALITY CONTROL - FURTHER READING - INDEX -

Maris Boyd Gillette's groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, from its origins in 1004 in Song dynasty China to the present day. Gillette explores how Jingdezhen has been affected by state involvement in porcelain production, particularly during the long 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed and managed the local ceramics industry, and the effects of this state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment and the nature of the goods they produce. Gillette traces how Jingdezhen experienced the transition from imperial rule to state ownership under communism, the changing fortunes of the ceramics industry in the early 21st century, the decay and decline that accompanied privatisation, and a revival brought about by an entrepreneurial culture focusing on the manufacture of highly-prized 'art porcelain'.

1) Enables engineers to meet international standards such as ISO 55 000. 2) Includes statistics essential to basic understanding of reliability engineering theory 3) Covers both high and low budget plants, alongside describing how to retrofit older plants and how to set up new plants 4) Includes a chapter on root cause analysis

Product development teams are composed of an integrated group of professionals working from the nascent stage of new product planning through design creation and design review and then on to manufacturing planning and cost accounting. An increasingly large number of graduate and professional training programs are aimed at meeting that need by creating a better understanding of how to integrate and accelerate the entire product development process. This book is the perfect accompaniment and a comprehensive guide. The second edition of this instructional reference work presents invaluable insight into the concurrent nature of the multidisciplinary product development process. It can be used in the traditional classroom, in professional continuing education courses or for self-study. This book has a ready audience among graduate students in mechanical and industrial engineering, as well as in many MBA programs focused on manufacturing management. This is a global need that will find a receptive readership in the industrialized world particularly in the rapidly developing industrial economies of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America, killing more Americans each year than diabetes, murders, car accidents and AIDS combined. In THE DANGER WITHIN US, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings this horrifying statistic to life through the story of one working class man who, after his "cure" nearly kills him, ends up in a battle for justice against the medical establishment. His crusade leads Lenzer on a journey through the dark underbelly of the medical device industry, a fascinating and disturbing world that hasn't been written about before. What Lenzer exposes will shock readers: rampant corruption, elaborate cover-ups, shameless profiteering and astonishing lack of oversight, all of which leads to dangerous devices (from artificial hips to pacemakers) going to market and into our bodies. In the vein of America's Bitter Pill and A Civil Action, THE DANGER WITHIN US is a meticulously researched and propulsive read that will fill you with anger and indignation, a stirring call for reform, and a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of American healthcare.

In diesem Buch werden die Inhalte des Wissenschaftssymposiums "Ur- und Umformen" der Volkswagen Komponente zusammengefasst. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Darstellung automobilspezifischer Forschungsaktivitaten zu Giessereiprozessen, Giessereiwerkzeugen und Warmumformprozessen. Der Leser erhalt zunachst eine Einfuhrung zur Urformtechnik. Anschliessend wird ein UEberblick uber Forschungskonzepte der Giessereitechnik gegeben. Vertiefend werden aktuelle Promotionsprojekte von Doktoranden der Volkswagen Komponente vorgestellt.

Die Eindringmittel-Materialprufung ist ein spezielles Verfahren zur zerstorungsfreien Prufung der Oberflachen von metallischen und nichtmetallischen Werkstoffen. Das Buch behandelt die physikalischen und die verfahrensspezifischen Grundlagen, die Prufmittelsysteme, die Gerate-, Pruf- und Auswertetechniken der Eindringprufung, die Klassifizierung und Beurteilung von Anzeigen, die Grenzen des Prufverfahrens sowie den einschlagigen Arbeits- und Umweltschutz. Damit vermittelt es dem Werkstoffprufer das erforderliche Rustzeug fur seine praktische Tatigkeit einschliesslich der dabei zu beachtenden wichtigsten Normen und Regelwerke."

Ein besonderes Highlight ist der Eigenbau einer schwebenden Kugel, denn Mann/Frau lernt am besten durch Ausprobieren! Das bei den Studierenden oft als "Ratseltechnik" bezeichnete Fach ist in vielen Ingenieur- und naturwissenschaftlichen Studiengangen das Panikfach im Hauptstudium. Dabei beruhrt die Regelungstechnik sehr viele Bereiche der Technik, Medizin und Natur und kann sehr interessant und spannend sein! Ohne die Regelungstechnik sind viele alltagliche Gegenstande nicht denkbar, wie z. B. der PKW mit ABS, ASR, ESP, Drive-By-Wire oder die Euro-6-Motorregelung mit Abgaswiederaufbereitung. Regelungstechnik ist eine Schlusseltechnologie beim Energiesparen. In vielen Lehrbuchern wird diese Disziplin meist staubtrocken unterrichtet und - mit mathematischen Nebelbomben getarnt - vor dem Zugang des interessierten Lesers geschutzt. Ohne die Regelungstechnik sind viele alltagliche Gegenstande nicht denkbar, wie z. B. der PKW mit ABS, ASR, ESP, Drive-By-Wire oder die Euro-6-Motorregelung mit Abgaswiederaufbereitung. Regelungstechnik ist eine Schlusseltechnologie beim Energiesparen. In vielen Lehrbuchern wird diese Disziplin meist staubtrocken unterrichtet und - mit mathematischen Nebelbomben getarnt - vor dem Zugang des interessierten Lesers geschutzt. "Keine Panik vor Regelungstechnik!" bietet durch seine unkonventionelle Darstellung des Inhalts, der mit zahlreichen Cartoons gespickt ist, einen amusanten und "unvergesslichen" Zugang zur Regelungstechnik.

Falls Sie Wissenschaftler oder Praktiker auf dem Gebiet der Umformtechnik sind, so stehen die ersten drei Bande dieser umfassenden und detaillierten Standardreferenz wahrscheinlich schon in Ihrem Regal. Der vierte Band komplettiert das Werk. Auch er wurde von fuhrenden Industriepraktikern und Wissenschaftlern unter der Federfuhrung eines der renommiertesten Fachleute auf diesem Gebiet verfasst.

Eingebunden in den komplexen Planungsprozess einer Anlageninvestition werden Berechnung und Simulation zur Bestimmung der Systemverfugbarkeit als ausserordentlich bedeutsame Zuverlassigkeitskenngrosse des Betriebsverhaltens von Verarbeitungsanlagen anwendungsbereit dargestellt. Vorwiegender Betrachtungsgegenstand ist dabei das Stoffsystem der Anlagenelemente. An typischen Anlagenbeispielen aus den Bereichen Lebensmitteltechnik, Textiltechnik, Pharmazie, sowie der branchenubergreifenden Verpackungstechnik konnen Vorbereitung und Realisierung einer Anlageninvestition und das Zusammenspiel von Auftraggeber, Auftragnehmer und Projekttrager als Hauptakteure im Projektmanagement praxisgerecht nachvollzogen werden. In begrenztem Umfang sind ausgewahlte Elemente des Projektmanagements, so beispielsweise die Vertragsgestaltung einbezogen. "

Das Buch richtet sich sowohl an Studierende wie auch an den Anwender, der bei der Auswahl geeigneter Maschinen eines umfassenden UEberblicks uber die existierenden Systeme bedarf. Die sechste Auflage ist neu bearbeitet und hinsichtlich der graphischen Prasentation verbessert worden. Sie stellt die neuesten Entwicklungen rund um den geregelten Vorschubantrieb in allen Anwendungsbereichen dar. Das Kompendium Werkzeugmaschinen - Fertigungssysteme umfasst funf Bande, die die immer komplexer werdende Materie des Werkzeugmaschinenbaus bundeln. Der Schwerpunkt von Band 3 liegt auf der Auslegung mechatronischer Komponenten, insbesondere den zur Erzeugung hochdynamischer Antriebsbewegungen verwendeten Vorschubantrieben von Werkzeugmaschinen. Vorschubantriebe zahlen zu den wichtigsten Hauptkomponenten von Werkzeugmaschinen, an die hohe Anforderungen bezuglich ihrer dynamischen Eigenschaften gestellt werden. Gefordert werden grosse Beschleunigungen und Geschwindigkeiten bei gleichzeitig geringen Bahnabweichungen. Vorgestellt werden Konstruktionshilfen bei der Auswahl und Auslegung wichtiger Maschinenkomponenten. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der mechanischen und regelungstechnischen Auslegung von Vorschubantrieben mit direkten und konventionellen Antrieben, sowie den zur Positionserfassung benoetigten Messsystemen. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt widmet sich den Prozess- und Diagnoseeinrichtungen von Maschinen- und Prozesszustanden. Neben einer ausfuhrlichen Schilderung der klassischen Prozess- und Maschinenzustandsuberwachung basierend auf der Auswertung externer Sensoren, wird ausfuhrlich auf die sensorlose Prozessubwachung auf Basis der Motorstroeme der Hauptspindel- und Vorschubmotoren eingegangen.

Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende wie auch an die Hersteller und Anwender von Werkzeugmaschinen, die sich einen Uberblick bzw. eine Hilfestellung bei der Auslegung und Anwendung von Werkzeugmaschinen- und Robotersteuerungen verschaffen wollen.

Das Kompendium Werkzeugmaschinen Fertigungssysteme umfasst funf Bande, die die immer komplexer werdende Materie des Werkzeugmaschinenbaus durchleuchten und bundeln.

Dieser Band 4 verfolgt das Ziel, die moglichen Steuerungskonzepte einschliesslich ihrer Programmiertechniken fur die verschiedenen Anwendungsbereiche ausfuhrlich darzulegen. Insbesondere wird auf die Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung (SPS) wie auch auf die numerische Steuerung (NC) detailliert eingegangen. Diese beiden Steuerungsarten finden hauptsachlich bei Werkzeugmaschinen und Robotern Anwendung. Eine besondere Rolle bei hochdynamischen Vorschubantrieben spielt die angepasste Fuhrungsgrossenerzeugung fur die Achsbewegungen. Die Massabweichungen am Werkstuck mussen trotz hoher Geschwindigkeiten und Beschleunigungen klein sein. Eine weitere wichtige Thematik stellt die Anbindung der Maschinen an ubergeordnete Leitrechner sowie die steuerungstechnische Verkettung von mehreren Maschinen, Transportsystemen und Robotern zu einem Fertigungssystem wie einer Transferstrasse oder eines Flexiblen Fertigungssystems (FFS) dar. Hierzu ist eine meist komplexe Leitstandssoftware mit einer ergonomischen Benutzerschnittstelle erforderlich."

Ein Schwerpunkt der Neuauflage sind neue Messverfahren fur das thermische Verhalten von Werkzeugmaschinen. Dieses wird bei standig steigenden Vorschubgeschwindigkeiten und Achsbeschleunigungen zunehmend wichtiger. Weitere Schwerpunkte sind die Beurteilung moderner Vorschubsysteme, wobei der Autor besonders auf das Verhalten linearer Direktantriebe und die Verwendung moderner Steuerungen eingeht. Ein abschliessendes Kapitel befasst sich mit dem Gerauschverhalten von Werkzeugmaschinen. Ein Buch fur Praktiker und Studenten des Maschinenbaus."

Die 3. Auflage der Stahlkunde fur Ingenieure ist um Gusseisen erweitert. Zum ersten Mal sind die Werkstoffgruppen Stahl und Gusseisen in einem Buch zusammengefuhrt. Damit werden Lesern Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch grundsatzliche Unterschiede in ubersichtlicher Form nahe gebracht. Die bewahrte Aufbereitung des Stoffes von den Grundlagen des Gefuges, den Gebrauchs- und Fertigungseigenschaften bis zur Verarbeitung, Warmebehandlung und industrieller Anwendung von genormten und neueren Eisenwerkstoffen wird beibehalten. Sie reichen von unlegierten bis zu hoechstlegierten Sorten. Teil A (Grundlagen) umfasst die Kapitel Konstitution, Gefuge, Warmebehandlung, Eigenschaften. Teil B (Anwendung) enthalt die Kapitel Werkstoffe fur allgemeine Verwendung, Hoeherfeste Werkstoffe, Werkstoffe fur Randschichtbehandlung, Werkzeuge fur die Werkstoff- und Mineralverarbeitung, Chemisch bestandige Werkstoffe, Warmfeste Werkstoffe, Funktionswerkstoffe.

Dieses technologische Buch behandelt Produktions- und Herstellverfahren, die in der industriellen Oberflachentechnik eingesetzt werden. Es wird das Wissen dargestellt, das der Praktiker uber die Fertigungsendstufe Oberflachentechnik benotigt. Dabei stehen weniger die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen als vielmehr die notwendigen Praxiskenntnisse im Vordergrund."

Manufacturing plays an important role in the nation's economy, employment, and national defence. Accordingly, Congress has maintained a strong interest in the health of the U.S. manufacturing sector. The Obama Administration has undertaken a number of initiatives intended to support U.S. manufacturing, including establishment of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO), Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia program, National Robotics Initiative, and Materials Genome Initiative. In his FY2013 budget, President Obama proposed the creation of a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to help accelerate innovation by investing in industrially relevant manufacturing technologies with broad applications, and to support manufacturing technology commercialisation by bridging the gap between the laboratory and the market. This book describes the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation while providing guidance on intellectual property rights for it, as well as institute performance metrics for NNMI.

Today, John Deere is remembered-some say mistakenly-as the inventor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his name? He began as a debt-stricken blacksmith who, fleeing debt in New England in the 1830s, set up shop in a little town on the Illinois frontier. There, in response to farmers' struggles, he designed a new plow that cut through the impervious prairie sod and lay open the rich, heavy soil for planting. The demand for his polished steel plow convinced him to specialize in farm implements. In the decades before the Civil War, John Deere envisioned a company supplying midwestern farmers with reliable, affordable equipment. He used only high quality, imported steel and resisted pressure to raise prices. At the same time, he won respectful affection from his employees by working alongside them on the shop floor. Upon taking the helm in the 1860s, John's only surviving son, Charles, expanded the Moline factories to increase production, started branch houses in major midwestern cities to speed distribution, and began to transform the company into a modern corporation. The transformation didn't come without difficulties however: Charles found himself battling the Grange, facing threats of labor unions and strikes led by his own employees, and enduring patent suits and blatant thefts of product designs and advertising.

Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of the republic. America's most serious social tragedy, slavery and its legacy, spread only where cotton could be grown. Both before and after the Civil War, blacks were assigned to the cotton fields while a pervasive racial animosity and fear of a black migratory invasion caused white Northerners to contain blacks in the South. Gene Dattel's pioneering study explores the historical roots of these most central social issues. In telling detail Mr. Dattel shows why the vastly underappreciated story of cotton is a key to understanding America's rise to economic power. When cotton production exploded to satiate the nineteenth-century textile industry's enormous appetite, it became the first truly complex global business and thereby a major driving force in U.S. territorial expansion and sectional economic integration. It propelled New York City to commercial preeminence and fostered independent trade between Europe and the United States, providing export capital for the new nation to gain its financial "sea legs" in the world economy. Without slave-produced cotton, the South could never have initiated the Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict at home. Mr. Dattel's skillful historical analysis identifies the commercial forces that cotton unleashed and the pervasive nature of racial antipathy it produced. This is a story that has never been told in quite the same way before, related here with the authority of a historian with a profound knowledge of the history of international finance. With 23 black-and-white illustrations.

The era of the fourth industrial revolution has fundamentally transformed the manufacturing landscape. Products are getting increasingly complex and customers expect a higher level of customization and quality. Manufacturing in the Era of 4th Industrial Revolution explores three technologies that are the building blocks of the next-generation advanced manufacturing.The first technology covered in Volume 1 is Additive Manufacturing (AM). AM has emerged as a very popular manufacturing process. The most common form of AM is referred to as 'three-dimensional (3D) printing'. Overall, the revolution of additive manufacturing has led to many opportunities in fabricating complex, customized, and novel products. As the number of printable materials increases and AM processes evolve, manufacturing capabilities for future engineering systems will expand rapidly, resulting in a completely new paradigm for solving a myriad of global problems.The second technology is industrial robots, which is covered in Volume 2 on Robotics. Traditionally, industrial robots have been used on mass production lines, where the same manufacturing operation is repeated many times. Recent advances in human-safe industrial robots present an opportunity for creating hybrid work cells, where humans and robots can collaborate in close physical proximities. This Cobots, or collaborative robots, has opened up to opportunity for humans and robots to work more closely together. Recent advances in artificial intelligence are striving to make industrial robots more agile, with the ability to adapt to changing environments and tasks. Additionally, recent advances in force and tactile sensing enable robots to be used in complex manufacturing tasks. These new capabilities are expanding the role of robotics in manufacturing operations and leading to significant growth in the industrial robotics area.The third technology covered in Volume 3 is augmented and virtual reality. Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies are being leveraged by the manufacturing community to improve operations in a wide variety of ways. Traditional applications have included operator training and design visualization, with more recent applications including interactive design and manufacturing planning, human and robot interactions, ergonomic analysis, information and knowledge capture, and manufacturing simulation. The advent of low-cost solutions in these areas is accepted to accelerate the rate of adoption of these technologies in the manufacturing and related sectors.Consisting of chapters by leading experts in the world, Manufacturing in the Era of 4th Industrial Revolution provides a reference set for supporting graduate programs in the advanced manufacturing area.

Americans have been shocked by media reports of the dismal working conditions in factories that make clothing for U.S. companies. But while well intentioned, many of these reports about child labor and sweatshop practices rely on stereotypes of how Third World factories operate, ignoring the complex economic dynamics driving the global apparel industry.
To dispel these misunderstandings, Jane L. Collins visited two very different apparel firms and their factories in the United States and Mexico. Moving from corporate headquarters to factory floors, her study traces the diverse ties that link First and Third World workers and managers, producers and consumers. Collins examines how the transnational economics of the apparel industry allow firms to relocate or subcontract their work anywhere in the world, making it much harder for garment workers in the United States or any other country to demand fair pay and humane working conditions.
Putting a human face on globalization, "Threads" shows not only how international trade affects local communities but also how workers can organize in this new environment to more effectively demand better treatment from their distant corporate employers.

The scale of China's innovation ambitions inspires worldwide commentary, much of it poorly informed. Focusing on electricity, telecommunication and semiconductors, this book offers a richly detailed account of China's innovation efforts. Massive application of human, policy and financial resources shows great promise, but institutional obstacles, conflicting objectives, ill-advised policies and Soviet-era legacies inject inefficiencies, resulting in a complex mosaic of success and failure in both technical and commercial dimensions. State Grid leads the world in high-voltage power transmission, while domestic semiconductors lag behind the international frontier. Electricity and telecom providers record impressive technical advances, but overinvestment and inefficient operation contribute to high costs and prices. Nuclear power combines technical excellence with commercial weakness. Cost reduction rather than new technology underpins commercial success in solar materials. The book's granular studies look beyond specific technologies to incorporate the policy matrix, regulatory structures and global developments into the appraisal of China's innovation achievements.

Household hazardous waste (HHW) is a topic that affects every individual and community given the nearly universal use, storage, and disposal of chemical consumer products. Yet many communities lack the basic information, guidance, and planning support for HHW collection and management so that struggles (e.g., to gain politicians' and residents' support, host a collection, build a facility, affect behavior change, and encourage extended producer responsibility) continue on a regular basis. This book is for professionals, students, government officials and others interested in HHW and accommodating the increasing societal demand for this disposal option. In the evolving field of HHW collection and management, this book: *provides an unparalleled, comprehensive look at household hazardous waste *is a must-have for anyone interested in the solid waste management field, whether novice or experienced, because of the valuable overview and specifics it provides for addressing the ubiquitous issue of HHW *offers perspectives based on many collective years of experts' accrued insight *the chapters are written by leading practitioners and visionaries *is packed with useful information on many aspects of HHW including its definition, mechanisms for collection and creative collection options, tools for behavior change, and product stewardship *offers an extensive resource list for more information. Much has changed in 10 years since the first edition appeared, and each chapter in the Handbook on Household Hazardous Waste, Second Edition, is updated to reflect changes and advances in the field of HHW collection and management. This includes updated appendices and the extensive resource list.

Winner, Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Heritage Award, Canadian Museums Association Outstanding Achievement in Publications, and Redgees Legacy AwardShortlisted, Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book PrizeRemember pearl-snap Western shirts, Scrubbies jeans, and denim jackets, George W. Groovy, Cowboy Kings, Red Straps? Take a trip down memory lane and relive the GWG story! Remember the slogans "Anything Goes," "They wear longer, because they're made stronger," and Wayne Gretzky's declaration that "I grew up in GWGs"? GWGs have been a cultural icon in Canada since the company's founding in 1911. Here, at long last, is the complete, lushly illustrated history of the Great Western Garment Company, whose products were staples for some generations and defined cool for others. This lavish book includes archival photographs, advertisements, product photos, and insights on the long history of this iconic Canadian company. Begun in Edmonton, GWG not only manufactured jeans, but also helped immigrant women support their families, becoming a model of management and labour working collaboratively. GWG eventually became the largest workwear manufacturing company in Canada, providing different styles of work and leisure clothing for men, women, and children, and for the military during both world wars. Although Levis acquired the company during the 1960s and '70s and closed the last factories in 2004, the GWG brand remains a part of pop culture. It is firmly fixed in the Canadian psyche and still holds a place in Canadian hearts.