Cover -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Contents -- Part A Manufacturing Processes -- Chapter 1 Foundry -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Sequence of Steps Involved in Casting -- 1.3 Solidification of Castings -- Questions -- Chapter 2 Plastic Deformation Processes...

The Ecology of Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES -- PRIMARY MATERIALS PROCESSING -- MANUFACTURING -- ELECTRIC UNTILITIES -- PULP AND PAPER -- Contents -- Overview and Perspectives -- FIRM MOTIVATION AND EXTERNAL STIMULI -- THE TECHNOLOGICAL LINK IN...

The special volume communicates the latest progress and research results of new theory, new technology, method, equipment and so on in advanced manufacturing technology field, and to grasp the updated technological and research trends internationally. The major topics covered by the special...

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 5th International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering Society (MESIC 2013), June 26-28, 2013, Zaragoza, Spain. The 28 papers are grouped as follows: I. Industrial Metrology, II. Industrial Quality, III. Modeling and Simulation in...

This paper analyses the role of relationship among suppliers and buyers of inputs in condition of bilateral oligopoly, using the kaleckian concept of monopoly degree. It finds that the tradeoff among sectors alters the degree of monopoly of the sectors, and consequently of the economy as a...