Manufacturing Process Engineer Career Training Guide

Question: Chance me for my top 6 colleges? CSU Stantislaus CSU Sacramento University of San Francisco University of Nevada Reno Sonoma State UC Riverside (number one choice) --------------------------------------… Junior California Public High School Asian/Hispanic mix First Generation College Student Intended Major: Political Science GPA 4.11 W 3.72 UW SAT:2020 (W670)(CR 800)(M 550) *will retake ACT:31 AP World History 4 AP US History (-) CC: Intro to piano (2 units) CC: Modern Europe and Unification (3 units) ACE: Engineering Manufacturing Processes (3 units) * Ace is a program allowing hs students to take classes at Sacramento State 3 years Varsity Soccer 2 years Varsity Cross Country 1 year Varsity Tennis (Captain) 2 years (Frosh/Soph and Varsity) Track 1 year Future Farmers of America 1 year Go Club 10 years Club Soccer 100+ hours community service (cultural fairs, coaching youth soccer) -Summer internship at CA State Capitol -Next Year Schedule AP Bio AP US Gov Ap Human Geo AP Psych AP Econ (macro/micro) AP Lit CC Intro to International Relations CC Middle Eastern Politics ACE ancient philosophy *ending highschool with a certificate of profiency at Community College in Global Studies: Modern Europe

Answer: You have an excellent shot at admission to any of the universities you mention - provided you can write an essay that is more coherent than your question. Your stats, as you outline them, suggest that you would be a strong contender anywhere - PROVIDED you write a strong admissions essay. That means you should think clearly about what you want to do at university. And that in turn should help you to clarify which university you should attend. The schools you list are an extremely diverse lot. UC Riverside is the most academically important of the lot, and would probably be the hardest to get into. Nevada is a bit sports and social school, and not one I would recommend for someone with your apparent academic interests. Stanislaus and Sonoma State are located in nice places, and have pretty strong undergraduate programs in some fields. If you can narrow down your interests, and think about what kind of majors particularly interest you, and what you might want to do after finishing your undergraduate degree, then you will be able to identify colleges that particularly suit you. You seem to have an interest in politics, history, and international relations. You might want to look at Stanford, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, etc. You *should* apply to one of these top-ranked schools, or maybe two or three of them, and then look to some slightly less prestigious places, like Riverside and UC Santa Barbara, and then to schools that are substantially easier to get into, like Stanislaus and Sonoma State. If you have reasons for staying in California, or Northern California, where most of your schools are, that is certainly valid, but there are other places to consider besides the ones you mention. San Francisco State University should certainly be on your list, for instance.

Question: Why are some of today's consumer electronics becoming less durable? I just don't understand why certain consumer appliances or electronics do not last as long as they used to. Here are some cases I've seen for myself (device failures) 1. Fujitsu N3510 (Purchased 2005) - I've spent $1500 dollars on this notebook computer at Fry's Electronics in 2005. After two years, strange graphics issues appeared even in POST screens. I figured it was most likely a graphics chip failure. The notebook computer could not be repaired since the graphics chip was soldered on the motherboard in a way that was not possible to replace by normal end users. 2. A Panasonic Inverter Technology Microwave Oven (Purchased 2007) - This oven stopped working after only about three months from date of purchase. Since I was living alone in a college apartment, I only put light use on the microwave to heat TV dinners. 3. Netgear WGR614 v6 (Purchased 2006) - This device's wireless networking functionality quickly deteriorated in 2009. I opened the device and found the plastic right below and above the Broadcom chip was discolored. Apparently, a design flaw or manufacturing process mistake to omit a chip heat-sink has led to premature failure of the device. 4. A Logitech wireless keyboard (Purchased 2005) - This keyboard only worked for three years before it stopped working for unknown reasons. From that point, I purchased a wired keyboard and vowed not to buy wireless keyboards anymore. In fact, I have a friend that recently decided to buy a remade old model keyboard that featured buckling spring keys instead of rubber dome ones. Here are some of my electronics that still work: 1. Viewsonic GS771 CRT computer monitor (1999) - My mom bought this monitor in 1999 for use at work. She stopped using the monitor a few years later when she upgraded to a Viewsonic LCD monitor. I brought this monitor home and used it as a second monitor for my PC. This monitor is still functioning and the image is still sharp. 2. Jenn-Air M130 Microwave oven (1990) - This microwave oven, with touch keys and vacuum fluorescent 7-seg display, still functions despite regular use for the last 20 years. The microwave came with my current house. 3. Sony 32" Trinitron TV (1995) - This television is my current family room television. Image quality has not degraded noticeably at all. In fact, this TV is used an average of 5 hours a day for the last 15 years. 4. Panasonic Stereo Music System SG-D35 (1985) - This home audio system features an AM/FM electronic tuner with 16 memory presets, dual compact cassette deck, and phono turntable. The system even had an IR remote control which still works. The cassette decks and turntable no longer functions. Other functions still work. I currently use this system as a computer speaker system for my PC. I am aware of planned obsolescence and believe the practice isn't developed recently. In fact, I found that this practice has existed since right after the US Great Depression of 1930s. So why do many of the consumer electronics I buy more recently fail to have reasonable lifespans. Shouldn't the world have more knowledge and experience on engineering better consumer electronics?

Answer: There's a huge demand and pressure to make things cheaper, always cheaper. Cheaper construction means a shorter working life. It also usually means a product that is more difficult or impossible to repair. The chip you mentioned soldered directly to the board means a cheaper product. They save 3¢ or so on a socket for the IC. Yes, 3¢ does make a difference when you manufacture hundreds of thousands of a product. If you build 100,000 devices and save 3¢ on each device, that's $3,000 saved and most factories expect to sell 100,000 per month or even per day. I have found it about right to count on no more than a 3 year life on any electronic product.

Question: Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials text book? does anyone knows where or how to get the copy of this textbook for free?? doesnt matter what version but better if it is the latest version (version 6) really appreciated it!!!

Answer: The latest edition Amazon has is 5, and that is $135 ($166 list) so I don't think anyone is going to give it to you for free. Usually the best place to get (temporarily) a book for free is a library. worldcat.org is an interesting site, you might take a look there: http://www.worldcat.org/title/manufactur… (enter your own location to get use full results) There seem to be torrents out there for it, but it would be against the terms of service fo YA! to ask for one (or to give you a link to one) so I'm sure that is not what you are asking for.

Question: WHat are my college chances? Hi, i'm currently a junior and nervous about applying for colleges in the future. As you can see i really like political science and international relations! 1) USC- School of International Relations 2) UCSC- Political Science 3) SF State - International Relations 4) UC Davis International Relations 5) Cal Poly - Political Science Weighted HS GPA: 4.0 Unweighted HS GPA: 3.7? Unweighted College GPA: 3.5 Course Difficulty: All honors and AP when applicable AP/ College Courses: AP World History 4 AP US History (test in may) CC: Intro to piano (2 units) CC: Modern Europe and Unification (3 units) ACE: Engineering Manufacturing Processes (3 units) * Ace is a program allowing hs students to take classes at Sacramento State SAT: taking in june ACT: taking in june EC's: Freshman Year: Future Farmers of America (1 year), JV Cross-country (25th in section), JV Soccer (division champions), Club Soccer. Sophomore Year: Go Club (1 year), JV Cross-country (3rd in section), JV Soccer (division champions), Varsity Tennis (team captain), Club Soccer. Junior: Varsity Soccer, Varsity Track and field, Club Soccer, Running Club Community Service: 80+ hours (pet shelter help, chinese new year fairs) I'm an pacific islander/hispanic male living in california in a lower middle class family. Next year i plan to take (Intro to European Government(CC), and Honors Study Intro: to International Relations (CC), and Foreign Politics (ACE) in the summer next year i'm taking: AP literature AP us government AP psychology AP bio AP Econ (Macro&Micro) Japanese 3 Thank you soo much!

Answer: Honestly, you have a great chance of getting into all of them! By your GPA, it seems like you will get into all of them, however, you need to do well on ur SAT's, and make sure your personal statement for college is extraordinary well written! Goodluck. P.S. Dont forget about your subject tests as well. Its recommended you take 2!

Question: Can someone please help me with these question.? 14. Timelines are frequently used by engineering technicians to A. keep track of data collection in chronological order. B. plan a project with task assignments and expected dates of completion. C. understand how a technology has changed and grown over time. D. measure the wear of a particular part over its lifetime. 16. A company can control factors affecting quality by establishing a quality system. One important aspect of any such system is A. reducing the amount of documentation. B. reducing the number of manufacturing procedures. C. eliminating manufacturing procedures. D. documenting manufacturing procedures. 17. A(n) _______ engineer working for a large bank may help in gathering and analyzing data collected from a time study done on the bank teller’s job. A. industrial B. mechanical C. civil D. chemical 19. In trying to decide which area of engineering technology to pursue, Joe Smith thinks that he’s more interested in how operations or organizations work, rather than in design or experimentation. A good choice for him would be _______ engineering technology. A. electrical B. industrial C. chemical D. civil 20. When providing information on a system, product, or process, you typically need to monitor specific properties which are known as A. parameters. B. variables. C. equations. D. widgets. My Answers: 14. c 16. d 17. a 19. b 20. a

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Question: What Charles Darwin saw under a crude microscope ? It looked quite primitive—a rounded glob of matter called "protoplasm"—and he thought it consisted of a few elementary components that could be easily assembled. Yet today we know bacteria contain complex molecular machines, each bacterium being more like a sophisticated automobile factory with multiple robotic devices and a complex control center. As molecular biologist Jonathan Wells and mathematician William Dembski point out: "It's true that eukaryotic cells are the most complicated cells we know. But the simplest life forms we know, the prokaryotic cells (such as bacteria, which lack a nucleus), are themselves immensely complex. Moreover, they are every bit as high-tech as the eukaryotic cells—if eukaryotes are like state-of-the-art laptop computers, then prokaryotes are like state-of-the-art cell phones... There is no evidence whatsoever of earlier, more primitive life forms from which prokaryotes might have evolved" (How to Be an Intellectually Fulfilled Atheist (or Not), 2008, p. 4). These authors then mention what these two types of cells share in terms of complexity: • Information processing, storage and retrieval. • Artificial languages and their decoding systems. • Error detection, correction and proofreading devices for quality control. • Digital data-embedding technology. • Transportation and distribution systems. • Automated parcel addressing (similar to zip codes and UPS labels). • Assembly processes employing pre-fabrication and modular construction. • Self-reproducing robotic manufacturing plants. So it turns out that cells are far more complex and sophisticated than Darwin could have conceived of. How did mere chance produce this, when even human planning and engineering cannot? In fact, no laboratory has come close to replicating even a single human hair! And now they call it "education".

Answer: GOD MADE THIS UNIVERSE...AND ALL LIFE..

Question: Can anyone please tell me what being a device engineering technician would entail? I currently work in a power semi-conductor manufacturing company as an operator, that means I run a number of the machines that process these products. I am applying for the post of a device engineering technician as I have an Engineering degree. Although I have read the job specifications and requirements for the job and realise that my job roles would be coined out of these. I want to know in a nutshell what being a device engineering technician in a power semi-conductor company entails as regards how I will answer questions in my forth coming interview. Thanks.

Answer: You should be able to identify the defective part in any device, the parts to be tweaked for increasing performance efficiency.

Question: How to adapt to a family business. Mechanical engineer? I recently completed my mechanical engineering and joined my fathers business. Due to certain critical chain of events, i can't work elsewhere, i can't study further- mba or ms. So i'm kinda stuck here, in the family business with lots of politics and nagging. With no training, no experience, and negligible practical knowledge, i feel like i've learn't nothing at engineering. And its making me feel more and more depressed everyday. All i'm told is that i need to learn everything. This is a question to all mechanical engineers. Can you learn and expertise in everything that you've learn't in college? Or do you expertise only in a few areas? In the past 3 months, i've realized the scope of a mechanical engineer in the company. From machines- automation, injection molding, plastic molds design, plastic components design, biomechanical science, design of implants, manufacturing, maintenance, HVAC, printing and packaging technology, etc- everything dealing in plastics. I agree i did complete most of the above topics in my college. But i can't remember everything done in college. How much can i regain? I remember the basic principles of pump- but i cant remember every detail of it. So i go back to my books n revise the particular topics. Though it takes me less time to revise than before- the question is- Do i have to revise everything to be technically sound? I dont have to make a pump- i simply have to chose one. Likewise for machines- i want to learn how to chose a machine for a particular job, cost effectiveness, and technical aspect is fulfilled. (anyone got any books for this one?) Bottom line is- that my family members are expecting me to do wonders. Since i'm the first engineer in the family, i'm looked upon with cornered eyes, along with a lot of political drama and disputes. Mostly trying to test me, sometimes within my scope, and sometimes completely out of it. I'm not sure if i explained it properly, but for those who understood me, please advise, how should i go about in my company, and regenerate my learning curve. Cuz the amount of work i did in college, i'm not even doing half of it now. And its making me very uneasy. Most of my time is spent on the computer, researching on either a new machine, concept, process, or educational site, where i can revise some topic. I find more fun calculating something, than knowing that its there. We manufacture healthcare devices. So i'm more interested to know why the particular device is designed in that fashion. If a catheter is designed in PVC, i want to know why its not manufactured in PU. I want to know why its dimensions are shaped as such. If we decrease its thickness, can we save costs? What is its maximum pressure capacity? How can i apply ergonomics into its design? What are its most desirable features? What can be an added feature to its design? These are just a few questions that are racing through my head almost everyday. Along with the biggest question of them all- how will i manage people, if i know nothing about management. As of today- my position is on the managers seat. Which to me is fundamently wrong. But since the situation demanded a family member on that seat, i had to fill in. I can't explain why. But now that it is happening- i'l have to adapt to it, and learn from here on. But how. Should i revise my engineering skills? Or do a distance learning MBA? If i dont revise my engineering skills now- will it pose a threat to me in near future? If i dont do an Mba, how can i handle a managers position? What is the role of a manager + engineer? What should i do to develop a sharp learning curve, and gain confidence? (Which i'm begining to lose everyday- exponentially). How do i train myself. Cuz in the current scenario, i doubt i'l get any training. Everyone's busy in a critical problem at hand. So i get no time to discuss anything, either wit dad or uncle. Please help.

Answer: Interesting situation, not far from what most engineers find themselves in. Engineering school is great background info and teaches you two things 1) Why things happen and the basic science of the world 2) How to learn quickly and apply the info to other items These are the two things you should have taken from school, nothing more. There are no schools where you could possibly learn everything needed to run a plant since plants are constantly changing are are all wildly different The best ways to use engineering in the workplace are the concentrate on using basic engineering problem solving. Break down problems into smaller, easier to solve issues (like statics). This can apply to everything. A big production line is just a collection of small tasks or processes, each of which has inputs, outputs and events/happenings. Most of being an engineer is applying a combination of common sense, basic science, specialized experience and alot of caution. As far as managing people that is a whole nother game, nothing like doing engineering. This is a "soft skill" that can be learned only through alot of experience, and some people are just plain better at it. Everyone has their style and you just have to find yours. I'd reccomend getting some management books (like self helps) and reading them and discover who you are as a manager. Getting and MBA will not make you an effective manager, they are more about business math and payback and such, not people. To manage people you have to respect them, understand that they are all different and yet treat everyone equally...a tough order. I've learned it by watching mainly bad managers and avoiding their mistakes and takign the good things from others. You also have to be ready to let go of things and let others do the work and take joy in it (and be ready for failures) I'm sure it seems fairly overwhelming right now, I'm sure it is. My first engineering job I felt like an idiot, and have felt that way for a year or so upon each new job, but you get over it Best thing to do is be organized, have plans, have objectives and try to meet them......

Question: Just Graduated,employers demand experience,How do I get it in South Africa? EDUCATION (1989) Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape , South Africa Grade 12 (Matric) Xhosa: First Language HG=C; English: Second Language HG=C; Afrikaans: Second Language HG=E Mathematics HG=E; Physical Science HG=D; Biology HG=E TERTIARY EDUCATION (2002) TECHNIKON SOUTH AFRICA Communications Skills I; Mathematics I; Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering I TERTIARY EDUCATION (2006) College of Production Technology, Eastern Cape, South Africa National Diploma in Operations Management/Production Technology 2006 YEAR I Managing Human Resources; Production Logistics I; Quality Techniques I; Work Engineering I; Production Technology I; Production Management Techniques I 2007 YEAR II Production Management Techniques II; Production Management Techniques III; Production Technology II; Production Technology III; Work Engineering II; Work Engineering III; 2008 YEAR III Advanced Production Techniques; Strategic Management; Production Technology IV Aspect of Financial Management, Marketing Issues in Production, People Management Systems. OTHER TRAINING AMIC CERTIFICATE : Level 4 (2002) FORD CORE KNOWLEDGE MODULES ON: Problem Solving Tools; SPC Graphs and Charting; Variability Reduction Teams; Process Mapping; Manufacturing Concepts; Quality and Q1; Productivity; Process Orientation; Managing Relationships; Communication; Teamwork Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint. Internet and Outlook Other Skills: Safety Training (Safety Rep); Computerized measuring and inspection;Waste Reduction Techniques

Answer: find an entry level position and work your way up. first thought is to get off yahoo answers.

Question: About to Graduate,no internship,help me write a cover letter and CV,details below and what job to apply for? ? TERTIARY EDUCATION (2002) TECHNIKON SOUTH AFRICA Communications Skills I; Mathematics I; Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering I TERTIARY EDUCATION (2006) College of Production Technology, Eastern Cape, South Africa National Diploma in Operations Management/Production Technology 2006 YEAR I Managing Human Resources; Production Logistics I; Quality Techniques I; Work Engineering I; Production Technology I; Production Management Techniques I 2007 YEAR II Production Management Techniques II; Production Management Techniques III; Production Technology II; Production Technology III; Work Engineering II; Work Engineering III; 2008 YEAR III Advanced Production Techniques; Strategic Management; Production Technology IV Pursuing Aspect of Financial Management, Marketing Issues in Production, People Management Systems. OTHER TRAINING AMIC CERTIFICATE : Level 4 (2002) FORD CORE KNOWLEDGE MODULES ON: Problem Solving Tools; SPC Graphs and Charting; Variability Reduction Teams; Process Mapping; Manufacturing Concepts; Quality and Q1; Productivity; Process Orientation; Managing Relationships; Communication; Teamwork Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint. Internet and Outlook Other Skills: Safety Training (Safety Rep); Computerized measuring and inspection;Waste Reduction Techniques WORK EXPERIENCE Name of Company: Samcor Engine Plant; Struandale/Struanway, Port Elizabeth 6000 Position held: Machine operator Duration: 1/1996-12/1998 Name of Company: Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa Struandale/Struanway, Port Elizabeth 6000 Position held: Machine operator Duration: 1/2002 – present

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Question: How much should I as as salary? I'm in the process of getting a new job (I don't have anything in mind yet) and I'm not sure how much should I ask as salary. I have a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a MS in Statistical Psychology, I'm 35 yo single and I have been working for 10 years as a computer and network consultant, and 3.5 years as Media Director in a Aerospace manufacturing company. I'm also a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma and going through a Project Management training which I will finish in 2 months. What do you think my salary should be? I don't want to settle for anything less than I deserve. The problem is I don't really know how much is it. Searching several websites didn't give me the right answer because I have all these additional certificates added to my degrees and I have 2 degrees...not sure how to deal with that. Thanx everybody. I forgot to add a "k" in my question sorry.

Answer: The odds are you will attract the market rate for the job you apply for, and your additional qualifications will not be of much help. In fact, they could backfire on you, exposing you as overqualified for many posts. Companies are interested in what you can do for them in terms of improving profits and cutting losses whilst fitting into the company culture, rather than how 'clever' you appear to be. Good project managers are always in demand, but not ones that have their head up their own backside. Getting the best out of the resources available is much more important than fancy qualifications.

Question: What is the process for becoming an active duty EOD in the Army, if i have 3 years of college left? I have a 2-year degree as a CNC Machinist, and have gotten sick of the dull 6-6 workday in the factory, so i'm currently going to college again to get a 4-year degree as a Manufacturing Engineer. With financial trouble in getting my college paid for, i'm wondering if i started signing up to go into the army as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal tech, if i would have to take a semester off to do my basic training now, and then finish college before being deployed, or just how that would work. Would they do boot camp over the summer maybe? I have many years of experience with explosives thanks to my participation in the Pyrotechnics Guild International, so i've had plenty of hands-on experience under licensed individuals. I'm fit and healthy, so do you think the Army would be interested in somebody like me to do that job right off the bat or would i have to work my way up to it over several years? The main Q is can i sign up now, get the help, and keep going to college, and then start?

Answer: Being that you have some college already, I would talk to a recruiter about their officer program. I know if you are prior enlisted, they have a program where you can switch to officer side and they send you to college and pay for it, as well as pay you your monthly salary as long as you maintain adequate grades, etc. Also ask about ROTC. You definately want to try to enter as an officer if you can. About EOD, if you test high enough on your ASVAB and show a pre existing knowledge of explosives, you will be offered EOD mos's if available. Everyone I personally know in EOD, was prior infantry, but I know mostly Marines. Good Luck!

Question: what is the role of engineers in manufacturing process?

Answer: You'll find engineers perfroming many roles throughout the manufacturing process. Here are some: Designing the product. Designing the process. Improving the product. Improving the process. Designing the material handling processes. Developing the production standards. Managing quality control. Training the workers for building the product. Supervising the assembly line. Supervising/managing the production facility. Developing cost estimates for the product and processes. Ensuring worker safety throughout the process. Good catch, Oil Field. Yes, add the sales portion. Another important aspect that I missed was Field Service. Quite often, the manufacturing engineers can be called to troubleshoot and service products in the field.

Question: can u find good manufacturing jobs in Bangalore . i wann shift to bangalore as a Process engineer? mail me the answer !

Answer: if u r lucky u might get a proper answer here. pl keeping looking into leading English dailies appointment pages

Question: What is Manufacturing Process & Automation Engineering?? What are its Placements?? What it`s scope in future? Please give the list of Companies also...

Answer: Actually it is about using much more automation in production.. may ne computer integrated also. Placements very much depend on institutes. But field seems very promising, since most of the work is shifting towards automation.

Question: Am I doing something wrong to find a job in my field of study? I have a BS in Industrial Technology. I concentrated in Automation and Control. When I graduated I wasn't able to find a job in my field of study and I ended up taking a job as a freight broker so I could pay my student loans. I have recently started to look for a new job as an industrial engineer/manufacturing engineer/process engineer...basically anything in a manufacturing setting. I got good grades in college and I am looking for entry level work due to my lack of experience in my field of study but I still am having no luck (I have posted my resume on multiple job sites, went to an engineering recruiter, and applied to numerous jobs over the past month). Any advice or help or even job opportunities would be appreciated. I forgot to mention that I graduated in May 2004.

Answer: Look at your cover letter. Are you selling yourself? Are you giving the employer a reason not to hire you? As a manager I look at the cover letter, if I do not like it you will not get a second look. Tell the potential employer why he should hire you. Highlight your successes in the work place even if they involve picking the most cherry's or getting the most tips. I would look favorably upon a guy who took a job outside of his field. In your present job is there something that you can can learn to enhance yourself? Job hunting is 90% mental. People hire happy people. Engineering is a tough field right now but that won't be the case forever. Getting your first job is the toughest. You need to be enthusiastic!

Question: which one is not software engineering layer? process,manufacturing,tools,methods?

Answer: software engineering layers: Tools Methods Process Process: A common framework of key process areasregardless of the project size or complexity Methods: The technical know-hows Tools: Automated or semi-automated support tools(CASE)

Question: Where to find a manufacturing company list in Guelph in Ontario in Canada? I am an process engineer. Currently I want to find an employer in Guelph in Ontario in Canada. Before all,I need a company list of manufacturing industry. Can anybody inform me the resource of this list?

Answer: http://guelph.ca/ has a business directory. search "manufacturing" You might want to open your search up to K-W and Cambridge, if you don't mind a teensy weensy drive. engineer, huh?

Question: Help: inductor manufacture process? Hi, I'm a student majoring in manufacturing engineering. Recently I've received an assignment about finding the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products. One of the product is an inductor. I have search online and on books about high volume manufacturing process of inductor but I couldn't find anything expect a bunch of patents. I'm wondering if any one happen to know how inductor are manufactured in high quantities? Thank you very much for any help. -Calvin

Answer: It is dependent on the type of inductor, but in all cases an inductor is a wire wound in a coil either in air or around a core. High speed manufacture of an inductor would then involve a method of winding the wire around the core in a high speed automated fashion. Much like winding thread onto a spool,

Question: what is the input,output,process required by the engineering department of a handbag manufacturing company?

Answer: Get materials. (Input) Cut them and fix them together (Process) Put the hanbags in boxes and send to on to distributor (Output)

Question: process to start an auto manufacturing company which will compete leaders in the field? I was thinking about recruting some japanese engineers from japan and bring them back to canada and the company would that be possible ??? what do you think ?? don't be too judgmental anything pretty much starts with a dream..:)

Answer: money and anything is possible

Question: Explain this statement using an area of the manufacturing industry to aid your answer.? Engineers need to understand the relationship between materials cost, material properties, manufacturing processes and automation when designing. Explain this statement using an area of the manufacturing industry to aid your answer.

Answer: How about this? Let's say I'm an auto manufacturer. I would like to pick a material with a very high strength to weight ratio to make my cars out of, so that I could make them weigh less and get better fuel economy. If that's my only reason to choose a particular material, I'd probably pick carbon fiber. It has a much higher strength to weight ratio than steel, nearly 10 times as high! So why don't car manufacturers build everything out of carbon fiber? One reason is that material properties come with tradeoffs with other material properties. Carbon fiber is strong, but it's brittle. It doesn't absorb much energy before it breaks. Steel, on the other hand, is ductile, and it will deform plastically - it will dent, and wrinkle, and crumple, and all these other nice things before breaking, and that dissipates energy in a crash. So you can't pick a material based on just one property. But let's say you got creative and figured out a good design, which is certainly possible. So again, we could ask, why don't car manufacturers build everything out of carbon fiber? Well, first of all, the material cost is very high. Carbon fiber costs about 20 times as much as steel, so even if you're only using 1/10 as much material to carry loads, your final cost is still twice as high. Second, carbon fiber is more expensive to work with. It's relatively cheap to stamp out sheet metal, extrude frame rails, and cast engine blocks, partly because the auto industry has already made huge investments in the equipment necessary to do all that, and almost none of it would be well-suited to composites manufacture. In addition, once you stamp out a piece of sheet metal, it's pretty much ready to go. But carbon fiber has to be formed, have the epoxy added, get sealed in a vacuum bag, get cured in an autoclave at high temperature and pressure, and cool before it's even a rigid piece of material. Then it has to be trimmed. Then, when you get it out on the assembly line, you can't put a bolt in it - carbon fiber composites are brittle, and tend to crack when you put a bolt load on them. So you'd probably be using adhesives instead, which means you have to change how you do assembly - retrain your workers (you probably already have to do that) and maintain a cleaner environment so you get good bonds. So that's cost and manufacturing processes. As for automation, in this case, it might not be so bad. Robots can lay up carbon fiber pretty well these days, particularly for simple geometries, but again, they're an additional investment. Your welding robots won't be of much use, but they can probably be replaced with robots to do the adhesive bonding. Again, more cost. In the end, everything comes down to profit. Is the public willing to pay a premium to get a vehicle that uses less fuel, and just how much fuel will it save? Will it enable them to meet government fuel economy requirements, or might they get tax incentives? Does the company see the expense of retooling for carbon fiber manufacturing as something that will pay for itself? How long will the new robots last? How many parts will they have to reject because the cure cycle wasn't right or the adhesive bond has an air bubble? How long will it take for mass production to drive down material costs? And what is the risk that they spend all this money, and it never gets off the ground? All these questions have to be answered in terms of the bottom line, and the answer had better come out positive. Even more importantly, the answer had better come out more positive than other options for investing all that money, because there are opportunity costs - there's a limited amount of money to be spend, and if they spend $1 on project A and make back $1.01, and spend $1 on project B and make back $1.50, they're going to spend most of their dollars on project B. I hope that helps!

Question: Multimedia courses in Mechanical & Manufacturing? Do you know of any multimedia courses in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering which can be viewed over internet? Courses on Thermodynamics Heat Transfer Manufacturing Processes etc I am interested in video or web course on Mechanical Engineering subjects like heat transfer, theromodynamics, manufacturing processes etc. I am not interested in auto-cads or pro-e-s Hi I am talking about web course or actual video lecture. Can anyone help please!

Answer: hey u can learn various cad like auto-cad, pro-e,ansys,catii etc. these courses can help u in industry after completion. these courses may have tutorials on net which help to solve problems releated to above mentioned topics and many more like fluid mechanics, structure, welding and riveting

Question: What makes a college degree more important than practical knowledge and experience? I have been offered a position as a manufacturing engineer. The origional offer was on par with the value of my knowledge and experience. I have been in the buisness for fifteen years now and am at the point of running the shop where I work now. I design the parts, assemblies, and make detailed blueprints of them using solidworks. I program all of the CNC machines in the building and set up the process sheets and system information. I also solve a majority of the day to day problems in the manufacturing department. The next day I recieved a second offer that was 11,000 less becouse they realized that I never finnished college. They still want me to take the same job, same responsibilities, and at the same time have no question of my ability to handle the position. Why should I accept less from a potential employer becouse I don't have a flashy piece of parchment with some fancy caligriphy etched on its surface. Besides college is suposed to prepare you for what I already do.

Answer: To be quite honest I am not sure why, but I was in a similar situation, until I recently graduated college. I have not been assigned any other duties at work nor was I given a raise until I asked for one and threatened to leave. I have asked several others in my field this same question and one supervisor told me that getting the degree proves that you are committed and have the drive to fulfill your goals (although I do not necessarily agree with that I do some some valid points in it). I think with the extensive experience that you have I would respectfully decline unless they could give me a real reason as to why they are now offering you less. Good Luck and my well wishes are with you.

Question: Did you also fall out of your seat laughing when Obama said America invented the automobile? It was in fact a German engineer that invented the first automobile, it was Henry Ford who only stream lined the manufacturing process.

Answer: It all depends on how you define the automobile. The Dutch, French, Belgian, Austrian, and English all had something well before Benz or Daimler. 1680 - Dutch physicist, Christian Huygens designed (but never built) an internal combustion engine that was to be fueled with gunpowder. 1807 - Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel. Rivaz designed a car for his engine - the first internal combustion powered automobile. However, his was a very unsuccessful design. 1824 - English engineer, Samuel Brown adapted an old Newcomen steam engine to burn gas, and he used it to briefly power a vehicle up Shooter's Hill in London. 1858 - Belgian-born engineer, Jean JosephÉtienne Lenoir invented and patented (1860) a double-acting, electric spark-ignition internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas. In 1863, Lenoir attached an improved engine (using petroleum and a primitive carburetor) to a three-wheeled wagon that managed to complete an historic fifty-mile road trip. (See image at top) 1862 - Alphonse Beau de Rochas, a French civil engineer, patented but did not build a four-stroke engine (French patent #52,593, January 16, 1862). 1864 - Austrian engineer, Siegfried Marcus*, built a one-cylinder engine with a crude carburetor, and attached his engine to a cart for a rocky 500-foot drive. Several years later, Marcus designed a vehicle that briefly ran at 10 mph that a few historians have considered as the forerunner of the modern automobile by being the world's first gasoline-powered vehicle (however, read conflicting notes below). 1873 - George Brayton, an American engineer, developed an unsuccessful two-stroke kerosene engine (it used two external pumping cylinders). However, it was considered the first safe and practical oil engine. 1866 - German engineers, Eugen Langen and Nikolaus August Otto improved on Lenoir's and de Rochas' designs and invented a more efficient gas engine. 1876 - Nikolaus August Otto invented and later patented a successful four-stroke engine, known as the "Otto cycle". 1876 - The first successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk. 1883 - French engineer, Edouard Delamare-Debouteville, built a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that ran on stove gas. It is not certain if he did indeed build a car, however, Delamare-Debouteville's designs were very advanced for the time - ahead of both Daimler and Benz in some ways at least on paper. 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine - with a vertical cylinder, and with gasoline injected through a carburetor (patented in 1887). Daimler first built a two-wheeled vehicle the "Reitwagen" (Riding Carriage) with this engine and a year later built the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle. 1886 - On January 29, Karl Benz received the first patent (DRP No. 37435) for a gas-fueled car. 1889 - Daimler built an improved four-stroke engine with mushroom-shaped valves and two V-slant cylinders. 1890 - Wilhelm Maybach built the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine.

Question: magnetron materials and manufacturing? In school I was assigned to create a propulsion system for the iron man suit. Mainly it's for the manufacturing processes and materials (I am in mechatronics engineering if anyone is curious). After some research I found that an EMdrive would probably be the best thing to take and I need to know what kind of materials would be required to make a magnetron? I know the magnets are from a samariun-cobalt alloy but I don't know what kind of materials would the rest of the magnetron would be made from. Also the manufacturing process to make those parts if they require some special process or treatment, the cost for the processes would be nice to? Thanks

Answer: You want to create an electromagnet so that its field interacts with the samarium-cobalt permanent magnets. An electromagnetic s made u of a ferromagnetic substance, like plain carbon steel, surrounded by insulated conductor, usually solid copper wire with a polymer jacketing it.

Question: Manufacturing Engineering ---Help me out!? Hi, I want to know what is the meaning of term 'CSM' in Manufacturing or production processes? If anyone can give any online PDF source or any online article source about this CSM it would be of great help for me. Thanks

Answer: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a semiconductor foundry in Singapore. I'm afraid that is all i know. Probably not what you want.

Question: What are the qualifications for an Engineer in the manufacture of Electrical Wire & Cable Industry? Drawing and stranding processes.

Answer: For production (even of wire and cable) you'll typically be a mechanical or industrial engineer.

Question: Can anyone tell me list of different components inside an electrical drill? For N.C. Engineering! Need accurate answers and quite quickly actualy as it needs written up. Need to know several components found inside, e.g. the battery pack etc. Any further information such as their material and manufacturing process would be helpful if known.

Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Drill_Open.JPG http://www.toolpartsdirect.com/cgi-bin/bigimg.cgi/blackdecker/1166_type_2 http://www.hhrobertsmachinery.com/HHRM-docs/Grob%20parts/4V36%20Parts.jpg Look up the above link and you can easily write up. Common parts are as follows::: ARMATURE FIELD 230V BAFFLE FAN FORWARD-REVERSE SWITCH FIELD BRUSH SWITCH 230V SWITCH VSR CORD 230V BEARING,NEEDLE SPINDLE AND GEAR ASSEMBLY MOTOR HOUSING GEAR HSG ASSEMBLY CHOKE ASSEMBLY BLUE 230V CHOKE ASSEMBLY RED 230V CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY 230V

Question: Manufacturing Engineering The average part produced in a certain batch manufacturing plant must be processed through an average of 6 machines. 20 batches of 25 parts per batch are launched from the factory each week. Other pertinent date are as follows Average operation time = 0.1hours, Average setup time = 5 hours, Average non - operation time per batch = 10 hours There are 18 machines in the plant.The plant operates an average of 70 production hours per week. Scrap rate is negligible. a) Determine the manufacturing lead-time for an average part b) Determine the plant capacity c) Determine the plant utilisation

Answer: To learn this stuff you should really at least try to do it on your own. This is basic factory stuff so if you can't answer these you really should pick another major. Try googling OEE for the previous question. This is just math really.

Question: How can I get into a SAP career? I am a Process Engineer with a Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Resources Planning and 1.5Years experience with Navision Manufacturing modules

Answer: Please check the website below, may be this will help you. http://www.sap.com/usa/company/careers/index.epx

Question: Which engineering will you recommend and not..Why..? Aerospace Engineering Biomedical Engineering Building & Civil Engineering Chemical and Process Engineering Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering Environmental Engineering Logistics and Industrial Engineering Marine and Maritime Engineering Materials Engineering Mechantronics, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Answer: Civil Engineering........ With civil engineering you are more flexible and not locked in to a specific type. You can do buildings, highways, steel structures plus whatever you can think of. You can work along side architects. Whereas like Marine/Maritime Engineering it deals strictly with boats, ships, submarines, etc. I don't about you, but I have have did a little marine (BORING). After Civil I would recommend Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering. Then Chemical Out of the 2 E/I Pays better down the road. Go to www.careerbuilder.com or www. monster.com for refereneces on pay rates.

Question: What are my family's chances for migrating to Australia? I'm 29 years old sales engineer, married, have 1 kid and resides in the Philippines. My husband is a manufacturing qc supervisor/engineer. My sister is already an Australian citizen and she's planning to bring me, my husband and my kid there. What will we do first? Or what will we process first? How can we apply for a job assessment? Is it okay to use an agent or my sister will just do the processing herself? How much will it cost? Please advise. Thanks and God Bless, Jelma

Answer: I'm afraid that it's going to be very difficult indeed as long as the world economic crisis is affecting Australia. Read the following which explains the new visa processing priorities and also contains links to the relevant occupation lists and state government sites. http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/migration-program.pdf Family sponsored skilled immigration visas are not being processed at all at present and neither are applications for independent visas for people in occupations on the MODL or SOL lists - only CSL applications are being processed. It's impossible to say how long this will continue, but as no processing in those categories has taken place since the beginning of 2009 and there was already a large backlog, commonsense says that it will be a considerable time - years for SOL jobs. Your only real chance within the foreseeable future is to get employer or state/territory government sponsorship as those visas have the highest priority. A job offer isn't enough, you must have formal sponsorship and are only eligible if your occupation (either partner) is on the SOL (for employer sponsorship) or on a list published by a sponsoring state/territory. For employer sponsorship, you don't normally need skills assessment (unless the visa is permanent) and nor do you need to pass a points test. For information on skills assessment for other visas, see the ASRI list: http://www.immi.gov.au/asri/a-z.htm#a Skills assessment must be done before any applications are made so that should be your first step unless you have an employer to sponsor you.. Only the main applicant needs assessment unless the s/he is claiming points (5) for the secondary applicant. You must pass a points test for both sponsored and unsponsored visas - 100 points for sponsored and 120 for independent. You don't need an agent. They are expensive and cannot help you to a) get a visa any faster or b) get one you wouldn't have been able to get by your own efforts. The cost varies according to the visa you're applying for but is usually around AUD$2105 (covers the whole family) plus medical clearance costs for each family member plus police checks for the adults. For a family of 3, it should come out to something under AUD$4000. The 2nd instalment charge ($2925) you will see mentioned is only charged when an adult secondary applicant has less than functional English.

Question: Can we successfully back-engineer advance alien tech and use it? Aliens may be thousands of years more advance than humanity. So understanding their technology is improbable because of several factors: a)Raw Materials --> they may be using materials only found far far away from our planet. b)Manufacturing Process and techniques --> aliens may be utilizing advance nanotech tools and machines to build these ships. These gadgets is not within our grasp. c) Alien Physics and Math--> they are incorporating their solid understanding of warp drives, worn holes, black holes, quarks, dark matter, gluons, etc into their design. These may very well be beyond our comprehension. d) Anatomy and Mental Abilities --> just as our F-23 lightning fighter jet is fully designed to fit human body and human mental abilities into its cockpit, alien ergonomics are purely designed for their anatomy as well

Answer: I think that you mean 'reverse engineering'.

Question: Manufacturing Processes of a Sandwitch Maker.? Specifically a Belle - Sandwitch Maker. I would like someone to tell me the manufacturing processes used in each aspect of a sandwitch maker (eg. Outer shell, hingers, inner metal castings and plug). It would be preferred if you could state the proper processing name (eg. Injection molding, Compression molding, etc...) Its for an engineering assignment and i can't find anything usefull on the net, please help! PS - Please be as detailed as possible and please provide some sources/evidence, if you cannot, still help me out... Luckily i don't have to give referrences, but it would help me to know that the information is accurate.

Answer: I'm afraid most of that is probably trade secret manufacturing processes. But you can look at similar appliances and reverse engineer them. A George Foreman Grill is very similar in construction and you can go to Target or Walmart and just look one over on display if you don't have one. On a Bella Sandwich maker it does have common construction. Most parts are injection molded thermoset resins that can take heat up to about 500F degrees (like melamine resins or bakelite types where once the plastic is melted it can't be remelted) The parts needing higher temperature, like the grills and hinges are made from cast aluminum alloys which can take temps of around 600-700F degrees without getting weak. You might have to go to the library on this one. Online is not good about providing detail. But the science and engineering area in a good library usually has many books available on typical manufacturing processes for many everyday items. Just ask the reference librarians, they know their material and are much better than Google Pic of one: http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/bella-kitchen-3-in-1-sandwich-maker

Question: Chance me for my top college choices? CSU Stantislaus CSU Sacramento CSU Northridge University of Nevada Reno CSU San Marcos UC Riverside (number one choice) --------------------------------------… Junior California Public High School Asian/Hispanic mix First Generation College Student Intended Major: Political Science GPA 4.11 W 3.72 UW SAT:2020 (W670)(CR 800)(M 550) *will retake ACT:31 AP World History 4 AP US History (-) CC: Intro to piano (2 units) CC: Modern Europe and Unification (3 units) ACE: Engineering Manufacturing Processes (3 units) * Ace is a program allowing hs students to take classes at Sacramento State 3 years Varsity Soccer 2 years Varsity Cross Country 1 year Varsity Tennis (Captain) 2 years (Frosh/Soph and Varsity) Track 1 year Future Farmers of America 1 year Go Club 10 years Club Soccer 100+ hours community service (cultural fairs, coaching youth soccer) -Summer internship at CA State Capitol -Next Year Schedule AP Bio AP US Gov Ap Human Geo AP Psych AP Econ (macro/micro) AP Lit CC Intro to International Relations CC Middle Eastern Politics ACE ancient philosophy *ending highschool with a certificate of profiency at Community College in Global Studies: Modern Europe

Answer: You are very likely to get into the university of your choice, just make sure to write a good personal statement that adds depth to your application. Your academic AND extracurricular performance shows commitment and determination. Also, your SAT scores are pretty good, but you are missing the Subject Tests for UC's. CSU's are almost a granted admission for you. I think you will most likely get admitted to UCR, their acceptance rate is 80%, their average GPA is between 3.0 and 3.9

Question: What are my chances at the colleges? CSU Stantislaus CSU Sacramento University of San Francisco University of Nevada Reno Sonoma State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Junior California Public High School Asian/Hispanic mix First Generation College Student Intended Major: International Relations GPA 4.11 W 3.72 UW SAT:2020 (W670)(CR 800)(M 550) *will retake ACT:31 AP World History 4 AP US History (-) CC: Intro to piano (2 units) CC: Modern Europe and Unification (3 units) ACE: Engineering Manufacturing Processes (3 units) * Ace is a program allowing hs students to take classes at Sacramento State 3 years Varsity Soccer 2 years Varsity Cross Country 1 year Varsity Tennis (Captain) 2 years (Frosh/Soph and Varsity) Track 1 year Future Farmers of America 1 year Go Club 10 years Club Soccer 100+ hours community service (cultural fairs, coaching youth soccer) -Summer internship at CA State Capitol -Next Year Schedule AP Bio AP US Gov Ap Human Geo AP Psych AP Econ (macro/micro) AP Lit CC Intro to International Relations CC Middle Eastern Politics ACE ancient philosophy *ending highschool with a certificate of profiency at Community College in Global Studies: Modern Europe

Answer: In, at all of them, you should aim higher.

Question: English speakers, would you like to help me correct my grammar in these sentences please? Through this project, I have accumulated more knowledge of mould manufacturing, product & process, properties of various kinds of material, as well as the ability of solving complicated problems considering the multidisciplinary. Further, I have got a better understanding of the test programs for auto industry. Also, I have been able to use the necessary software for mechanical engineers skillfully as tools via computer. For conducting and managing projects, and the cooperation among different departments and project members, I have obtained sufficient experience. In addition, my oral and written English have been improved greatly thanks to the multi-cultural project organization.

Answer: Through this project, I have accumulated more knowledge of mould manufacturing, production & processing, the properties of various kinds of material, as well as the ability to solve complicated problems considering multiple disciplines. Furthermore, I have got a better understanding of the test programs for the automotive industry. Also, I have been able to skilfully use the software necessary for mechanical engineering. I have obtained sufficient experience necessary for conducting and managing projects, and for cooperating among different departments and project members. In addition, my oral and written English have been improved greatly thanks to the multicultural project organization. I changed multidisciplinary to multiple disciplines. I don't know if multidisciplinary is a term of your trade, and if it is, just let me know and i'll re-correct. If it isn't a term used in your particular field for a certain purpose, then I think this is all correct.

Question: Atlantic City or Las Vegas Casino jobs? Industrial Engineering? I am looking to find a full-time job at a casino either in Atlantic City or Las Vegase. My degree is a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and have been working in the engineering field dealing mostly with manufacturing process improvement, budget preparation and capital purchases. Can anyone help out? Jobs dealing with items such as capital purchasing, logistics, budget preparation, project analyst, etc.

Answer: And how exactly do you see your prior experience fitting into the Casino industry?

Question: Chemical Engineering? I'm studying chemical engineering, and my college offers the opportunity to get a sort of minor in a specific chemical engineering area. The choices are: pharmaceutical industry, environmental engineering, bioprocess and manufacturing process. Which one do you recommend me? Thank You

Answer: I would suggest a petrochemical manufacturing, but since it is not in you options I would go with environmental engineering because it is a branch of chemical engineering!

Question: I want an industrial engineering job that requires a whole lot of traveling. Any suggestions? I have a degree in Industrial engineering and work as a project engineer now doing capital expenditures and process improvements and cost savings in manufacturing. I want this job but with a whole lot of traveling involved, preferably travel to Europe. Any ideas?

Answer: Petroleum company that operates heavily in the North Sea. Chemical manufacturers.

Question: can u help me change this bit and write it in another way? One of the major purposes of the IDM (Introduction to Design and Manufacturing) module has been to take students through the engineering design process of building a hovercraft. Step by step, this course has led us to develop creative hovercraft designs and the building session has given us an approach on how to turn our abstract ideas into a concrete, physical representation and also learned us how challenging this can get. This report is going to assess our own design, compare it with those of other groups and explore the different ways to improve it.

Answer: what can i say just this time ok, ill send u an email ;)

Question: If someone invents a car that runs efficiently on an abundant, non-CO2-emitting fuel? and patents the idea, raises capital, develops an adversising campaign, develops a distribution network, leases a factory, hires someone to design and make the machines that will be used to make the car, works with engineers to come up with an efficient manufacturing process that is simple and straightforward and involves very simple tasks being performed by the factory workers, and then hires workers to do these basic tasks, the same tasks that they would otherwise do at a competing plant but because there is no one more plant they get paid a little more than they otherwise would, and the car is a big hit and its inventor, his investors that took a huge risk on the new car, and the engineers make a huge profit...... Did they make it "on the backs of the workers?" But cory who defines "exploiting and abusing" if not the workers, thus as long as they have a choice, all they have to do is quit. And yes I know your answer will be "that's easier said than done" but then isn't the answer to that more job creation????

Answer: No; they made it off their minds. The workers got paid and they wouldn't have if it were not for the minds. BTW they are releasing 10,000 cars that run on compressed air in India late this year but they can't be imported to the USA because they are "glued" together and thats against our "import" regulations.

Question: does anyone knows or anyone can tell me where i can find details about chocolate manufacturing points? i am in the process to get my degree as automation systems engineer. so my thesis subject is to make a plc(programmable logic controller)programm for the manufacture of milk chocolate,so i dont need just not-specified theory about manufacturing chocolate but details for example:how long does every part takes(grinding-mixing-conching etc etc) the temperature?? what exactly happends in the conching phases???? i know my question is a little dificult thanks in advance sorry coolguy this page is not existed anymore

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