Manufacturing Materials & Processes

       Manufacturing and Materials Engineering concentrate on the development of the parts or sub systems of product and machines and the machines that make products and the product materials used in mass manufacturing.   Mastering materials when applied to manufacturing processes is part of an interdisciplinary field of new product development, mechanical, materials and manufacturing engineering.  The application of materials to mass manufacturing and the mass manufacturing of raw of materials while understanding the elemental, static and dynamic properties of materials under formation or applied forces and its applications and use in tool, machine and product development is critical to understanding materials longevity and ultimate failure.  Products relay on our designed geometric structure and wall thicknesses to withstand the normal and unforeseen forces and loads that are placed on the product assembly. 

       As mass mechanical and chemical manufacturing processes put forces of heat, pressure and friction on materials, they react at the molecular level relieving and adding internal positive and negative chemical bonds and repelling forces which create the material's properties.   The results may be high strength, light weight and weather resistance, but all materials will degrade due to internal or external and stresses such as gravity, structural force loading or environmental exposure that will eventually lead to material deformation, stress cracking and failure.  Using the vast library of engineering data and real world forming, molding and manufacturing experience, Designers and Product Developers must work with the Manufacturers to achieve design intent. 

       Materials behave and react to manufacturing processes and at the user - product interface.  Be it a seat in an office or in a vehicle, there are forces and loads on those combined materials to create product performance, weight, strength and durability.   Applying the cost parameters of raw materials and manufactured or processes materials and the related predicted characteristics and performance properties, Industrial Designers and Manufacturers look for the right combination of design, price and performance.  Utilizing Materials Engineering and applied physics and chemistry, as well as metallurgical, chemical, mechanical, civil and electrical engineering, including; nano-science, nano physics and nano-technologies is a essential part of the industrial design, product engineering and manufacturing development process to insure design success.  < See MatE