(Ebook) Materials Research for Manufacturing: An Industrial Perspective of Turning Materials into New Products by Lynnette D. Madsen, Erik B. Svedberg (eds.) ISBN 9783319234182, 9783319234199, 3319234188, 3319234196

(Ebook) Materials Research for Manufacturing: An Industrial Perspective of Turning Materials into New Products by Lynnette D. Madsen, Erik B. Svedberg (eds.) ISBN 9783319234182, 9783319234199, 3319234188, 3319234196

This book is about applied materials research in industry. It presents various important topics and challenges and gives guidance to materials researchers who move to industry. The book focuses on the materials manufacturing issues for industrial application. It deals with developments and challenges in traditional materials areas, such as metals and ceramics, and new opportunities that have risen from nanotechnology and additive manufacturing. The chapters, written by senior people from large companies, include successful manufacturing undertakings, several distinct and unresolved manufacturing challenges, with the focus on approaches, timelines and the skills needed for future company research and development. The book provides a cross-section of current and future approaches valuable for new employees and academics working in industry.