How Products Are Made

by Gale Group; Lim, Kyung-Sun

• ISBN13: 9780810389526
• ISBN10: 0810389525
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

This acclaimed title answers the question "How do they make that?" with 100 in-depth, illustrated articles covering a wide variety of products such as silver, piano, camera, paper currency and more.

Each entry offers a straightforward, step-by-step description of the manufacturing and assembly process for the product. You'll also find historical information on the product, raw materials used, by-products generated during manufacture, quality control procedures, future applications and sources for more information.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Acrylic Plastic	1	(5)
Aluminum Beverage Can	6	(5)
Ammunition	11	(5)
Antilock Brake System	16	(5)
Asphalt Cement	21	(6)
Balloon	27	(5)
Barbed Wire	32	(5)
Baseball Bat	37	(4)
Bathtub	41	(6)
Beeper	47	(5)
Beer	52	(5)
Bell	57	(4)
Bicycle	61	(6)
Bleach	67	(4)
Bread	71	(4)
Bungee Cord	75	(5)
Business Jet	80	(6)
Butter and Margarine	86	(6)
Button	92	(6)
Camera Lens	98	(5)
Carpet	103	(6)
Cat Litter	109	(5)
Cathode-Ray Tube	114	(5)
Chalkboard	119	(4)
Cigarette	123	(6)
CNC Machine Tool	129	(6)
Coin	135	(4)
Condom	139	(4)
Contact Lens	143	(5)
Cowboy Boots	148	(5)
Crayon	153	(4)
Decorative Plastic Laminate	157	(4)
Dental Floss	161	(4)
Diamond	165	(6)
Drywall	171	(4)
Dynamite	175	(5)
Elevator	180	(6)
Fat Substitute	186	(4)
Fiberglass	190	(5)
Fire Engine	195	(6)
Fireworks	201	(5)
Fortune Cookie	206	(3)
Freeze-Dried Food	209	(5)
Frozen Yogurt	214	(5)
Gasoline	219	(4)
Hay Baler	223	(5)
Hearing Aid	228	(4)
Hunting Knife	232	(5)
Ice Skates	237	(4)
In-Line Skates	241	(4)
Industrial Robot	245	(6)
Integrated Circuit	251	(6)
Iron	257	(5)
Jelly Bean	262	(5)
Kayak	267	(5)
Ketchup	272	(5)
Lead	277	(6)
Leather Jacket	283	(5)
Life Vest	288	(5)
Magnet	293	(6)
Marbles	299	(4)
Milking Machine	303	(4)
Nail	307	(5)
Neon Sign	312	(5)
Newspaper	317	(6)
Paddle	323	(4)
Paper	327	(4)
Pasta	331	(5)
Perfume	336	(5)
Pet Food	341	(5)
Photographic Film	346	(5)
Plastic Wrap	351	(5)
Player Piano	356	(5)
Polyester	361	(4)
Printed Circuit Board	365	(6)
Road Sign	371	(5)
Rope	376	(4)
Rough Terrain Forklift	380	(5)
Safety Pin	385	(4)
Salt	389	(5)
Self-Adhesive Note	394	(4)
Silk	398	(5)
Ski	403	(7)
Smoke Detector	410	(4)
Soap	414	(4)
Soft Drink	418	(5)
Stained Glass	423	(6)
Sunscreen	429	(5)
Surfboard	434	(5)
T-Shirt	439	(4)
Tea Bag	443	(5)
Telescope	448	(5)
Tofu	453	(5)
Toothbrush	458	(4)
Traffic Signal	462	(4)
Vaccine	466	(5)
Violin	471	(5)
Violin Bow	476	(5)
Whiskey	481	(6)
Zinc	487	(6)
Index	493