Contents: 1. Jigs and Fixtures. 2. Press Tool Design. 3. Forging Die Design. 4. Cost Estimation. 5. Economics of Tooling. 6. Process Planning. 7. Tool Layout for Capstans and Turrets. 8. Tool Layout for Automatics. 9. Limits Tolerances and Fits. 10. Gauges and Gauge Design. 11. Surface Finish. 12. Measurement. 13. Analysis of Metal Forming Process. 14. Theory of Metal Cutting. 15.  Design and Manufacture of Cutting Tools. 16. Gear manufacturing. 17. Thread manufacturing. 18. Design of Machine Tool elements and machine tool testing. 19. Machine Tool installation and maintenance. 20. Design of product for economical production. 21. Statistical quality control. 22. Kinematics of machine tools. 23. Production planning and control. 24. Manufacturing systems and automation. 25. Computer integrated manufacturing. 26. Plant Layout. 27. Production and Productivity. Appendix. Index.

This is the revised edition of the book with new chapters to incorporate the latest developments in the field. It contains appox. 200 problems from various competitive examinations GATE IES IAS have been included. The author does hope that with this the utility of the book will be further enhanced.