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Complete Casting Handbook, Third Edition: Metal Casting Processes, Techniques and Design
Complete Casting Handbook Third Edition Metal Casting Processes Techniques and Design Author:John Campbell John Campbell is author of two successful Elsevier castings books, Castings 2nd edition (2003), which provided the background science behind castings, and Castings Practice (2004), which provided technical knowledge never before set down in the necessary detail to guarantee success when manufacturing a cast product. — This new work encompasses th... more »e information in the first two books, updates this information with important new techniques from research and industry, and adds an important new section covering properties, statistical data and processing, which are fundamental to casting and cast product design.
The result is a comprehensive Handbook, covering all of the main processes of metal casting. It is the first comprehensive single volume guide for metallurgists and foundry professionals.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
. The only practice-oriented metal casting handbook
. Written by a world leading casting innovator and expert
. Covers theory, practice, properties & design, delivering all of the tools needed to understand and develop successful and profitable casting processes
. Takes a practical handbook approach: provides the necessary theory and background without overburdening with unnecessary detail. This book is designed to deliver results
. Problem based practical sections enable standard casting problems of design, process, quality and materials/castings defects to understood and overcome
. Case studies, process design examples, tips and tricks, and results-focussed processing rules enable readers to translate theory to practice
. Creates value with packaged eBook version as part of purchase price plus added online material comprising:
- casting databank with cast material metrics
- casting results statistics for quality monitoring and benchmarking
- casting process directory
- castings glossary
New Material:
. Extensive section on mould making for steel and aluminium/alloy casting. This new material covers standard as well as developing processes
. Cast structures and properties data provide a comprehensive section on standard ferrous metallurgy
. Comprehensive coverage of statistical distributions provide readers with casting analysis techniques that influence cast product design
. The first practical information on Ablation, the latest casting technique
* The only practice-oriented metal casting handbook
* Delivers the expert advice that engineers need to make successful and profitable casting decisions
* Problem based practical sections, case studies, tips and tricks and rules translate theory to practice, and online supplements deliver real value, including casting databank, quality monitoring and benchmarking metrics, casting process directory and fully searchable eBook« less