Castings

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Elsevier, 28.04.2003 - 352 Seiten

This is the key publication for professionals and students in the metallurgy and foundry field. Fully revised and expanded, Castings Second Edition covers the latest developments in the understanding of the role of the liquid metal in controlling the properties of cast materials, and indeed, of all metallic materials that have started in the cast form. Practising foundry engineers, designers, and students will find the revealing insights into the behaviour of castings essential in developing their inderstanding and practice.

John Campbell OBE is a leading international figure in the castings industry, with over four decades of experience. He is the originator of the Cosworth Casting Process, the pre-eminent production process for automobile cylinder heads and blocks. He is also co-inventor of both the Baxi Casting Process (now owned by Alcoa) developed in the UK, and the newly emerging Alotech Casting Process in the USA. He is Professor of Casting Technology at the University of Birmingham, UK.

  • New edition of this internationally respected reference and textbook for engineers and students
  • Develops understanding of the concepts and practice of casting operations
  • Castings' is the key work on castings technology and process metallurgy, and an essential resource on contemporary developments and thinking on the new metallurgy of cast alloys
  • Revised and updated throughout, with new material on subjects including surface turbulence, the new theory of entrainment defects including folded film defects, plus the latest concepts of alloy theory
 

Inhalt

Chapter 1 The melt
1
Chapter 2 Entrainment
17
Chapter 3 Flow
70
Chapter 4 The mould
99
Chapter 5 Solidification structure
117
Chapter 6 Gas porosity
178
Chapter 7 Solidification shrinkage
205
Chapter 8 Linear contraction
232
Chapter 9 Structure defects and properties of the finished casting
267
Chapter 10 Processing
306
Chapter 11 Environmental interactions
311
Postscript
318
References
320
Index
331
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John Campbell OBE is a leading international figure in the castings industry, with over four decades of experience. He is the originator of the Cosworth Casting Process, the pre-eminent production process for automobile cylinder heads and blocks. He is also co-inventor of both the Baxi Casting Process (now owned by Alcoa) developed in the UK, and the newly emerging Alotech Casting Process in the USA. He is Professor Emeritus of Casting Technology at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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