Complete Casting Handbook: Metal Casting Processes, Metallurgy, Techniques and Design, Third Edition provides modern principles and processes in both breadth and depth while also retaining a clear, practical focus. The book has a unique viewpoint, interpreting the behavior of castings and metals as a whole, in terms of their biofilm content, the largely invisible casting defects which control much of the structure and behavior of metals. This new edition has been thoroughly revised, with updated sections on extended fluidity, additive manufacturing of molds, porosity as an entrainment defect, tensile properties and other failure aspects, metrology and much more. The third edition has also been updated to include two brand new chapters, one focused on avoidance of fracture through good casting, and the other on sustainability in the casting industry.
Table of Contents
1. The Melt2. Entrainment
3. Flow
4. Molds and Cores
5. Solidification Structure
6. Casting Alloys
7. Porosity
8. Cracks and Tears
9. Properties of Castings
10. The 10 Rules for Good Castings
11. Filling System Design Fundamentals
12. Filling System Components
13. Filling System Design Practice
14. Melting
15. Molding
16. Casting
17. Controlled Solidification Techniques
18. Dimensional Accuracy
19. Post-Casting Processing
20. The Avoidance of Failure by Fracture by Good Casting Technology
21. Sustainability and Metal Casting
