Complete Casting Handbook
Metal Casting Processes, Metallurgy, Techniques and Design
- 3rd Edition - January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: John Campbell
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 5 0 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 5 0 7 - 5
Complete Casting Handbook: Metal Casting Processes, Metallurgy, Techniques and Design, Third Edition provides modern principles and processes in both breadth and depth while also r… Read more
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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.
- Delivers the expert advice that engineers need to make successful and profitable casting decisions
- Ideal reference for those interested in solidification, vortex gases, nucleation, biofilm, remelting, and molding
- Contains established, must-have information such as Campbell’s ’10 Rules’ for successful casting manufacture, the fundamentals of filling systems, failure mechanisms of both cast and wrought metal products by fracture, and much more
- Includes numerous updates to virtually every chapter as well as 2 brand new chapters covering avoidance of fracture through good casting and sustainability in casting
Researchers, advanced undergrad and grad students, and teachers in materials science and engineering
1. The Melt
2. 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
2. 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
- Edition: 3
- Published: January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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John Campbell
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Casting Technology, University of Birmingham, UK