
Pressure Diecasting
Metals — Machines — Furnaces
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Author: B. Upton
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 6 3 6 - 4
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 7 6 2 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 8 7 8 - 5
Pressure Diecasting, Part 1: Metals-Machines-Furnaces covers topics on surface treatments, joining methods, process practices, inspection techniques, and many other features… Read more
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Pressure Diecasting, Part 1: Metals-Machines-Furnaces covers topics on surface treatments, joining methods, process practices, inspection techniques, and many other features concerned with materials engineering. Organized into six chapters, this book first explains the process of pressure diecasting. Subsequent chapters then discuss the pressure diecasting alloys and machines. Other chapters describe furnaces used in pressure diecasting and the assessment of their performance; health and safety in pressure diecasting foundries; and some applications of statistics to pressure diecasting foundry variables. Readers will find this book useful in developing his excellence and practices in the field.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Pressure Diecasting
1. Brief History
2. Typical Uses
3. Advantages, Costs and Competitive Processes
4. Future
Chapter 2. Pressure Diecasting Alloys
1. Zinc Alloys
2. Aluminum Alloys
3. Copper Alloys
4. Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 3. Pressure Diecasting Machines
1. General Machine Characteristics
2. Measurement of Machine Performance
Chapter 4. Furnaces Used in Pressure Diecasting and the Assessment of Their Performance
1. Types of Furnaces
2. Assessment of Furnace Performance
3. Some Aspects of Improving Furnace Performance
Chapter 5. Health and Safety in Pressure Diecasting Foundries
1. Safety on Diecasting Machines
2. Environmental Aspects
Chapter 6. Some Applications of Statistics to Pressure Diecasting Foundry Variables
1. Assessment of Process VariabiHty
2. Inspection and Quality Control
3. On Plant Experimentation: Case Histories
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
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B. Upton
Affiliations and expertise
Buhler-Miag (England) Ltd, Leamington Spa, UKRead Pressure Diecasting on ScienceDirect