Metal Shaping Processes. Vukota Boljanovic
METAL SHAPING PROCESSES
METAL SHAPING PROCESSES:
Casting and Molding; ParticulateProcessing; Deformation Processes;and Metal Removal
VUKOTA BOLJANOVIC, Ph.D.
Industrial Press, Inc.
New York
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boljanovic, Vukota.
Metal-shaping Processes / Vukota Boljanovic.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8311-3380-1 (hardcover)
1. Metal-work. I. Title.
TS205.B585 2009
671.3–dc22
2009001061
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Ingot, Warrick, Indiana USA,
Sheet, Warrick, Indiana USA,
Smelter Wenatchee, Washington USA
Loop Control Pit, The Flat Rolled Product division of Alcoa-Kofem Kft.
Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
To those who inspire me — my family and my friends
CONTENTS
Classification of Shaping Processes
Production Equipment and Tooling
Chapter 1Fundamentals of Metal Casting
1.5Solidification and Cooling of Metals
Chapter 2Metal Casting Processes
2.2.6The Sand Casting Operation
2.3Other Expendable Mold Casting Processes