Castings practice : the 10 rules of castings /
Each chapter of Professor Cambell's new book Castings Practice will take a look at one of his 10 rules. It is to be expected that the Rules wil one day be taken as an outline or blueprint for an international specification on the methods for making reliable castings. John Cambell has over two d...
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Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750647915 |
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Each chapter of Professor Cambell's new book Castings Practice will take a look at one of his 10 rules. It is to be expected that the Rules wil one day be taken as an outline or blueprint for an international specification on the methods for making reliable castings. John Cambell has over two decades of experience in the casting industry and is the author of over 40 technical papers and patents. He has become well-known in the foundry industry as the originator of the Cosworth casting process, which is becoming accepted throughout the world as a new production process for the casting of cylinder heads and blocks. He is now Federal Mogul Professor of Casting Technology at the University of Birmingham. |
Item Description: | Revised edition of: Castings. Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781417537006 1417537000 1592782787 9781592782789 0080476414 9780080476414 9780750647915 0750647914 9786611008949 6611008942 |
Index Number: | TS230 |
CLC: | TG2 |
Contents: | Rule 1. Achieve a good quality melt -- Rule 2. Avoid turbulent entrainment (the critical velocity requirement) -- Rule 3. Avoid laminar entrainment of the surface film (the non-stopping, non-reversing condition) -- Rule 4. Avoid bubble damage -- Rule 5. Avoid core blows -- Rule 6. Avoid shrinkage damage -- Rule 7. Avoid convection damage -- Rule 8. Reduce segregation damage -- Rule 9. Reduce residual stress (the 'no water quench' requirement) -- Rule 10. Provide location points. |