Foseco Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook

Foseco Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook
Author: John Brown
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080506798

The Foseco Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook is a practical reference book for all those concerned with making castings in any of the commonly used alloys, by any of the usual moulding methods. International SI units are used throughout, but in almost all cases conversions to the more familiar Metric and Imperial units are given. Wherever possible, Casting Alloy Specifications include equivalent specifications for several countries as well as international specifications. Individual chapters cover the casting of light alloys, copper-based alloys, all types of cast-iron and steel. For each group of alloys, specifications and typical applications are described, together with details of melting practice, metal treatment and casting practice. Sand moulding materials, including green sand and chemically bonded sands are also included.

Metal Casting

Metal Casting
Author: Steve Chastain
Publisher: Stephen Chastain
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2004
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780970220325

Cast Iron Technology

Cast Iron Technology
Author: Roy Elliott
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 253
Release: 1988-04-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 148319230X

Cast Iron Technology presents a critical review of the nature of cast irons. It discusses the types of cast iron and the general purpose of cast irons. It also presents the history of the iron founding industry. Some of the topics covered in the book are the description of liquid metal state; preparation of liquid metal; process of melting; description of cupola melting and electric melting methods; control of composition of liquid metal during preparation; description of primary cast iron solidification structures; and thermal analysis of metals to determine its quality. Solidification science and the fundamentals of heat treatment are also discussed. An in-depth analysis of the hot quenching techniques is provided. The graphitization potential of liquid iron is well presented. A chapter is devoted to microstructural features of cast iron. The book can provide useful information to iron smiths, welders, students, and researchers.

The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and Its Modern Fate

The Traditional Chinese Iron Industry and Its Modern Fate
Author: Donald B. Wagner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136804579

This book explores the economic history of the traditional Chinese iron industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular emphasis on the interactions among technological, economic and geographic factors. The traditional technology of iron production is described together with the ways in which it changed and developed in response to upheavals wrought by foreign competition, war and revolution and by the growth in China of a modern iron industry. Many of the book's findings are counter-intuitive, and will provide food for thought in the study of Third World industrial development. The author has written widely on the history of science and technology in China, and is currently engaged in writing the volume on ferrous metallurgy for Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China.