Tool Steel Treaters Guide

For tool designers, tool and die makers, machinists, and apprentices, Szumera presents specification, heat treatments, applications for all types of die and mold steels, and suggestions on how to prepare steels for machining and heat treatment. He does not provide a bibliography. Annotation (c) Boo

This edition is a complete revision and contains a great deal of new subject matter including information on ferrous powder metallurgy, cast irons, ultra high strength steels, furnace atmospheres, quenching processes, SPC and computer technology. Data on over 135 additional irons and steels have been added to the previously-covered 280 alloys.

What is heat treatment? This book describes heat treating technology in clear, concise, and nontheoretical language. It is an excellent introduction and guide for design and manufacturing engineers, technicians, students, and others who need to understand why heat treatment is specified and how different processes are used to obtain desired properties. The new Second Edition has been extensively updated and revised by Jon. L. Dossett, who has more than forty years of experience in theat treating operations and management. The update adds important information about new processes and process control techniques that have been developed or refined in recent years. Helpfull appendices have been added on decarburization of steels, boost/diffues cycles for carburizing, and process verification.

Improper heat treatment of tool steels can lead to shorter tool life, higher incidences of metal fatigue, dangerous procedures, and expensive errors. To avoid these costly mistakes, leading expert Bill Bryson takes the mystery out of tool steel heat treatment by presenting a clear, practical approach to common techniques and applications. This easy-to-understand book is ideal for toolmakers, machinists, and engineers. It takes a comprehensive look at common heat treatment procedures used in shops around the world and provides detailed instructions for all types of tool steels.

A guide for toolmakers, machinists, and engineers to the common heat treatments used in shops around the world for steel that is to be used in tools. With a minimum of technical vocabulary, explains such aspects as how metal transforms during the treatment, minimizing cracking and distortion, pickin

This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on the treatment of tool-steel in forging, annealing, hardening, tempering, etc. Profusely illustrated and full of useful, timeless information, this volume will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in metal work and the manufacturing of steel. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work. First published in 1902. Contents include: I. Composition of Tool-Steel and Its Classification According to It II. Classification of Tool-Steel According to the Degree of Hardness and the Purpose for Which It is to be Used III.Observations on the External Appearance of Commercial Tool-Steel IV. Observations on the Fracture of Steel, with Regard to the Structure in the Hardened and Non-Hardened States V. Practice of the Fire-Treatment of Steel VI. Appliances for Annealing Steel VII. Appliances for Hardening Steel VIII. Hardening of Tool-Steel in General IX. Hardening of Tools Which are to be Hardened in their Entirety X. Hardening of Tools Which are only to be Partially Hardened XI. Cooling of Tools in Hardening and Devices for this Purpose XII. Liquids Used in Quenching Steel XIII. Tempering of Hardened Steel, and Devices for this Purpose XIV. Straightening Tools XV. Case-Hardening and Preventatives Against Superficial Decarbonization and Overheating XVI. Welding of Steel XVII. Regeneration of Steel Which has Been Spoiled in the Fire XVIII. Investigations of Defects of Hardened Tools XIX. Improving Properties of the Strength of Steel