The revision of this authoritative work contains a significant amount of new information from the past two decades presented in an entirely new outline, making this a "must have" reference for engineers involved in tool-steel production, as well as in the selection and use of tool steels in metalworking and other materials manufacturing industries.
The chapter on tool-steel manufacturing includes new production processes, such as electroslag refining, vacuum are remelting, spray deposition processes (Osprey and centrifugal spray), and powder metal processing. The seven chapters covering tool-steel types in the 4th Edition have been expanded to 11 chapters covering nine main groups of tool steels as well as other types of ultrahigh strength steels sometimes used for tooling. Each chapter discusses in detail processing, composition, and applications specific to the particular group. In addition, two chapters have been added covering surface modification and trouble production and performance problems.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Classification and Selection of Tool Steels
Chapter 3: Manufacture of Tool Steels
Chapter 4: Tool Steel Alloy Design
Chapter 5: Principles of Tool Steel Heat Treatment
Chapter 6: Practical Aspects of Tool Steel Heat Treatment
Chapter 7: Water-Hardening Tool Steels
Chapter 8: Low-Alloy Special-Purpose Tool Steels
Chapter 9: Shock-Resisting Tool Steels
Chapter 10: Oil-Hardening Cold-Work Tool Steels
Chapter 11: Air-Hardening, Cold-Work Tool Steels
Chapter 12: High-Carbon, High-Chromium, Cold-Work Tool Steels
Chapter 13: Hot-Work Tool Steels
Chapter 14: High Speed Steels
Chapter 15: Mold Steels
Chapter 16: Surface Modification of Tool Steel
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting: Manufacturing and Performance Problems
Index