ASM Specialty Handbook : Tool Materials

If you are involved with machining or metalworking or you specify materials for industrial components, this book is an absolute must. It gives you detailed and comprehensive information about the selection, processing, and properties of materials for machining and metalworking applications. They include wrought and powder metallurgy tool steels, cobalt base alloys, cemented carbides, cermets, ceramics, and ultra-hard materials.

You'll find specific guidelines for optimizing machining productivity through the proper selection of cutting tool materials plus expanded coverage on the use of coatings to extend cutting tool and die life. There is also valuable information on alternative heat treatments for improving the toughness of tool and die steels.

All new material on the correlation of heat treatment microstructures and properties of tool steels is supplemented with dozens of photomicrographs. Information on special tooling considerations for demanding applications such as isothermal forging, die casting of metal matrix composites, and molding of corrosive plastics is also included. And you'll learn about alternatives to ferrous materials for metalworking applications such as carbides, cermets, ceramics, and nonferrous metals like aluminum, nickel, and copper base alloys.

Preface

Section 1 : Materials for Machining and Grinding Applications
General Guidelines for Selecting Cutting Tool Materials
Wrought High-Speed Tool Steels
Powder Metallurgy High-Speed Tool Steels
Cobalt-Base Alloys
Cemented Carbides
Cermets
Ceramics
Coated Carbide, Cermet, and Ceramic Tool Materials
Ultrahard Tool Materials
Abrasives for Grinding Operations

Section 2 : Materials for Metalworking Applications
Classification and Properties of Tool and Die Steels
Nonferrous Tool and Die Materials
Selection of Material for Shearing and Slitting Tools
Selection of Material for Blanking and Piercing Dies
Selection of Material for Press Forming Dies
Selection of Material For Deep Drawing Dies
Selection of Material for Spinning Tools
Selection of Material for Metalworking Rolls
Selection of Material for Thread Rolling Dies
Selection of Material for Coining Dies
Selection of Material for Cold Heading Tools
Selection of Material for Cold Extrusion Tools
Selection of Material for Tools for Drawing Wire, Rod, and Tubing
Selection of Material for Cold Forging Tools
Selection of Material for Hot Forging Tools
Selection of Material for Isothermal and Hot-Die Forging Tools
Selection of Material for Hot Extrusion and Hydrostatic Extrusion Tools
Selection of Material for High-Energy Rate Forming/Forging Tools
Selection of Material for Die-Casting Dies
Selection of Material for Permanent Molds
Selection of Material for Metal Powder Consolidation
Selection of Material for Forming Metal-Matrix Composites
Selection of Material for Molds for Plastics
Selection of Tool Materials for Structural Applications

Section 3 : Heat Treatment and Secondary Processing of Tool Materials
Introduction to Heat Treating of Tool Steels
Furnace Equipment for Heat Treating of Tool Steels
Heat Treating of Specific Classes of Tool Steels
Control of Distortion in Tool Steels
Machining of Tool Steels
Welding and Brazing of Tool Steels
Surface Engineering of Tool and Die Steels

Section 4 : Microstructural Analysis and Failure Analysis of Tool Materials
Microstructural Analysis of Tool Steels
Microstructural Analysis of Cemented Carbides
Failure Analysis of Tools and Dies
Wear and Failure Modes for Cutting Tools

Index

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