Sinopsis
The handbook is written for the artisan, metal caster or entrepreneur with more ingenuity than capital. It is aimed at small industries with limited resources. An engineer in a university, or a metallurgist in a large steel works, could pick out many processes that are not described in detail. There is not the space to cover the most recent developments, or processes demanding high capital outiay, important though these developments are. Where appropriate these processes are mentioned in outline. Simple guidelines in the first section are followed by examples. Using the examples and Contents list, you should have no difficulty finding the process suited to the object you wish to manufacture. For quick reference there is a Glossary covering the different processes and materials in alphabetical order.
Finally, only a fool insists that there is one way, and one way only, to approach a practical problem. There are many useful methods; the difficulty lies in selecting the method most appropriate to the job, bearing in mind the financial and supply problems of the workshop.
Content
- Introduction
- Setting up the workshop
- Pattern making
- Flexible moulds for the mass-production of wax patterns
- Sand casting
- Lost-wax casting
- The ceramic shell process
- Die casting
- Melting and pouring metal
- Metallurgy and the low budget foundry
- Kilns and furnaces
- Faults, fettling and finishing
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