1. Foundry Technology
| 1."Foundry Technology" by Beeley P R
“Foundry Technology” Book Review: The book focuses on various metal casting phenomena. It can be of use to working professionals and engineering students. Both classic and relatively new casting processes are elucidated. Ferrous and non-ferrous foundry are given equal treatment. Concepts of moulding, solidification, cast structures and feeding are covered. Quality, environmental, health and rapid prototyping are also discussed.
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| 2."Principles of Metal Casting" by Heine
“Principles of Metal Casting” Book Review: The book provides an overview of the topics related to metal casting. It is recommended to both undergraduate and graduate students of various disciplines of engineering. Concepts of metallurgical and mechanical engineering are also covered to enable the readers to understand metal casting. Recent changes and advances in the field have also been accounted for.
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| 3."Principles of Solidification" by B Chalmers | |
| 4."Foundry Technology" by K P Sinha & D B Goel
“Foundry Technology” Book Review: The book deals with a variety of aspects of foundry technology. It may be of use to both students and researchers alike. Mould materials and processes are covered. Topics of casting such as cleaning, solidification, heat treatment and defects and inspection are given special attention. Sand testing, conditioning and core making are also discussed. It also provides the information of moulding process, solidification of casting and melting practice. It also explains the heat treatment of casting and special casting process. This book also consists of examples and questions with its solutions at the end of the chapters. | |
| 5."A Text-Book of Foundry Technology" by Khanna O P | |
| 6."Principles of Foundry Technology" by P Jain
“Principles of Foundry Technology” Book Review: The book talks about several important principles of foundry technology. It can be accessed by students and teaching faculty. This edition of the book is now updated according to the latest developments in the field. Recent technological advances in the subject are considered. This book is designed for the students, teachers and researchers. It provides the basic and scientific principles of foundry technology. It covers the examples, questions and exercises for the understanding of the principles which are discussed. This book basically deals with foundry technology.
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| 7."Foundry Technology" by Jain Dharmendra
“Foundry Technology” Book Review: This book deals with foundry technology. Fundamentals as well as complex topics are dealt with in this book. Students, teaching faculty and working engineers can refer to this book. It provides the basic and scientific principles of foundry technology. The main objective of this book is to provide the importance of casting in design and selection of materials. The practical application of foundry technology is also discussed. A wide variety of applications of these concepts in industries are also highlighted.
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| 8."Manufacturing Technology: Foundry, Forming and Welding" by Dr P N Rao
“Manufacturing Technology: Foundry, Forming and Welding” Book Review: The book focuses on various processes of manufacturing technology. It can be of use to students mainly. Conventional technologies are discussed prior to the modern and comparatively recent and emerging technologies of manufacturing processes. Manufacturing engineering and production processes are covered in the book. Readers can also find numerous illustrations throughout the text.
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| 9."Towards Cleaner Technologies: A Process Story in Small-Scale Foundries" by Prasanto Pal
“Towards Cleaner Technologies: A Process Story in Small-Scale Foundries” Book Review: The main idea of the book is to elucidate the cleaner and greener technologies being used in foundry. Researchers, policy makers and others involved in the small and medium scale industries can access this book. The book accounts for the recent emerging clean and green technologies and their applications in the field of foundry technology. The development of an energy efficient melting furnace along with pollution control system are emphasised. The adversaries and challenges faced during these developments are discussed. The book also talks about the awareness campaigns and programs being held.
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| 10."Metal Casting: Appropriate Technology in the Small Foundry" by Steve Hurst
“Metal Casting: Appropriate Technology in the Small Foundry” Book Review: The book focuses on the principles of metal casting. It may be of use to students and working professionals involved in metal casting. Emphasis is laid on small-scale non-ferrous casting. Manufacturing of materials using common and available local materials is done in a step by step process. Several moulding techniques are covered. Other topics covered are wax preparation, metal preparation, pattern making and core making. It also gives the sand systems, alloy development and heat treatment. . This book is helpful for students and researchers in metallurgy and foundry science. It is also useful for foundry industry professionals.This book gives patterns Introduction to Patternmaking.
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| 11."Foundry Technology" by Peter Beeley
“Foundry Technology” Book Review: The book focuses on various metal casting phenomena. It can be of use to working professionals and engineering students. Both classic and relatively new casting processes are elucidated. Ferrous and non-ferrous foundry are given equal treatment. Concepts of moulding, solidification, cast structures and feeding are covered. Quality, environmental, health and rapid prototyping are also discussed.
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2. Advance Foundry Technology
| 1."A Text-Book of Elementary Foundry Practice: For the Use of Students in Colleges and Secondary Schools (Classic Reprint)" by William Allyn Richards
“A Text-Book of Elementary Foundry Practice: For the Use of Students in Colleges and Secondary Schools (Classic Reprint)” Book Review: This book is designed for the students. The principles of molding are also covered in this book. The topics which are covered in this book are materials, tools, cleaning castings and brass molding. This book also provides the examples, questions with answers and its application.
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| 2."Principles of Foundry Technology" by P Jain
“Principles of Foundry Technology” Book Review: This book is designed for the students, teachers and researchers. It provides the basic and scientific principles of foundry technology. It covers the examples, questions and exercises for the understanding of the principles which are discussed. This book basically deals with foundry technology.
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| 3."Manufacturing Technology - Vol. 1" by P N Rao
“Manufacturing Technology – Vol. 1” Book Review: This book is designed for the students, teachers and engineers. It explains about the technologies which are used in the field of foundry, forming and welding. It also focuses on ceramics & glass and composite materials. The topics which are covered in this book are peening, non-destructive testing of welds and thixocasting. It also discusses the castings like ductile iron casting, gating system design for investment casting. Various exercises and examples are also provided at the end of the chapters.
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| 4."Manufacturing Technology : Foundry, Forming and Welding" by Rao
“Manufacturing Technology : Foundry, Forming and Welding” Book Review: This book is designed for the students, teachers and engineers. It consists of various chapters. It focuses on powder metallurgy, tensile testing and properties of aluminium alloy. It also explains the vacuum die casting, mould casting, metal casting and special casting process. It also consists of lots of examples and problems at the end of the chapters which will be beneficial for the students.
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| 5."Foundry Engineering" by Srinivasan
“Foundry Engineering” Book Review: This book is designed for the students of B.E/B.tech and for competitive examinations. This book explains the theories by using diagrams and examples. The chapters which are covered in this book are moulding and core making, foundry sands andcasting design. It also discusses the solidification of metals, riser design, melting and casting defects. This book provides the exercises and problems at the end of every chapter.
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| 6."Principles of Foundry Process Design" by Goutam Sutradhar
“Principles of Foundry Process Design” Book Review: It is designed for the students of mechanical, manufacturing and metallurgical engineering. This book discusses the core/mould assembly, gating and feeding arrangements. It also focuses on the casting process, defect diagnosis, sand preparation for mould and core. It also describes the charge calculation to get optimum mechanical properties. This book provides the practical examples for better understanding of the students.
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| 7."Fundamentals of Foundry Technology" by P D Webster
Book Review: This book carries out presentation of most of the phenomena related to solidification and also controls the formation of microstructures. This book demonstrates the application of solidification in fields like production engineering and solid state physics. The book also makes use of simple models thereby felicitating the understanding of the subject. The book also contains many solidification models ranging from cast products, precision casting to high purity single crystals. This book is useful for students and engineers.
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3. Foundry Metallurgy
| 1."Non-Ferrous Foundry Metallurgy: The Science of Melting and Casting Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys" by Alfred John Murphy | |
| 2."Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook" by John Brown
“Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook” Book Review: This book deals with aluminium, copper and magnesium casting alloys. It explains the metric and Imperial units. It describes non-ferrous metals. This book also provides the melting practice, metal treatment and casting practice. It gives green sand and chemically bonded sands. This book helps us understand the new sand binders and the adoption of metal filtration of castings. It also provides the widespread use of computers for the optimisation of feeder design.
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| 3."Foseco Foundryman's Handbook: Facts, figures and formulae" by John Brown
“Foseco Foundryman’s Handbook: Facts, figures and formulae” Book Review: This book summarizes the casting technology. It explains the moulding methods. It describes the Casting Alloy. This book provides the light alloys, copper-based alloys, cast-iron and steel. It also describes melting practice, metal treatment and casting practice. It also includes the green sand and chemically bonded sands.
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| 4."Foundry Engineering" by Howard Francis Taylor | |
| 5."Blast Furnace Phenomena and Modelling" by The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
“Blast Furnace Phenomena and Modelling” Book Review:This book summarizes the reaction within Blast Furnaces. It explains the fields of academia and industry. It describes the autopsy of dead furnaces. It also gives the correlation of data regarding cohesive zone configuration. It also provides the furnace performance. This book is helpful for researchers and operators. It also interests the graduate students.
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| 6."Charcoal Foundry (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap Book 1)" by David J Gingery
“Charcoal Foundry (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap Book 1)” Book Review: This book explains the metal melting furnace. It describes the basic pattern making and molding. It explains the importance of scrap aluminum and pot metal. It also gives fundamentals of pattern-making and molding. It provides castings for accessories and equipment. This book is helpful for researchers and operators. It also interests the graduate students.
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| 7."Principles of Metal Casting" by Mahi Sahoo and Sam Sahu
“Principles of Metal Casting” Book Review: This book explains the principles of Metal Casting. This book is a Third Edition. It describes the melting and casting processes. It also gives the sand systems, alloy development and heat treatment. This book helps us understand the modeling and casting defects. It also provides the zinc and zinc alloys. This book is helpful for students and researchers in metallurgy and foundry science. It is also useful for foundry industry professionals.This book gives patterns Introduction to Patternmaking. It also describes the function of Patterns Core Boxes. It also includes the casting processes of reusable molds. It also gives solidification of metals freezing of pure materials.
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| 8."Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control and Applications" by S Zinn and S L Semiatin
“Elements of Induction Heating: Design, Control and Applications” Book Review: This book explains the range of applications of induction heating.It describes the special heating jobs. This book is helpful for researchers and operators. It also interests the graduate students.
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| 9."The Backyard Foundry (Workshop Practice)" by B Terry Aspin
“The Backyard Foundry (Workshop Practice)” Book Review: This book explains basic principles of foundry work. It describes materials and techniques. It also deals with pattern-making. This book provides the moulding boxes, cores and core-boxes. This book is helpful for researchers and operators. It also interests the graduate students.
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