24 Best Books on Metal Forming

“Technology of Metal Forming Processes” Book Review: The book presents the basics and advanced concepts of metal forming processes along with its applications. The book is composed of a total of sixteen chapters. These coverage of the book includes theory of plasticity, importance of friction and lubrication in metal forming processes, lubricated metal forming processes, forming of polymers, metal powder performances etc. Exhaustive discussions based on specific forming processes, new and powerful techniques such as load bounding and slip line field for solving engineering problems in metal forming and important factors such as force, power requirements, formability and machinability in the study of individual processes are also included in this textbook. The book also sheds lights on the application of computer-aided analysis in the metalworking processes and the recent developments in the field. Exercises are included in the end for extended practice and better grasp of the theory.

“Fundamentals of Metal Forming Processes” Book Review: The book stresses on the analysis of forming processes in metal forming technology and also sheds light on the recent developments in the field. The book comprises a total of fourteen chapters. The coverage includes the forming properties of materials, conventional, non-conventional and newer forming processes, stress states, stress analysis, strain analysis, yield conditions, stress and strain/strain-rate relations, basic equations in plasticity and the methods of solving them etc. It also deals with analysis of forging, rolling, wire drawing, tube drawing, extrusion and sheet metal forming processes, transverse rolling processes and manufacture of seamless tubes and pipes, friction in metal forming and methods of measuring friction. It also provides laboratory experiments in metal forming for college workshops.

“Metal Forming Technology” Book Review: The book discusses the latest developments in metal forming technology. It provides elaborate discussions on fundamentals, newer processes, novel ways of analyzing and interpreting the results, peripheral areas, quality management, environmental aspects and advanced technologies on metal forming. The book presents a culmination of several authors and their expertise in this field. All concepts and theories are covered in great deal along with extensive mathematical treatment. The book can benefit students at undergraduate as well as at postgraduate level, researchers, and practicing engineers.

“Metal Forming: Fundamentals and Applications (ASM Series in Metal Processing)” Book Review: The book provides a comprehensive outline of the basic principles of metal forming while stressing on the latest developments in the design of metal-forming operations and tooling. Various topics covered in the book include position of metal forming in manufacturing, metal-forming process as a system consisting of several interacting variables, classification of all metal-forming processes, fundamentals of plastic deformation, metal flow, flow stress of metals and yield criteria, practical variables of metal- forming processes such as friction, temperatures and forming machines and their characteristics etc. It also includes detailed chapters dedicated to discussions on approximate methods of analyzing simple forming operations, massive forming processes such as closed-die forging, hot extrusion, cold forging/ extrusion, rolling and drawing and prediction of stresses and load in each process. It also provides a succinct description of applications of computer-aided techniques, recent developments in metal-forming technology such as CAD/CAM for die design and manufacture and the latest trends in metal flow analysis and simulations.

“Metal Forming Handbook” Book Review: The book provides fundamentals of metal forming processes and press design. It elaborately covers topics such as major metal forming technologies: sheet metal forming, cutting, hydroforming and solid forming etc. The book provides a succinct exposition on both theory and practical implementation. The presentation of concepts is supplemented by sample calculations, illustrations, color figures and diagrams. The book sheds light on state-of-the-art techniques and fundamental information in the field of metal forming technology. It serves as a textbook and a reference as well. The book can benefit undergraduate students and get an exposure to practically-oriented concepts contributed by various experts in the field.

“Metal Forming: Technology and Process Modelling” Book Review: The book concisely discusses the fundamentals as well as the advanced topics in both bulk and sheet metal forming. It presents a culmination of contributions by a number of authors who share their expertise through thirteen chapters covered in the book. The coverage of the book sweeps through a wide range of topics such as theory of plasticity, modeling techniques for metal forming, finite element method and soft computing tools, fundamental and advanced aspects of metal extrusion, die designing particularly for extrusion, sheet metal forming, flange wrinkling in deep drawing, probabilistic and mesoscale approaches to model interfacial phenomena during hot flat rolling, tailor welded blanks fabricated by friction stir welding process etc. The book can benefit students to get information on the foundation of metal forming as well as industry practices.

“Sheet Metal Forming Technology” Book Review: This textbook deals with the technology deployed in sheet metal forming. The book contains theory as well as mathematical treatments of various concepts such as hardening models, hydraulic systems, interpolator etc. The coverage of the book includes detailed chapters on topics such as aluminum alloys, bending, bifurcation theory, binder, blankholder, closed loop, copper OFHC, crystallographic orientation, curvature, cushion, damage analysis, design of experiments, die, dimple, dislocation draw, drawbead, drawing limit curve, error, failure, finite element analysis, flow stress, force, forming, forming limit etc. The book also sheds light on reliability analysis, sensitivity analysis techniques and various parameters of steel such as strain, strain path, strain rate effect, strength coefficient, test, texture, tool, trajectory etc.

“Forging Practice” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on forging practice. It discusses the numerous forge tools like the anvil, fire, welding, flux, and much more. It talks about electric welding, oxy-acetylene gas welding, the fagot weld, the separate heat weld, scarfing, corner weld, hammock hook, and much more. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

“Modeling of Metal Forming and Machining Processes: by Finite Element and Soft Computing Methods (Engineering Materials and Processes)” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on modeling of metal forming and machining processes. It talks about finite elements and soft computing methods along with engineering materials and processes. It provides details on complete treatment of metal forming and machining by using numerous computational techniques like FEM, fuzzy set theory and neural networks as modelling tools. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

“Metal Forming Practise: Processes – Machines – Tools” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on metal forming practices. It describes the processes, machines, and tools in metal forming. It talks about metal-working and shearing processes along with related machines and tooling. It provides information about practical examples that show how to calculate forces and strain energy of the different processes and the specific parameters of the machines. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering.

“Traditional Machining Processes: Research Advances (Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology)” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on traditional machining processes. It discusses research advances in the field of materials forming, machining, and tribology. It provides information on polycrystalline diamond tool material and its emerging applications. It contains detailed analysis of orthogonal cutting experiments using diamond-coated tools with force and temperature measurements. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering.

“Pulse Current Gas Metal Arc Welding: Characteristics, Control and Applications (Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology)” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on pulse current gas metal arc welding. It describes the characteristics, control, and applications of welding. It talks about materials forming, machining, and tribology aspects of welding. It provides details on shop floor welding and ways to handle critical welding processes. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

“Modern Manufacturing Engineering (Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology)” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on modern manufacturing engineering. It talks about materials forming, machining and tribology aspects of manufacturing engineering. It discusses the high deposition pulse current processes. It emphasizes the different aspects of the transformation from materials to products. It covers fundamental materials treatments and integration of processes. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

“AI Applications in Sheet Metal Forming (Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on AI applications in sheet metal forming. It talks about topics like mining, metallurgy, and materials. First half of the book provides information on introduction to various AI techniques and sheet metal forming. Second part of the book covers traditional procedures or methods used in sheet metal forming processes. It covers automation processes like KBS, ANN, GA, CBR, and more. It is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

“Drop Forging, Die Sinking, and Machine Forming of Steel, Modern Shop Practice, Processes, Methods, Machines, Tools and Details, a Practical Treatise on the Hot and Cold (Classic Reprint)” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on machining. It provides information on drop forging, die sinking, and machine forming of steel. It covers modern shop practices. It describes processes and methods for machining. It contains details on tools useful in machining and a practical treatise on hot and cold methods. It is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the numerous fields of science and engineering especially mechanical and metallurgical engineering.

Book Review: This book demonstrates techniques like numerical methods and finite element analysis that are used for product design optimizations. The book also describes solutions to problems like metal forging, rolling and many more. The book illustrates techniques for simulation of metal forming operations. The book also describes principles and methodologies with the help of many examples and worked problems. The book contains chapters that deal with numerical analysis applications that are used to form operations. The data in the book is presented in such a way that even the readers with no prior data of finite element analysis can understand the concepts.

Book Review: This book demonstrates the metal forming principles and also analyses mechanics of forming processes as well as the interaction of metals with various processes. The book contains a separate chapter on limit diagram formation as well as stamping concepts as well as sheet forming operations. The book also contains an additional chapter on sheet testing. The book provides updated information on sheet metal properties. The book ends with numerous problems as also contain many additional references as well.

Book Review: This book describes various computing techniques for optimization of metal forming processes. The book also describes methods that allow the product designers to reduce lead times that are needed for new products thereby helping in improving the product quality and reliability. This book is mainly for finite element methods and its usage in plasticity problems. The book also covers processes like forging, rolling, extrusion and many more. The book also describes elastic plastic finite element theory and its usage in forming analyses.

“Advances in Material Forming” Book Review: The main idea of the book is on metal forming. It targets researchers and working professionals of the field mainly. The book discusses recent technological advances in metal forming with an emphasis on both conventional and non-conventional processes. A variety of metals including polymers, composites and metals are highlighted. Contributions of the European Scientific Association for Material Forming (ESAFORM) are highlighted.

“Metal Forming Interrelation Between Theory and Practice” Book Review: The book consists of various research papers presented at the symposium on the Relation Between Theory and Practice of Metal Forming held at Cleveland, ohio. It can be of interest to students and researchers mainly. The book is a collaboration of research papers submitted at the symposium. It covers several theoretical aspects of metal forming. Various practical examples and applications of metal forming are also discussed. Deformation theory and process design are also elucidated.

“Fundamentals of Materials Modelling for Metals Processing Technologies” Book Review: The main idea of the book is materials modelling and processing techniques. It can be of use to students and researchers alike. The book begins by introducing the fundamentals of computational and mechanical aspects of materials. Both cold and warm metal processing methods such as elastic-plastic formulations and elastic-viscoplastic equations are covered. Various examples and applications of unified theories are presented. Crystal plasticity theories and modelling is given special importance. The required mathematical topics are also dealt with wherever necessary.

“Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys, Five-Volume Set (Print) (Metals and Alloys Encyclopedia Collection)” Book Review: The book talks about various aspects of metallurgy. It can be accessed by metallurgists, scientists and advanced level students of material sciences. Fundamentals, theoretical as well as practical and applicational aspects of various metals such as iron, steel and their alloys are covered in the book. Types of metallurgy such as extractive, physical and powder are discussed. Emphasis is also laid on corrosion engineering, thermal processing, metalworking, welding, iron- and steelmaking. Manufacturing and processing techniques such as heat treating, rolling, casting, hot and cold forming and surface finishing are described. Other topics covered include crystallography, metallography, computational metallurgy, metal-matrix composites, intermetallics, nano- and micro-structured metals and alloys, nano- and micro-alloying effects, special steels and mining.