tailieunhanh - ASM Metals HandBook Volume 15, Casting

The story of metal casting is as glamorous as it is ancient, beginning with the dawn of human civilization and interwoven with legends of fantastic weapons and exquisite artworks made of precious metals. It was and is involved in the two main activities of humans since they began walking the earth: producing and defending wealth. Civilization as we know it would not have been possible without metal casting. Metal casting must have emerged from the darkness of antiquity first as magic, later to evolve as an art, then as a technology, and finally as a complex, interdisciplinary science | HANDBOOK VOLUME 15 Casting ASM INTERNATIONAL The Materials Information Company Publication Information and Contributors Casting was published in 1988 as Volume 15 of the 9th Edition Metals Handbook. With the second printing 1992 the series title was changed to ASM Handbook. The Volume was prepared under the direction of the ASM Handbook Committee. Volume Chair The Volume Chair was . Stefanescu. Authors and Reviewers Rafael Menezes Nunes UFRGS G. J. Abbaschian University of Florida Harvey Abramowitz Purdue University R. Agarwal General Motors Technical Center Mark J. Alcini Williams International Robert L. Allen Deere Company Richard L. Anderson Arnold Engineering Company John Andrews Camden Castings Center James J. Archibald Ashland Chemical Company Shigeo Asai Nagoya University Japan William H. Bailey Cleveland Pneumatic Company Leo J. Baran American Foundrymen s Society Inc. . Barice Precision Castparts Corporation Charles E. Bates Southern Research Institute Robert J. Bayuzick Vanderbilt University J. Beech University of Sheffield Great Britain . Behal Dofasco Inc. Canada P. Belding Columbia Steel Casting Company John T. Berry University of Alabama U. Betz Leybold AG West Germany Gopal K. Bhat Bhat Technology International Inc. Yves Bienvenu Ecole des Mines de Paris France . Bills Reynolds Metals Company Reynolds Aluminum Charles R. Bird Stainless Steel Foundry Engineering Inc. . Blazek Inland Steel Company William J. Boettinger National Bureau of Standards . Bohlmann . Technologies Inc. Charles B. Boyer Battelle Columbus Division Jose R. Branco Colorado School of Mines R. Brink Leybold AG West Germany William Brouse Carpenter Technology Corporation Roger B. Brown Disamatic Inc. Francis Brozo Hitchcock Industries Inc. Robert S. Buck International Magnesium Consultants Inc. J. Bukowski General Motors Technical Center Wilhelm Burgmann Leybold AG West Germany . Burrier The Timken Company Michael Byrne Homer Research Laboratories . Camacho