Metalworking
Explore ASM resources on casting, forming, forging, and powder metallurgy
ASM Handbook, Volume 14A: Metalworking: Bulk Forming
Volume 14A is the first of two volumes that covers the distinct processes and industries of bulk working and sheet forming. It provides comprehensive coverage and essential technical information on the process-design relationships that are needed to select and control metalworking operations that produce shapes from forging, extrusion, drawing and rolling operations.
Print Edition: $285 ASM Member | $380 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $79 ASM Members | $102 Non-Members
ASM Handbook, Volume 14B: Metalworking: Sheet Forming
Volume 14B on sheet forming is the second of two volumes on metalworking technology. This volume addresses all methods of sheet metal fabrication technologies, selection of equipment and die materials, specification of forming practices for specific alloys, and new techniques for process design and control.
Print Edition: $285 ASM Member | $380 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $79 ASM Members | $102 Non-Members
ASM Handbook Volume 14A & 14B Metalworking Set
Handbook Set Sale–purchase two volumes at a special discounted price. Volume 14A: Metalworking: Bulk Forming and Volume 14B: Metalworking: Sheet Forming
Print Edition: $510 ASM Member | $680 Non-Members
ASM Specialty Handbook® Tool Materials
Provides detailed and comprehensive information about the selection, processing, and properties of materials for machining and metalworking applications, including wrought and powder metallurgy tool steels, cobalt base alloys, cemented carbides, cermets, ceramics, and ultra-hard materials.
Print Edition: $285 ASM Member | $380 Non-Members
Binder and Polymer Assisted Powder Processing
This fundamental and practical guide focuses on the basic principles and options available for the application of polymers and natural organics to powder processing. It links the material, powder characteristics, forming process, and product attributes together to give the first unified treatment on polymer assisted powder processing.
Print Edition: $180 ASM Member | $240 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Casting Equipment Engineering Guide
Casting Equipment Engineering Guide is an essential resource covering engineering details of casting equipment, their design features, applications, capabilities, and selection guidelines. This book is written for mechanical engineers, practicing engineers, engineering students, and metallurgists specializing in casting technology.
Print Edition: $165 ASM Member | $220 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Cold and Hot Forging: Fundamentals and Applications
A practical guide to the design and optimization of forging operations and dies. It reviews relevant engineering principles, describing the deformation and flow of materials, the concept of flow stress, and the development and use of flow rules based on Tresca and von Mises criteria.
Print Edition: $175 ASM Member | $230 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Extrusion, Second Edition
Offers both a broad and in-depth view of this important metalworking process. The comprehensive coverage enables experienced engineers as well as students and academics to understand the extrusion processes, equipment, and tooling.
Print Edition: $215 ASM Member | $285 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Gear Materials, Properties, and Manufacture
All of the critical technical aspects of gear materials technology are addressed in this reference work. Intended for gear metallurgists and materials specialists, manufacturing engineers, lubrication technologists, and analysts concerned with gear failures who seek a better understanding of gear performance and gear life.
Print Edition: $155 ASM Member | $205 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Gearbox Vibrations: Analysis and Reduction
This book familiarizes readers with the causes and effects of vibration in turbine-driven gearboxes and how to troubleshoot and remedy problems in the field and in design. It covers both theory and practice and presents a wide range of examples, explaining how vibration problems arise in power-generating equipment and how they are evaluated, quantified, and resolved.
Print Edition: $149 ASM Member | $199 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $39 ASM Members | $49 Non-Members
Handbook of Workability and Process Design
This book describes the underlying concepts and practical methods for effective design, evaluation, and optimization of bulk working operations such as forging, rolling, and extrusion.
Print Edition: $205 ASM Member | $270 Non-Members
Metalworking and Workability Handbook Set
Purchase ASM Handbook Volume 14A: Metalworking: Bulk Forming and receive the Handbook of Workability and Process Design for HALF PRICE.
Print Edition: $305 ASM Member | $407 Non-Members
Hot Working Guide: A Compendium of Processing Maps, Second Edition
Hot Working Guide: A Compendium of Processing Maps, Second Edition is a unique source book with flow stress data for hot working, processing maps with metallurgical interpretation and optimum processing conditions for metals, alloys, intermetallics, and metal matrix composites. The use of this book replaces the expensive and time consuming trial and error methods in process design and product development.
Print Edition: $195 ASM Member | $265 Non-Members
Metals Fabrication: Understanding the Basics
Covers the basics of metal fabrication processes, including primary mill fabrication, casting, bulk deformation, forming, machining, heat treatment, finishing and coating, and powder metallurgy.
Print Edition: $155 ASM Member | $205 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $40.04 ASM Members | $51 Non-Members
Sheet Metal Forming: Fundamentals
Sheet forming fundamentals are thoroughly addressed in this comprehensive reference for the practical and efficient use of sheet forming technologies. The principle variables of sheet forming—including the interactions between variables—are clearly explained, as a basic foundation for the most effective use of computer aided modeling in process and die design.
Print Edition: $175 ASM Member | $230 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members
Sheet Metal Forming: Processes and Applications
This practical and comprehensive reference gives the latest developments on the design of sheet forming operations, equipment, tooling, and process modeling. Individual chapters cover all major sheet forming processes such as blanking, bending, deep drawing, and more.
Print Edition: $175 ASM Member | $230 Non-Members
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Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Advancements
This book gives in-depth information about the evolution of powder metallurgy. Detailed explanations of powder production techniques are included, and advanced techniques such as additive manufacturing are explained. A comparison of additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy methods is included.
Print Edition: $185 ASM Member | $250 Non-Members
Digital Library Subscription: $62.02 ASM Members | $79 Non-Members