Schey’s Tribology in Metalworking—Friction, Lubrication, and Wear is an update to the seminal text Tribology in Metalworking by John Schey, originally published by ASM International in 1983.
The 1983 first edition served as a recognized essential resource for researchers in the fields of manufacturing tribology and metal forming for many decades. This 2023 update preserves the essential information in that first edition but provides a thorough update, including a description of the significant advances in tribological research and detailed information for every metal forming process.
The tribology of metal forming is very different from other sub disciplines of tribology such as in machine design, micromachine or biomedical applications. Metalforming tribology requires understanding of the implications of elevated temperature and the lubricants that are suitable at those temperatures; the complex interactions between oxide-free workpiece and tooling; the use of conversion coatings or engineered surfaces to help entrain lubricant in demanding applications; the use of emulsions, solid lubricants, cryogenics, and phase change lubricants; contact mechanics for plastically deforming workpieces; and many other considerations.
The book is written in an approachable, practical style and each chapter has hundreds of references. Chapters and sections are logically arranged, and the comprehensive indexes are complete. Topics covered include fundamentals of metalworking; surfaces and friction; wear; theory of lubrication; metalworking lubricants; measurement techniques; rolling; drawing; extrusion; forging; sheet metalworking; metal removal; and much more.
Author Steven R. Schmid is a Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has performed research on metalworking tribology for 30 years. He has won numerous best paper and teaching awards and served as President of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute from 2015 to 2016 and an International Delegate to SME from 2019 to 2020. He received the SME Gold Medal in 2019, a lifetime achievement award from MESIC (Spain) in 2020, and the David Dornfeld Innovation Award in 2023.
“The book contains a balance of theoretical and practical concepts about metalworking … The valuable background information provided will be an asset for individuals working to develop additives for metalworking fluids, formulating metalworking fluids and using metalworking fluids … A nice feature for readers is the author lists a summary of key concepts at the end of each chapter. This should help the reader find the specific section of that chapter of most pertinence to their immediate interest.” ~ Dr. Neil Canter, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers