This important book explains how and why wear resistance in metals and other materials is improved exposure to subzero or deep cold temperatures (cryogenic treatment). While cryogenics is not a rec...

Subtitled The Basic Information You Need to Know in Order to Design and Form Good Parts, this book contains a wide breadth of information about press brakes. The author uses his 45 years o...

In a few short years, this has become the established reference for tool makers, heat treaters, and engineers seeking step-by-step “recipes” for properly heat treating a wide range of t...

High performance machining—the combination of high precision and high speed machining—is rapidly emerging as a prerequisite for success and profitability in machining operations. This i...

This lavishly illustrated full-color book, written by Makino’s Vertical Machining Center Product Line Manager, addresses not only the machine tool and its characteristics, but also critical s...

Written to be directly useful and practical rather than theoretical, this popular book explains the underlying principles of liquid and powder paints in a clear and straight forward manner. This ne...

This concise introduction to the lathe provides detailed coverage of this versatile machine and how it is used to perform a wide variety of metalworking operations. Special emphasis is placed on la...

This important, comprehensive book examines and explains advanced methods and skills—including circle grid analysis and finite element analysis—to enhance formability measurement and an...

Offering extensive and in-depth information, this book contains almost 400 easy-to-read pages of text, tables, and diagrams that provide the properties and characteristics of a broad range of both ...

This comprehensive guide features in-depth coverage of machining operations, calculations, tooling components, speeds and feeds and other parameters for designers and machinists. In addition, assoc...