Metal cutting theory and practice
- 2/e
- CRC Press 2006
- xvii, 846 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Manufacturing engineering and materials processing, 68. .
1. Introduction -- 2. Metal cutting operations -- 3. Machine tools -- 4. Cutting tools -- 5. Toolholders and workholders -- 6. Mechanics of cutting -- 7. Cutting temperatures -- 8. Machining process analysis -- 9. Tool wear and tool life -- 10. Surface finish and integrity -- 11. Machinability of materials -- 12. Machining dynamics -- 13. Machining economics and optimization -- 14. Cutting fluids -- 15. High throughput and agile machining -- 16. Design for machining.
Supplying information on machine tools, tooling, and workholding technologies, this work stresses a physical understanding of machining processes including forces, temperatures and surface finish. It features three chapters on cutting fluids, agile and high-throughput machining, and design for machining.