Practical Heat Treating

by Howard E. Boyer

Presents heat treating technology in clear, concise, and non-theoretical language. Directed to design engineers, manufacturing engineers, shop personnel, and others requiring an understanding of why heat treatment is specified and how the various heat treating processes are employed to obtain desired engineering properties. Fundamental information is provided by first explaining briefly the principles of the heat treatment of steel and the concepts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871701782
• ISBN13: 9780871701787
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: ASM International(OH)
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book to familierize yourself with heat trating.

This book is a very useful tool to get the laymen use of heat treating applications and equipment.I had this book since 1988 and have refered to it on numberous occasions.If you are entering the heat treat field this book will give you more of the every day terms, definitions, needed on the shop floor. If your job envolves engineering, machining, or other metal fabrication this book will help you uderstand the the heat treat process. It may also help in the decision of metal which best meets your needs. Jerry Vincent