Hot Working Guide: A Compendium of Processing Maps

This information will help researchers and practitioners involved in bulk metal-working processes (rolling, forging, extrusion, etc.) to design and optimize processes, and control materials properties, without using expensive trial and error methods. Processing maps, flow-stress data, and other supporting processing/property data, including optimum processing parameters, are provided for more than 160 metals and alloys of 'technological importance'. Discusses hot workability, generation of processing maps, the concept of using processing maps in process design and microstructure control, design and manufacturing issues in relation to hot working, and guidelines on the use of processing maps with illustrative examples. Contents Include: An introductory chapter discusses hot workability, generation of processing maps, the concept of using processing maps in process design and microstructure control, design and manufacturing issues in relation to hot working, and guidelines on the use of processing maps with illustrative examples. Nine subsequent chapters are devoted to materials families: Ferrous Alloys, Aluminum Alloys, Copper Alloys, Magnesium Alloys, Nickel Alloys, Titanium Alloys, Zinc Alloys, Zirconium Alloys, and Other Materials (Cadmium and Lead).