Handbook of Mold Tool and Die Repair Welding by Stephen Thompson. Tool steels should be pre-heated or even annealed before welding and then cooled carefully or even post-heat treated. But in all my years of welding tool steels, I have never been allowed to anneal a tool before welding because the customer would never accept the increased downtime and cost! This …
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Fundamentals of Welding Skills by Peter F. Woods (Macmillan Education UK). The book is for welding engineers, concerned with the invention, design, and development of new processes and equipment. The book provides good knowledge for a practical welder, working on diverse projects such as railway rolling-stock fabrication, pressure-vessel construction of armored vehicles, aircraft, and motor-vehicle manufacture. If this book helps …
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The Welding of Aluminium and Its Alloys by Gene Mathers CRC press. The book provides a basic understanding of the metallurgical principles involved in how alloys achieve their strength and how welding can affect these properties. Sections included on parent metal storage and preparation prior to welding and have also described the more frequently encountered processes. There are recommendations on welding parameters …
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