Audel Automated Machines and Toolmaking [Paperback]

Master today's toolmaking equipment

Here, fully updated to include new machines and electronic and digital controls, is the ultimate guide to automated machines and toolmaking. Whether you're a professional machinist, an apprentice, or a trade student, this fully illustrated volume helps you work with metal-safely, precisely, efficiently-using today's tools and techniques. It's packed with review questions for students, and loaded with answers you need on the job.
* Understand automated machine fundamentals and work with jigs and fixtures
* Learn the basics of spiral and helix milling, gear cutting, and cam machining
* Discover how to cut, punch, or shape a die with minimum waste
* Master the operations of today's grinders and lapping machines
* Find out all about toolmaking, from allowances and tolerances to layouts and master plates
* Follow the clear, step-by-step illustrations to gain a hands-on knowledge of techniques and proceduresAcknowledgments.

About the Authors.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Jigs and Fixtures.

Chapter 2: Helix and Spiral Calculations.

Chapter 3: Spur Gear Computations.

Chapter 4: Gears and Gear Cutting.

Chapter 5: Cams and Cam Design.

Chapter 6: Dies and Diemaking.

Chapter 7: Grinding.

Chapter 8: Laps and Lapping.

Chapter 9: Toolmaking Operations.

Chapter 10: Heat-Treating Furnaces.

Chapter 11: Annealing, Hardening, and Tempering.

Chapter 12: Principles of Induction Heating.

Chapter 13: High-Frequency Induction Heating.

Chapter 14: Furnace Brazing.

Chapter 15: Cold-Treating Process.

Chapter 16: Automatic Lathes.

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