Complete Casting Handbook

John Campbell OBE is a leading international figure in the castings industry, with over four decades of experience. He is the originator of the Cosworth Casting Process, the pre-eminent production process for automobile cylinder heads and blocks. He is also co-inventor of both the Baxi Casting Process (now owned by Alcoa) developed in the UK, and the newly emerging Alotech Casting Process in the USA. He is Professor Emeritus of Casting Technology at the University of Birmingham, UK.

• 1. The Melt2. Entrainment3. Flow4. Molds and Cores5. Solidification Structure6. Casting Alloys7. Porosity8. Cracks and Tears9. Properties of Castings10. The 10 Rules for Good Castings11. Filling System Design Fundamentals12. Filling System Components13. Filling System Design Practice14. Melting15. Molding16. Casting17. Controlled Solidification Techniques18. Dimensional Accuracy19. Post-Casting Processing20. The Avoidance of Failure by Fracture by Good Casting Technology21. Sustainability and Metal Casting

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