Metal Cutting

Metal cutting applications span the entire range from mass production to mass customization to high-precision, fully customized designs. The careful balance between precision and efficiency is maintained only through intimate knowledge of the physical processes, material characteristics, and technological capabilities of the equipment and workpieces involved. The  Metal Cutting Theory and Practice provides knowledge, integrating timely research with current industry practice. This brilliant reference enters its later concepts with fully updated coverage, new sections, and the inclusion of examples and problems.

Supplying complete, up-to-date information on machine tools, tooling, and work holding technologies, it stresses a physical understanding of machining processes including forces, temperatures, and surface finish. This provides a practical basis for troubleshooting and evaluating vendor claims. In addition to updates three new areas on cutting fluids, agile and high-throughput machining, and design for machining. Rounding out the treatment, an entire thing is devoted to machining economics and optimization.

Endowing you with practical knowledge and a fundamental understanding of underlying physical concepts, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice is a necessity for designing, evaluating, purchasing, and using machine tools.