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Vacuum Technology: Practical Heat Treating and Brazing
Edited by: Roger J. Fabian; Hardbound; Publisher: ASM; Publication Date: 1993; 253 pages
$95.00

To fill an existing need within the vacuum industry, this hands-on reference book focuses on the basic and practical issues of vacuum technology... from startup to finished product. It's an everyday tool that provides information on maintenance requirements and cautions, actual case histories for oil-hardening and gas-quenching materials and sintering, details for special processes in vacuum, and advice for leak detection troubleshooting.

Contents include:
• Theory of Vacuum Technology
• Introduction to Vacuum Thermal Processing
• Vacuum Considerations for Heat Treatment
• Furnaces and Equipment
• Work Preparation and Handling
• Principal Process Variables
• Vacuum Instrumentation and Control
• Temperature Control Systems
• Commercial Practice (for common metal systems)
• Special Processes in Vacuum
• Inspection and Quality Control