Countersinking Handbook

Title: Countersinking Handbook
Author: LaRoux Gillespie
ISBN: 083113318X / 9780831133184
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 250
Publisher: Industrial Press
Year: 2008
Availability: In Stock

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This unique handbook provides total coverage of issues related to countersinking and chamfering holes, including history of their use, design reasons, and basic cutter design. It features “how-to-use” details of the most used tools and techniques and complete information on the subject of countersinking holes of any size, including those over 10 inches in diameter. Its detailed approach to illustrating over 100 different tools designs is unparalleled in technical literature and is sure to be found useful by manufacturing engineers, shop foremen, and experienced users.
 

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Provides discussions of all cutter material variations and options, feeds, speeds and coolants, tool holders, and applications--including plastics, metals, wood, composites, ceramics, glass, and dental materials. Discusses side effects of countersinking, including stress risers. Includes optimum applications for specific tool use, gaging countersinks, economics, pressworking countersinks, non-traditional countersinking methods, and references to standards and other published works. Contains case histories, practical tips, and information to make process selection easier.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 : History of Countersinking
Chapter 2 : Design Reasons for Countersinking
Chapter 3 : Cutter Designs
Chapter 4 : Feeds, Speeds, Cutting Forces, and Tool Life
Chapter 5 : Driving and Holding The Tools
Chapter 6 : Applications
Chapter 7 : Product Material Issues
Chapter 8 : Surface and Subsurface Effects of Countersinks
Chapter 9 : Selecting The Best Tool Design
Chapter 10 : Inspection of Countersink Features
Chapter 11 : Economics
Chapter 12 : Pressworking (Dimpling) Countersinking
Chapter 13 : Other Means of Making Countersinks

Appendix
Appendix A : Patents for Countersink-Related Items
Appendix B : Standards Related to Countersinks
Appendix C : Countersink Cutter Design Thumbnails
Appendix D : Manufacturers and Major Suppliers of Countersinking Tools and Gages
Index