METAL FORMING

LEC.3
INTRODUCTION
 List of references

1-metal forming handbook, Schuller.

2- Metal forming mechanics and Metallurgy,
William F. Hosford, Prentice Hall.
3- Handbook of Metal Forming, Kurt Lange, Mc
Graw Hill.
4- Metal forming : processes and analysis., Betzalel
Avatzur, Mc Graw Hill.
5-Elements of Metalworking Theory, G.W. Rowe,
Edward Arnold.
 DEFINITION OF METAL FORMING
• Metal Forming is the metalworking process by
plastic ( permanent) change of the form of the
workpiece without adding or removing
material, and its mass remains unchanged.